Oscar Duarte acquired some dangerous information immediately with Regis Prograis struggling a shoulder damage, and pulling out of their headliner struggle on February fifteenth on the Honda Middle in Anaheim, California.
He’ll be off the cardboard until Golden Boy can discover a fast alternative to face mild welterweight Duarte in the primary occasion. What a disgrace as a result of that was the one shining conflict on this DAZN occasion.
Prograis Harm
The co-feature on the cardboard is tremendous middleweight Darius Fulghum vs. Winfred Harris. If Golden Boy Promoters need to save the occasion, they will slide that match into the primary occasion and maybe gained’t thoughts.
The Ring stories that the previous two-time 140-lb champion Prograis (29-3, 24 KOs) suffered an damage. Prograis is 36, so it’s unsurprising that he’s gotten damage in coaching.
Regis has misplaced his final two fights and has been winless since his questionable 12-round break up determination two years in the past in opposition to Danielito Zorrilla on June 17, 2023. Many followers imagine Prograis misplaced that struggle, too.
Golden Boy hoped for Duarte (28-2-1, 22 KOs) to make use of this struggle in opposition to Prograis to showcase his abilities to select up his third straight victory to place him for a title shot.
Promoters ought to at all times have a backup useful when utilizing older fighters within the headliner or co-feature spot. The possibilities of them not making it by way of coaching camp with out pulling out are too excessive to not have somebody ready to step in.
Given how poor Regis has seemed in his final three fights, it shouldn’t be onerous for Golden Boy to seek out somebody to switch him with equal expertise. The one problem with that’s Duarte wouldn’t have a lot time to organize for that fighter. The very last thing Oscar De La Hoya would need is for Duarte to get overwhelmed once more and have all that arduous work put into rebuilding him go down the drain.
Since dropping to Ryan Garcia by an eighth-round knockout in December 2023, Duarte, 29, has gained his final two fights, beating Joseph Diaz and Botirzhon Akhmedov.
