Following his loss to Jack Catterall over the weekend, Regis Prograis says he’s well aware of where he stands at this point in his career, and is feeling all the pains from being a professional fighter. Immediately following the fight with Catterall, Prograis shares some of his immediate thoughts on what happened and where he goes from here.
Prograis on how he reflects on his loss to Catterall
“I think it was a great fight for the people of the UK, it just didn’t go my way. He deserved it, he deserved to win tonight and he got it, so congratulations to him and it’s all good. So now, for me, I think I got to go back drawing board and see what I want to do, ‘cause I’m not going to lie, I got a lot of that’s hurting on me right now, not just my face, my eye, my knee, my hand — a lot of different stuff hurting on me right now. So we going to go back to the drawing board and see what’s going to be next.
On if he thought Catterall was cautious about his power
“Yeah, of course. And for me, that was the plan. I know the speed was kind of messing with him and stuff and he was backing up a lot so I was like ‘if I can just get this left hand in there’ I probably could’ve got him, but I was really waiting until like maybe after the fourth round to try to get in there.
“But he had a real good game plan, he wasn’t trying to get hit with that at all so he was moving back but I understand that. In the later rounds it’s like ‘maybe I can catch up with him,’ that’s why I started stepping up but then he started throwing his left hand also.”
On how he rates Catterall
“I’m not going to say the best, it’s just styles are different. But I think he’s way better than people think he is, that’s the thing. He has a sneaky — he has an awkward style. He does have sneaky power. He doesn’t have like big power but he does have sneaky power — well, listen, with 8 oz gloves on it’s going to hurt no matter what.”
On if this might be the last time we see him in a professional boxing ring
“It depends. Of course I’m emotional right now after the fight, so you always going to say a bunch of different things…I been wanting to do bare knuckle for a long time, that’s something I really want to do, but at the same time maybe give it a try at 147. I’ve been at 140 my whole career and I am getting older.”
On how he’s feeling physically
“Hurt. Everything hurt. You know, that’s the thing. My left hand hurting, the side of my head hurting, my knees hurting, my ankles hurting, so it’s a lot of things. I told my son ‘bro, never box. You are never doing this sport ever.’ People don’t realize it’s such a hard, hard — this is very, very hard sport. Combat sports is so hard, but it is what it is though.”