REGIS PROGRAIS induced a little bit of a stir at at this time’s remaining press convention for his battle in opposition to Jack Catterall on Saturday night time.
The build-up to the primary occasion on the Co-op Reside Area in Manchester has been very amicable between each fighters with neither antagonising the opposite.
Nonetheless, there was a plot twist at this time on the prime desk simply because the press convention ended.
“Maintain on, maintain on, I’m going to slash every thing proper now,” Prograis chimed.
“An extended, very long time in the past his [Catterall] supervisor Sam Jones…. the place you at?”
The 2-time super-lightweight champion made positive he acquired the eye of Catterall’s supervisor who was within the crowd watching.
“Sam truly mentioned I’ll beat Jack’s ass an extended, very long time in the past,” Prograis revealed. “And I acquired proof if you wish to hear it.”
“He mentioned ‘flatten him’,” Prograis added.
Jones, microphone in hand, then had his proper to answer.
“Hand to God, I by no means mentioned that. You’ve been hit within the head an excessive amount of by Devin Haney,” Jones mentioned.
Prograis, who by this time had his cell phone prepared, then pressed play on the recording he had of Jones.
“I like Jack by the best way, I do know him very properly however I believe you flatten him. You perceive what I imply? You’re a special man to Josh Taylor.”
There was extra to the audio but it surely was drowned out by the group’s response and the shock of Eddie Hearn as properly.
“That is earlier than I knew Jack and I’d by no means met Jack earlier than,” Jones countered.
It stays to be seen if this does something to the connection between Catterall and Jones – who vowed to get his personal again on Prograis by way of social media – but it surely definitely put a cat among the many pigeons at at this time’s remaining press convention.