Prograis vs Flanagan

Who won Prograis vs Flanagan?

Regis Prograis beat Terry Flanagan by unanimous decision in their 12 round contest on Saturday 27th October 2018 at Lakefront Arena in New Orleans, Louisiana.

The scorecards were announced as 117-110, 118-109, 119-108 in favor of winner Regis Prograis.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 12 rounds in the Super Lightweight division, which meant the weight limit was 140 pounds (10 stone or 63.5 KG).

This was a quarter final of the World Boxing Super Series.

This contest was for the WBC super lightweight championship of the world.

The undercard featured the clash of Baranchyk vs Yigit for the IBF World Junior Welterweight championship.

Prograis vs Flanagan stats

Back in October 2018, Regis Prograis stepped into the ring with an undefeated record of 22 wins, zero loses and 0 draws, 19 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Terry Flanagan made his way to the ring with a record of 33 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, with 13 of those wins by knock out.

The stats suggested Prograis had a massive power advantage over Flanagan, boosting at 86% knock out percentage over Flanagan's 39%.

Regis Prograis was the older man by 1 year, at 30 years old.

Flanagan had a height advantage of 2 inches over Prograis. That also extended to a 4-inch reach advantage.

Both Regis Prograis & Terry Flanagan fought out of a southpaw stance.

Prograis was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 12 less fights, and made his debut in 2012, 3 year and 3 months later than Flanagan, whose first professional fight was in 2009. He had fought 59 less professional rounds, 160 to Flanagan's 219.

Prograis vs Flanagan form

Regis Prograis had stopped all of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had beat Juan Jose Velasco on 14th July 2018 by technical knockout in the 8th round in their WBC Interim World Super Lightweight championship fight at Lakefront Arena, Louisiana, United States.

Previous to that, he had beat Julius Indongo on 9th March 2018 by technical knockout in the 2nd round in their WBC World Super Lightweight championship fight at Deadwood Mountain Grand, South Dakota.

Going into that contest, he had won against Joel Diaz Jr on 9th June 2017 by technical knockout in the 2nd round at Turning Stone Resort & Casino, Verona.

Before that, he had beat Wilfrido Buelvas on 11th February 2017 by knockout in the 1st round at Hard Rock Casino, Mississippi, USA.

He had defeated Luis Eduardo Florez on 25th June 2016 by technical knockout in the 4th round at Barclays Center, New York, United States.

Flanagan had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going the distance 3 times.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Maurice Hooker on 9th June 2018 by split decision in their WBO World Junior Welterweight championship fight at Manchester Arena, Manchester, United Kingdom.

Previous to that, he had won against Petr Petrov on 8th April 2017 by unanimous decision in their WBO World Lightweight championship fight at Manchester Arena, Manchester.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Orlando Cruz on 26th November 2016 by technical knockout in the 8th round in their WBO World Lightweight championship fight at Motorpoint Arena, Cardiff.

Before that, he had beat Mzonke Fana on 16th July 2016 by unanimous decision in their WBO World Lightweight championship fight at Ice Arena Wales, Cardiff.

He had won against Derry Mathews on 12th March 2016 by unanimous decision in their WBO World Lightweight championship fight at Echo Arena, Liverpool.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Regis Prograis had been fighting more than Terry Flanagan.

Going to this contest, Regis Prograis had last fought 3 months and 13 days ago, while Terry Flanagan's last outing had been 4 months and 18 days ago.

Prograis' last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 4 months and 2 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 5 months and 19 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 17 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.4 rounds on average.

Flanagan's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 7 months and 15 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 6 months and 10 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 56 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 11.2 rounds on average.

What time did Prograis vs Flanagan start?

The fighters were expected to ringwalk at around 12:00 AM EST / 9:00 PM PST at Lakefront Arena, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States, which was around 4:00 AM GMT in the UK.

Who broadcast Prograis vs Flanagan?

Prograis vs Flanagan was broadcast on DAZN in the US.

What were the odds on Prograis vs Flanagan?

Regis Prograis was a 7/50 (-710) favourite going into the contest, while Terry Flanagan made his way into the ring at 6/1 (+600) with oddsmakers.