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The tension, excitement, expectation and anticipation, is fermenting, percolating, bubbling, simmering and reaching boiling point, in the final full steam ahead countdown to a crescendo, which sees Jose Zepeda and Regis Prograis clash for the vacant WBC super lightweight Green and Gold Belt, on Saturday night, for fame, acclaim and pride, at Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson, CA.
It`ll Be broadcast live on pay-per-view, in a card presented by MarvNation Promotions.The WBC belt became vacant on July 1, when Scotland’s Josh Taylor (19-0, 13KOs) relinquished the crown in lieu of a mandatory title defense against Zepeda.
Zepeda was originally due to fight former champion Jose Carlos Ramirez, whose own desire to challenge for a second title reign was affected by the delay in the belt becoming available.
Ramirez faced and defeated former two-division titlist Jose Pedraza in March, taking the fight with the intention of next challenging for the title ahead of his already scheduled October wedding. The timing of the order conflicted with his out-of-ring calendar, with Ramirez agreeing to temporarily step aside and face the winner of the next ordered vacant title fight.
Prograis (27-1, 23KOs) previously held the WBA title, claiming the belt in a sixth-round knockout of Kiryl Relilkh in April 2019 during the semifinal round of the World Boxing Super Series 140-pound tournament. Prograis lost the belt to Taylor via majority decision in their October 2019 WBSS final in London, having since won three straight victories.
This Friday they were face to face in the official weigh-in of the evening. Zepeda weighed 139.4 pounds, while Prograis was 139 pounds.
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