{"id":44694,"date":"2025-08-05T03:37:08","date_gmt":"2025-08-05T03:37:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/44694\/"},"modified":"2025-08-05T03:37:08","modified_gmt":"2025-08-05T03:37:08","slug":"small-fish-floyd-mayweathers-unbeaten-protege-disregarded-by-former-world-champion-following-slugfest-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/44694\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Small fish&#8217;&#8230; Floyd Mayweather&#8217;s unbeaten prot\u00e9g\u00e9 disregarded by former world champion following slugfest win"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Regis Prograis returned to the win column on Saturday night as he earned his first victory since 2023. <\/p>\n<p>Despite being on the receiving end of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloodyknockout.com\/news\/should-be-disqualified-former-devin-haney-opponent-sees-illegal-blow-inflicted-on-him-go-unpunished-as-fans-fume\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">an illegal blow by Joseph Diaz<\/a>, Prograis emerged the victor via decision in their back-and-forth affair. <\/p>\n<p>The tough meeting between the pair allowed Prograis to bounce back from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloodyknockout.com\/throwbacks\/devin-haney-dominated-and-dropped-durable-opponent-in-2023-to-set-up-ryan-garcia-fight\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">losses to Devin Haney<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloodyknockout.com\/tag\/jack-catterall\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jack Catterall<\/a>, with his record now 30-3. <\/p>\n<p>With the win, Prograis will aim to become a three-time world champion as he is currently 36 years of age.   The American\u2019s title ambitions mean that he is not open to facing the newcomers in the division. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-2102874337-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Curmel Moton being interviewed and speaking into microphone\" class=\"wp-image-7592\" \/>Photo by Louis Grasse\/Getty ImagesRegis Prograis not interested in facing Curmel Moton alongside other rising star <\/p>\n<p>Following his win over Diaz, Prograis was interviewed by The Boxing Mob, where he was asked what his next steps might be. <\/p>\n<p>The former world champion was informed that he was called out by undefeated prospects Curmel Moton and Emiliano Vargas. However, Regis shot down the potential matchups. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI ain\u2019t going to lie, that\u2019s small fish right now,\u201d Prograis said. \u201cListen, I want to be a champion again, get back to the belt, big money fights.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Despite \u2018shouting out\u2019 Moton and Vargas, Prograis reiterated his lack of interest before saying the prospects should fight one another. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloodyknockout.com\/tag\/devin-haney\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Haney<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloodyknockout.com\/tag\/ryan-garcia\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ryan Garcia<\/a> were names mentioned to Prograis that interested Saturday night\u2019s victor. As well as this, \u2018Rougarou\u2019 said he would be open to fighting any super lightweight champion. <\/p>\n<p>Curmel Moton and Emiliano Vargas have respective 8-0 and 15-0 records <\/p>\n<p>Both Moton and Vargas are considered to be two of the most exciting prospects in boxing today. <\/p>\n<p>Moton, who is mentored by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloodyknockout.com\/tag\/floyd-mayweather\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Floyd Mayweather<\/a>, currently has an 8-0 record, with six of those wins coming by way of knockout. Making his debut in September 2023, the fighter is just 19 years of age. <\/p>\n<p>As for Vargas, he has more experience under his belt with 15 professional outings. <\/p>\n<p>The 21-year-old has 13 wins via stoppage, with his latest fight being a first-round knockout over Alexander Espinoza (20-3-1). <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Regis Prograis returned to the win column on Saturday night as he earned his first victory since 2023.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":44695,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,25482,6748,25483,101,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-44694","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-boxing","8":"tag-boxing","9":"tag-curmel-moton","10":"tag-floyd-mayweather","11":"tag-regis-prograis","12":"tag-sports","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom","15":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44694","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44694"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44694\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/44695"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44694"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44694"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44694"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}