{"id":89650,"date":"2025-08-24T14:14:08","date_gmt":"2025-08-24T14:14:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/89650\/"},"modified":"2025-08-24T14:14:08","modified_gmt":"2025-08-24T14:14:08","slug":"regis-prograis-calls-for-a-showdown-with-a-former-world-champion-im-cool-with-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/89650\/","title":{"rendered":"Regis Prograis calls for a showdown with a former world champion&#8230; &#8216;I&#8217;m cool with it&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Regis Prograis wants to go head-to-head with a legend in a fight that would likely deliver entertainment in abundance.<\/p>\n<p>On August 2, the American picked up a huge unanimous decision win against Joseph Diaz, inside the Credit Union 1 Arena in Chicago, Illinois, USA.<\/p>\n<p>The victory moved Prograis one step closer to achieving his dream of becoming a three-time world champion.<\/p>\n<p>And with very few hurdles left to cross before he gets that shot, the 36-year-old has one particular boxer in mind for his next outing.<\/p>\n<p>WOW: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloodyknockout.com\/features\/george-kambosos-vs-jason-moloney-inside-what-really-happened-in-the-amateur-fight-between-two-australian-legends\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">George Kambosos vs Jason Moloney\u2026 What really happened in their amateur fight<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-999044060-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Regis Prograis celebrates defeating Juan Jose Velasco\" \/>Photo by Alex Menendez\/Getty ImagesRegis Prograis wants to fight George Kambosos Jr.<\/p>\n<p>Regis Prograis would love to go head-to-head with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloodyknockout.com\/tag\/george-kambosos-jr\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">George Kambosos Jr.<\/a> in a battle between two popular brawlers.<\/p>\n<p>While \u2018Ferocious\u2019 fell short in his showdown with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloodyknockout.com\/tag\/richardson-hitchins\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Richardson Hitchins<\/a> in his last outing, the fans still love the Australian. After all, the boxing community will never forget about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloodyknockout.com\/features\/gorgeous-boxing-joe-rogan-discusses-george-kambosos-jr-s-huge-title-upset\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kambosos Jr.\u2019s incredible upset win against Teofimo Lopez<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>With that in mind, \u2018Rougarou\u2019 would love to add the superstar to his resume.<\/p>\n<p>In an interview with Boxing Scene, he said: \u201cSounds good. That\u2019s not a bad fight. Listen, I\u2019m cool with it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jackson England reveals what it\u2019s really like to spar George Kambosos Jr.<\/p>\n<p>Based on recent displays, it appears Kambosos Jr.\u2019s best days are in the rearview mirror.<\/p>\n<p>However, regardless of where his career goes from here, his legacy is already carved in stone.<\/p>\n<p>Jackson England trained with the warrior to help him prepare to face <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloodyknockout.com\/tag\/devin-haney\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Devin Haney<\/a>. And it\u2019s fair to say \u2018Action\u2019 can remember just how difficult it is to handle the icon.<\/p>\n<p>In an interview with Bloody Knockout, England said <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloodyknockout.com\/features\/george-kambosos-came-at-me-like-a-bull-in-a-china-shop-jackson-england-reminisces-over-mimicking-devin-haney-during-intense-sparring-sessions\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kambosos Jr. charged at him \u2018like a bull\u2019 during sparring<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Regis Prograis wants to go head-to-head with a legend in a fight that would likely deliver entertainment in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":89651,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,33153,25483,101,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-89650","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-boxing","8":"tag-boxing","9":"tag-george-kambosos-jr","10":"tag-regis-prograis","11":"tag-sports","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom","14":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89650","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=89650"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89650\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/89651"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=89650"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=89650"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=89650"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}