Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2019-04-27, pretty good fight between Regis Prograis and Kiryl Relikh: it gets three stars.The undefeated interim Wbc super-Lw champion Regis Prograis entered this fight with a perfect record of 23-0-0 (19 KOs=83%) and he is ranked as the No.2 super lightweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Josh Taylor). In his last three fights he has won over Julius Indongo (Julius Indongo vs Regis Prograis), Juan Jose Velasco (Regis Prograis vs Juan Jose Velasco) and Terry Flanagan (Regis Prograis vs Terry Flanagan).
His opponent, the Wba light-Ww champ Kiryl Relikh, has a boxing record of 23-2-0 (19 KOs=83%) and he entered as the No.10 in the same weight class. He lost two consecutive bouts between 2016 and 2017, against Ricky Burns (Burns vs Relikh) and Rances Barthelemy (controversial decision, Rances Barthelemy vs Kiryl Relikh I) but then he has taken revenge on Barthelemy (Rances Barthelemy vs Kiryl Relikh II) and he has also beat Eduard Troyanovsky (Kiryl Relikh vs Eduard Troyanovsky). Prograis vs Relikh is the semifinal of the World Boxing Super Series super-lightweight tournament (WBSS – Muhammad Ali Trophy) and it is valid for the WBA and WBC Diamond super lightweight titles. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Date: 2019-04-27
Where: Cajun Dome, Lafayette, Louisiana, USA
Division: light welterweight (140 lbs, 63.5 kg)
Title: WBA and WBC Diamond super lightweight titles
Prograis’ previous fight: Regis Prograis vs Terry Flanagan
Relikh’s previous fight: Kiryl Relikh vs Eduard Troyanovsky
Prograis’ next fight: Regis Prograis vs Josh Taylor
Prograis vs Relikh full fight video:
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Official streaming – Prograis vs Relikh starts at 3:10:00
https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x76taa0
Official video
Good fight between two hard punchers. Kyril did his best but was unable to find a reasonable way to fight his southpaw opponent. In addition to, Regis is a better technician who immediately realized that his body punches would be the best tool to stop Kyril, as such he was able to connect several ones with good accuracy after the first round also. Anyhow, the cut on the Kyril’s nose was the main culprit to stop the fight which in this case was a good and conservative call based mainly in the low performance of Kiril.
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