Regis Prograis wants a rematch against newly crowned undisputed super lightweight champion Josh Taylor.
Prograis was impressed with Taylor’s showing against Jose Ramirez over the weekend and wants to make sure he gets another crack at the Scot. Taylor is the only fighter to have defeated Prograis, but the win came by a split decision, making the American believe there is unfinished business and cause for a rematch.
“I think the rematch has to happen," Prograis said on ‘At The Fights'. “You know, for me, he just beat up Jose Ramirez. He beat up everybody. I mean, the only person that really tested him was me, you know? So, I think, you know, we have to have a rematch. And listen, for me, a lot of people keep telling me that I really won the fight.
“You know, and even if I really lost the fight, I would still be chasing the rematch. Don’t get me wrong. Even if he just really beat me clearly, I would still chase the rematch. But, you know, a lot of people keep telling me, ‘Man, you won that fight. And you this, and you that.’ So, for me, I’m a competitor, and I’m prideful, and I just have to have that rematch. So, that’s why I really want it.”
While Prograis believes that Taylor was a deserved winner, he thinks that the scoreline flattered Ramirez.
“I mean, first off, you know, I was a fan,” Prograis said. “You know, I was a fan of the fight. I felt like that was gonna happen. I always said, you know, everybody was asking me, you know, months leading up to the fight who was gonna win? And I definitely picked Josh Taylor. You know, for me, Jose Ramirez, you know, he’s very limited.
“You know, he just comes in, he comes forward the whole time, you know, not too much head movement and he gets caught, you know, he gets hit a lot. But, you know, of course, you can’t keep taking those punches from a big puncher like somebody like Josh Taylor or even myself. So, I felt like that was gonna happen, and, honestly, I felt like it should’ve been a knockout. You know, because the referee, Kenny Bayless, you know, I think that second [knockdown happened], when he knocked him down with that uppercut, you know, he gave him like a 20-second count. You know, and that should’ve been a knockout.”