On this special edition of the "Big Fight Weekend Preview" podcast, our Dan Rafael scored a one on one conversation with Regis Prograis, who will battle Jose Zepeda in Las Vegas this Saturday night for the vacant WBC Jr. welterweight world title.



Prograis (27-1, 23 KOs), 33, a southpaw from New Orleans, won the WBA title by sixth-round knockout of Kiryl Relikh during the World Boxing Series tournament in April 2019 but lost it by majority decision to Taylor in his first defense, a unification fight in the October 2019 tournament final.

Prograis has wanted another title shot since and been vocal about it, especially when he was initially passed over to fight for the vacant WBC and WBA belts. Since the loss to Taylor, Prograis has won three fights in a row, all by knockout. Most recently, he stopped Tyrone McKenna in the sixth round on March 19 in Dubai.

Zepeda (35-2, 27 KOs), 33, a southpaw from La Puente, California, will be getting his third title shot. Besides the disputed loss to Ramirez, he suffered a dislocated left shoulder that caused a second-round stoppage loss to Terry Flanagan for the vacant WBO lightweight title in 2015.

Zepeda is riding a five-fight winning streak, including a highlight-reel fifth-round knockout of former titlist Ivan Baranchyk in the unforgettable 2020 fight of the year in which they were each knocked down four times and there were knockdowns in every round. In his most recent fight, Zepeda crushed Josue Vargas in the first round in October.

Their bout will stream Saturday night through MarvNation PP, Fite TV and PPV.com.

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