Devin Haney, the former lightweight undisputed champion, moved up in weight and defeated Regis Prograis to win the WBC junior welterweight title Saturday night in San Francisco.
Haney (31-0, 15 KOs) dominated Prograis (29-2, 24 KOs) throughout the fight, dropping him once in Round 3.
Haney relinquished his 135-pound belts in November and plans to continue his career at junior welterweight. He unified the 140-pound division by defeating George Kambosos Jr. in June 2022 and defended the belts twice, in a rematch against Kambosos in October 2022 and against Vasiliy Lomachenko last May.
Haney (31-0, 15 KOs) snatched the first crown in his new division and made it look easy by completely outclassing Prograis in every facet of boxing, whether accuracy, speed, defense or power.
"The Dream" stood in front of Prograis, first establishing the jab from a distance before unleashing pristine one-two combinations, ending in stinging right hands.
That very combination was unloaded in the third round, splitting Prograis' guard and dropping the 34-year-old with a lightning-quick strike.
Prograis more than respected Haney's right hand the rest of the way through as "The Dream" peppered "Rougarou" with stinging shots nearly at will to little to no resistance at all.
Bay Area native Haney fights at home for the first time in his pro career and aims to make history by becoming a two-weight world champion having moved up in weight from lightweight, where he reigned as the undisputed champion.
New Orleans’ Prograis defends his title for the second time after a victorious homecoming of his own in June having become a two-time world champion at 140lbs in July 2022, landing the vacant crown in Los Angeles with the 24th KO win of his career.
Haney won on scores of 120-107 from all three judges. Bad Left Hook was comparatively generous on our unofficial cards, giving Haney the nod at 119-108 on both of our two separate scores.
Haney, 25, is now a two-division champion, having previously been undisputed king at 135.
Fight fans have lauded the performances of Terence Crawford and Naoya Inoue, who scored stoppage wins over Errol Spence Jr. and Stephen Fulton respectively. You can add this one to the list. This was as clinical and as dominant a boxing display as one could ever hope to see.
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