Boxing Weekend Watch & Bet

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Regis Prograis isn’t favored to leave Chase Center with his WBC junior welterweight title on Saturday if a boxing match breaks out between him and Devin Haney. But a fight, well, that’s another story, and that may be what Louisiana’s “Rougarou” is counting on when the two meet in San Francisco this weekend. That deduction has little to do with the nuts and bolts of the sport, most of which favor the unbeaten Haney, 30-0 and most recently the undisputed lightweight champion of the world. Now, the 25-year-old has vacated his titles and is moving up to chase 140-pound gold, and in a very interesting division, he’s set his sights on Prograis, who wasn’t exactly in prime form when he defended his belt with a split decision over Danielito Zorrilla in June. Perhaps that’s why Haney and his father, Bill, chose Prograis. Sure, it’s the most attractive championship matchup at 140 outside of a meeting with WBO titleholder Teofimo Lopez, but it could have hit all the right notes for Team Haney when it comes to name recognition, the style matchup and perhaps catching a fighter on the slide. Unfortunately, that’s been the knock on Haney, something that Prograis and his team have harped on during the lead-up to the fight, that he’s had things a lot easier than most at this level, and that his career has largely been “manufactured.”