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NEW ORLEANS
JUNE 17
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LESS than an hour after he had been declared the victor of his fight with Danielito Zorrilla via split-decision, New Orleans’ Regis Prograis began to explain that he had suffered with the “hometown jitters”.
The fight, for his WBC super-lightweight title and in front of a crowd of 6,319 at the Smoothie King Center, had come against an unambitious opponent he’d had a month to prepare for after an Achilles injury had forced Liam Paro’s withdrawal.
It was on May 6 when Prograis was officially unveiled as a Matchroom fighter; it
