Haney And Prograis Lose Control In Hot-Tempered Presser
Devin Haney and Regis Prograis exchanged verbals during a fiery pre-fight presser in the run-up to their junior welterweight clash on December 9th, 2023.
The ‘Dream’ has his first fight at 140 after vacating his belts at lightweight after becoming undisputed as he takes on Prograis for his WBC belt. A win for Haney makes him a two-weight world champion and a serious contender for ‘Fighter of the Year.’ His last performance was a controversial unanimous decision win over Vasiliy Lomachenko.
As for Prograis, the boxer heads into enemy territory to take on Haney in his backyard in San Francisco at the Chase Centre. His last bout was a split-decision win over Danielito Zorrilla. There are question marks over how Haney will handle the power at 140 since Prograis has stopped 24 opponents in his 29 fights. With that being said, here were the key quotes from the presser between the Bill and Devin Haney, Prograis and his S&C coach Evins Tobler.
Haney-Prograis Quotes
Bill Haney: “What do you got to do when you got to pick up the Rougarou? The execution date is Saturday.”
Evins Tobler: “Tell the people the truth. Your son can’t take a punch.”
Devin Haney: “Regis got dropped in his last fight.”
Tobler: “We ain’t doing nothing. We’ve been picking up mother f****s. We’ve picked up 24, and your son is going to be 25.”
Bill: “This is not staged. Regis is a hell of a champ out of that blue-collar city of New Orleans. We don’t take anything away from him and what his team has done, but it speaks volumes to who Devin is. To bring Regis Rougarou to our hometown as a challenger. Can you think that? We just best Lomachenko and become undisputed.”
Tobler: “He lost to Lomachenko.”
Bill: “What we thought was really important is you bring a big dummy.”
Tobler: “He lost to Lomachenko.”
Haney: “He [Prograis] lost to a bum [Danilieto Zorrilla] in his last fight and he got dropped.”
Tobler: “Shut up, Devin.”
Haney: “Shut up. You a gigolo. You a stripper.”
Tobler: “I told you what the deal is. You’re going to get knocked out, son.”
Bill: “Nobody wanted problems [Prograis] out of this team. Eddie signed him because Eddie is a smart man and he’s a tough competitor. We look forward to Saturday. I hope you guys are healthy and you don’t have no excuses. Do you, fat head?”
Tobler: “We don’t ever have no excuses. And still.”
Prograis’ Plan
Bill: “How long did you work on that hook?”
Tobler: “Your son is going to find out.”
Regis Prograis: “I’m going to hurt you, bro. I’m going to knock you out.”
Bill: “You’re getting knocked out.”
Tobler: “You’re a goddamn lie.”
Bill: “Let me tell you what the difference is because you’re tough. You’re the Rougarou, right? You going to run like a b***. I bet you.”
Tobler: “Your son is going to run like a b.”
Bill: “Watch him run, y’all. Watch him run.”
Tobler: “Let your son come to fight. Bring his a** to the middle of the ring. He’s been running his whole career. He ran from every opponent he had, but this time, he ain’t going to run because the mother f Rougarou is going to bust his a**.”
Bill: “They don’t have a plan. We are going to administer punishment on him.”
Tobler: “You ain’t going to do s. You’ve not done s you’re whole career.”
Bill: “We going to hit him with the kitchen sink, and it’s going to be up to the big dummy.”
Will There Be A KO?
Prograis: “He’s never knocked out nobody. How the f* is he going to knock me out? What are you talking about, Bill? Come on. Cut the bull s. Who did you knock out? Nobody. This is not your hometown. What the f are you talking about? Bill: “Are you going to come and fight or are you going to run like a b*.”
Tobler: “You won’t stay in the building. He’s going to keep the belt.”
Bill: “He’s going to try and stink up the show. When didn’t bring you this far for that. Are you going to come and fight?”
Haney: “I’m going to beat the f*** out of you. You’ll see. [And] you’re slow. You’re a one-trick pony. You’re slow. You do the same thing every fight.”
Bill: “You act like your hard. What neighborhood are you from?”
Prograis: “I’m from New Orleans, East. Where is Devin from? Henderson, Nevada. Private school kid. Y’all got crackheads over there.”
Haney: “Saturday, it’s going to be a great day for me and my team. I’m going in there to hurt him, and dismantle him, and show that I’m on a different level. The world will see how great Devin Haney really is.”
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