Interview with Regis Prograis
 By Special Report on Doghouse Boxing (April 18, 2012)
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1.How was your amateur background?
I really
didn't have a long amateur background in boxing like most of my
opponents. I started really boxing around 17 years of age at Savannah in
Houston, Texas. After I moved to Houston it was hectic because me and
my family moved around so much so and I had to keep quitting the gym.
After my family officially got settled in and my mother moved to
Houston, I really started to focus myself back to the ring and my craft.
Since then I have won the Games of Texas, Golden Gloves, U.S
Championships, the H.O.R.N tournament and I made my way to the Olympic
trials.
2.How did you end up in Houston?
During
hurricane Katrina I didn’t think I was affected as much as others at
the time. I left one day earlier with my family. We were a very close
family and I thought so that was all I needed to get through the hard
times. When I left Louisiana, I left with some of my cousins, my younger
sister and my grandparents. My mother stayed in Louisiana. We all came
here (Houston) right before the storm hit. At first I was happy because
school was out and at the time I was young and felt like it was a
little vacation. I never thought at the time that I would never live in
New Orleans again. It really didn’t hit me that I was never going to
the place I called home until one morning we all were sitting in the
hotel room and got on the computer and saw the whole city of New Orleans
and how it had been damaged so severely. Realizing that you will never
sleep in the same room or see your house again, puts things in a certain
perspective.
3.Why did you pick up boxing?
I
picked up boxing through the streets in New Orleans! I always loved to
fight growing up and me and my sister used to always fight As I got
older I had to find other sparring partners. The “sparring” partners I
found ended up being my friends. Through the sparring I discovered that I
really could fight and it was a gift because it came so naturally to
me.
4. Five years from now where do you see yourself?
5
years from now I think I will be a world champion. I have the skills,
dedication, persistence, and right attitude to be a world champion
boxer. The only thing that will stop me is if GOD doesn't want it to be
in my future.
5.If you could fight any boxer right regardless of weight who would it be and why?
If
I can fight anybody right now it would have to be Manny Pacquiao
because of his excitement he brings to the sport. He is athletic,
southpaw and for some reason seems like it would be fun to step in the
ring with him.
Regis Prograis is the 2009 Games of Texas
Gold Medalist, 2011 Olympic Trials Qualifier and 2010 Southeast Texas
Champion. He will be making his professional debut April 28th, 2012 on
Houston, Texas.
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