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Brett Okamoto
ESPN Staff Writer
- MMA columnist for ESPN.com
- Analyst for “MMA Live”
- Covered MMA for Las Vegas Sun
Devin Haney, the former lightweight undisputed champion, moved up in weight and defeated Regis Prograis to win the WBC junior welterweight title Saturday night in San Francisco.
Haney (31-0, 15 KOs) dominated Prograis (29-2, 24 KOs) throughout the fight, dropping him once in Round 3.
Haney relinquished his 135-pound belts in November and plans to continue his career at junior welterweight. He unified the 140-pound division by defeating George Kambosos Jr. in June 2022 and defended the belts twice, in a rematch against Kambosos in October 2022 and against Vasiliy Lomachenko last May.
Also on Saturday night, Robeisy Ramirez lost to Rafael Espinoza by majority decision in a WBO featherweight title in Pembroke Pines, Florida.
Ramirez, who entered the fight as a 11-to-1 favorite to retain the title, put on a great fight — one of the judges scored the fight a draw — but it wasn’t enough to get the win as Espinoza outworked Ramirez to claim the 126-pound belt.
Source: www.espn.com