Jose Zepeda Believes Regis Prograis Bout Is A Can’t-Miss ‘Fight Of The Year’

Jose Zepeda is excited about his fight against Regis Prograis.

Zepeda and Prograis are set to meet on Saturday night in California for the vacant WBC light welterweight title. It’s an intriguing matchup and Zepeda plans to stand and bang with Prograis.

“We will have to wait for that, I guess,” Zepeda told BoxingScene.com. “When I fought Baranchyk, I thought I was gonna out-box him. And then I needed to get into a brawl, a war. So, it all depends on how he comes out. My plan is always to box. Obviously, we don’t wanna get into wars, but if that’s what I feel helps me more, I can do it.”

Zepeda is riding a five-fight win streak and is coming off a TKO win over Josue Vargas but three figths ago, he defeated Ivan Baranchyk. He believes that fight showed his power so is confident he can stand and bang with Prograis but is expecting this to be a Fight of the Night.

“Maybe my power is underestimated, but I can hit, too,” Zepeda said. “And both of us, with a lot of knockouts, this fight can be ‘Fight of the Year.’ I keep saying it, that this is the fight. This is gonna be a great fight, regardless…

“On social media, I keep seeing hardcore boxing fans saying that this is the fight,” Zepeda later added. “We see other fights where there’s a lot of trash talk, and then when it comes time to get in the ring and fight it doesn’t really end up that way. But me and Prograis, we don’t really talk a lot. We don’t do a lot of trash talking. But inside the ring, everybody thinks that this is gonna be the fight, like a can’t-miss ‘Fight of the Year.’”

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