Prograis-Taylor debate

Prograis moves very well off the line and is a natural counterpuncher. The only real flaw is that he doesn't throw combinations off the counter. If he did, he would clean 140 out easily and possibly be a threat at 147. One thing I don't like about Taylor is sometimes he likes to trade a little too much. That is not gonna cut it against Prograis. He could use his movement and boxing ability to tag Prograis on the back foot and possibly beat him on points.

It is gonna be a terrific fight though, i'm gonna be there and look forward to being there to witness a unification and a possible new entrant into the lower end of the p4p table.

 

Agree that Taylor loves to get in and trade but Prograis isn't a mug on the inside neither. Both have excellent Jabs and I can see this being very cagey as Prograis will wait to counter and Taylor will be wary of that.
Also will be interesting to see if Taylor switches to Orthodox at different points in the fight as I think Prograis can be quite open to a big straight right hand off the jab. Maybe Taylor will use the a lead right whilst in southpaw alot too.

 

Great fight

Taylor will show up, no doubt about it. He is tough and can trade if need be. Will be determined for the win.

Prograis has that quality where he could outbox Taylor. The best amateurs in the world used to time Taylor quite well. I could see a similar pattern in this fight.

When the going gets tough we don't know if Prograis will handle Taylor?

Will Prograis handle the pressure? Probably but not certain.

50/50 match up where I slightly favour Prograis.

 

Think Taylor’s grit and spite will see him win this.

 

I think that Prograis being the 'away' fighter will swing it marginally in Taylor's favour, along with the fact that Taylor really has got a nasty, horrible ****ing mean streak in him. Skill wise and power wise, this really is a 50/50 fight and for me has all the ingredients for a FOTY contender.

Taylor does need to engage intelligently though as already stated, Prograis is a top draw counter puncher and can certainly swat a bit. I think Taylor will look to outman Prograis fairly early to show who's boss but, that might cause him some problems so he has to revert straight back to boxing on the outside and dictate with the jab and launch short sharp raids to pick up the rounds.

Being that Prograis is the away fighter, Taylor needs to get control early, establish a lead and make Prograis a little desperate and walk him onto shots. Should be an absolute cracker and I narrowly favour Taylor for the win.

 

The post above is one mine from April on what I think about Taylor vs Prograis. I absolutely canny wait for this fight.

 

Suprisingly i think this is going to turn into a fire-Fight on the inside and whoever wilts first is done. Josh is not going to try and outpoint/outbox prograis it's not who he is.This fight is a guaranteed bloodbath and i can't wait!

 

I saw a recent interview with Progais where he was saying the same thing, he's not going in to box Taylor, he's going in to hurt Taylor because all the 'Scotland people' have píssed him off by saying he was a pùssy and trying to duck the fight. If he means it then that will play into Taylor's hands IMO. I have them very evenly matched when it comes to boxing ability but I do feel like Taylor is better equipped for having a scrap.

Simply can't wait, can't think of the last time I was so excited about an upcoming fight.

 

Yeah i seen that smudge hopefully there's a bit of needle in the build up aswell! Would only add to the excitement for me.

 

If they both box, then the fighter who ends up controlling the tempo will be the one who wins.
If they both go for the fight I'd edge towards prograis.
Taylor needs to look to counter the counter with combos from the start imo , he's good enough and fast enough to pull this off imo.
Prograis made mince.eat out of relikh, I was really impressed with Regis in that fight. But relikh didn't have much of a game plan to fight Regis, I fully expect TTT to come I with a good couple of gameplans.
At this point, I'm going with prograis, I'd like Taylor to win he's a fine technical boxer but prograis technique is there to knock people over and he's got some real momentum going atm ( Taylor also)
2 great fighters with great styles they've crafted for themselves. A real treat this fight.

 

Aye there is some needle there I think, but all for the right reasons, nothing personal in it. I think they've just became temporary enemies simply because they're now fierce rivals who are gonna fight each other and both believe they are the best.

This fight is boxing porn IMO.

 

Regis done a interview on the boxhard podcast yesterday worth a listen if you haven't already.Sound dude is regis tbf.