{"id":33850,"date":"2023-12-10T16:46:31","date_gmt":"2023-12-10T16:46:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/haney-dominates-prograis-to-grab-wbc-title-the-express-tribune\/"},"modified":"2023-12-10T16:46:31","modified_gmt":"2023-12-10T16:46:31","slug":"haney-dominates-prograis-to-grab-wbc-title-the-express-tribune","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/haney-dominates-prograis-to-grab-wbc-title-the-express-tribune\/","title":{"rendered":"Haney dominates Prograis to grab WBC title | The Express Tribune"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\nSAN FRANCISCO:
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Devin Haney wrested the WBC super-lightweight world title from Regis Prograis on Saturday, knocking his opponent down once on the way to a unanimous decision victory in San Francisco.<\/p>\n

Haney, the former undisputed lightweight world champion stepping up to the 140-pound division for the first time, won by scores of 120-107 from all three judges and said the move up in weight had made a new fighter of him.<\/p>\n

“A tremendous difference,” a victorious Haney told DAZN in the ring at the Chase Center, home of the NBA’s Golden State Warriors.<\/p>\n

“You see it in my performance. I felt so much stronger… 140 got a new king.”<\/p>\n

Haney sent Prograis to the canvas in the third round with one of many devastating combinations.<\/p>\n

He wobbled Prograis again in the sixth on the way to the dominant victory.<\/p>\n

Haney, a 24-year-old Bay Area native, improved to 31-0 with 15 knockouts.<\/p>\n

Hard-hitting southpaw Prograis was making the second defense of the WBC title he won with an 11th-round knockout of Jose Zepeda for the vacant title in November last year.<\/p>\n

He notched a split-decision win over Danielito Zorrilla in June but fell to 29-2 with 24 knockouts with the defeat.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n