Regis Prograis believes he is on another level than Jack Catterall, and on Saturday he intends to prove it.
The men are set to step into the ring on Saturday in a super-lightweight fight that Prograis calls " the best at 140 [lbs] without the belts," with both men on the cusp of the world title picture in the highly competition division.
Prograis actually lost the WBC title in his most recent fight, a unanimous decision defeat to Devin Haney at the end of 2023, and he held the WBA belt in 2019. As for Catterall, he hasn't held a world title but has defeated a former unified champion at 140 when dispatching Josh Taylor by unanimous decision in May, the 31-year-old's third straight victory after falling to Taylor by split decision in 2022.
But while both fighters are near the top of the mountain in the super-lightweight division, Prograis remainded Catterall that only one of them has climbed to the summit.
The men shared a dais on Thursday for a pre-fight press conference, where each stated their final cases before they meet in the ring on Saturday, live on DAZN , and let their actions do the talking. A lot was made of the fighters' respective experiences against former WBA, WBC, IBF and WBO Taylor, to whom Prograis lost the WBA title in 2019 and with whom Catterall shared the spoils across two fights.
However, that's where the similarities between the two opponents end, according to Prograis.
"Me and him, we got some similar opponents, but you take Josh Taylor off of his resume and you take Josh Taylor off my resume, what does he have? Nothing," Prograis said. "You take Josh Taylor off my resume, and I’m still a two-time world champion. So like I say, there's levels. There’s levels to this game and I'm gonna go out there and show that skills pay the bills."
For Catterall's part, he acknowledged that his chapter with Josh Taylor "is done" and that Prograis enters the weekend's bout with a higher pedigree.
But that's exactly why the Briton said he "jumped at" the chance to share the ring with his American opponent.
"He probably has the better resume as I’ve yet to win a world title and he has, but I’m ready to prove that on Saturday," Catterall said. "I’m expecting him to come with everything he’s said in the build up.
"We’ve seen his fights, he’s a strong fighter and will come looking for it but I’m the better boxer."
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