Regis Prograis sends Argentine Juan José Velasco three times to the canvas

American Regis Prograis enjoyed a successful comeback after winning in eight episodes Argentine Juan José Velasco at the Lakefront Arena in New Orleans and retained the Superligero Interim Scepter of the World Boxing Council (WBC) .

The triumph will also allow Prograis to sign his entry into the 140-pound Super Boxing World Series tournament.

Victory met expectations, while the American came in favorite to get out the hand up, but what surprised This was the attitude of the coach of Velasco, Germán Caicedo , which forced his fighter to return once again to the ring to visit the canvas for the third time before the arrest, despite the fact that South America had expressed his desire not to continue. Regis Prograis connects Argentine Juan José Velasco to a fight dominated by the American. Getty Images / Alex Menendez

Velasco, who got off to a good start, was sent upstairs in the fifth and seventh rounds before falling again to the eighth, episode in which they stopped the battle with 59 minutes a few seconds for the disparity and thanks to Caicedo asked for the arrest.

Velasco was abandoned in the eighth in retirement, but, astonishingly, the referee decided that he could go on and gave a few more seconds to be outflanked

Prograis, who he improved to 22-0 with 19 knockouts, had some deficiencies in the defense, which allowed Velasco (20-1, 12 KOs) to get his hands on the first three episodes, though, from In the fourth round, the local took control of the battle and with success in the soft zones, it was able to overthrow his opponent three times.

"It was very special.Thank you to everyone in New Orleans, the best city in the world.My goal is to bring boxing back to New Orleans.SPN, we've got it brought back, "said Prograis at the end of the battle.

"This guy (Velasco) came as a stranger and he fell, but, now you know who he is.It was one of my most difficult fights, it's really hard, I had to push, because I could not lose at home. "

In the approval of the contest, the Honduran Olympian Teófimo López (10-0, 8 KOs) sent three times to the Brazilian William Silva (25-2, 14 KOs) to prevent it in the sixth episode, to clarify that its mission to go to a global band in 2019 is serious.

At the end of the contest, Lopez showed his hubbub in a remarkable way by claiming that he was doing a quadrangular swing, go around the ring, and then dance and close with a rope. inside the ensogado to complete the celebration.