Conor Benn defeated Regis Prograis by points victory in a 150lb catchweight bout on the undercard of Tyson Fury's win against Arslanben Makhmudov on Saturday. Regis Prograis retired after the fight against Conor Benn. , stepping up two weight classes to face him and winning their second encounter.
He is now ready to start campaigning back at his traditional division of welterweight. Benn has called out Ryan Garcia, sharing footage of Prograis's Instagram story on X on Thursday and writing, 'You’ll find out soon enough @RyanGarcia,' along with a dynamite emoji. Garcia dropped and outpointed Mario Barrios in February to become WBC welterweight champion.
One thing I will say about him, you can say what you all want, but Conor Benn’s got some f***ing power. Matter of fact, Conor Benn is the hardest puncher I have fought in my whole career, I’m just gonna put it out there like that. You all can say what you all want about Conor Benn, whatever, but Conor Benn’s got the most power. He can punch his ass off. Last night we fought with 10oz gloves on, and Conor Benn can punch. So, we can talk about his skill and stuff like that, but man, you know, all it takes is one – and Conor Benn can punch.
According to BBC Sport, Conor Benn described Garcia as his next opponent but did not want another period of inactivity, so agreed to face Prograis on 11 April instead. Benn is mandatory number one position for Garcia. Prograis admitted the extent of his pre-fight injury troubles, despite claiming in the lead-up that they were not as bad as had been rumoured.
You’ll find out soon enough @RyanGarcia.
CONNOR BUMM.
I’m down GARCIA VS BENN Let’s do it!!!!!!
Mark my words his corner or the ref stops my fight with Connor in the 6-7 round.
I think Garcia's good for the sport of boxing, I think he's a character and he's entertaining, but he's also a liability.
Garcia was next, that was scheduled in - I am mandatory number one position for Garcia. Now if you're me, do you wait out until September or do you take a potential banana skin in the middle? I like rolling the dice and having a little bit of fun and keeping active.