Boxing Mar 26, 2026

Conor Benn wants to bring Ryan Garcia title fight to UK stadium straight after next bout against Regis Prograis

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Conor Benn wants to bring Ryan Garcia title fight to UK stadium straight after next bout against Regis Prograis

Conor Benn wants an immediate world title shot if he defeats Regis Prograis in their April 11 bout.

Benn expects to be victorious against Prograis, a former world champion, when they fight at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on the undercard of Tyson Fury's comeback against Arslanbek Makhmudov.

He plans to position himself to challenge for world honours - with Ryan Garcia, the holder of the WBC welterweight championship, his primary target.

Benn wants to bring that Garcia bout to a British football stadium too.

"Once this fight is done and out the way, God willing the victory is mine, I believe the world title is mine as well," Benn told Your Site.

"Provided April 11 goes to plan and I get the stoppage, I want to be straight back out.

"Another stadium show sounds lovely, doesn't it?"

Benn added: "I have just one goal and that is get the world title.

"Ultimately I'm in a position now where I'm really comfortable in life, but the work has become more relentless. The work has become more purposeful. There's more intent behind the work, and it's hard to say that considering I've always worked hard."

He wants to emulate his father, British boxing legend Nigel Benn by winning the WBC belt.

"He won that world title so for me it's my goal to win that world title," he said.

His next fight against Prograis will be at 150lbs, his lowest weight since 2022. Benn fought Chris Eubank Jr twice at middleweight but remains confident that he can still get all the way down to welterweight for a world title fight.

"It's only a few pounds over. Getting down to 150, based on how I'm feeling shouldn't be an issue at all," he said.

"It's exciting to get back down to my natural weight. You think for the Eubank fight I was walking around about 175lbs, which is outrageous. Looking back now, it's insane."

He intends to have an impact against Prograis, who's had two world title reigns down at 140lbs. The American has only lost to outstanding fighters: Josh Taylor in a 2019 barnburner, Devin Haney, a two-weight and former undisputed world champion, and Jack Catterall.

"I'm preparing for the best Regis, no doubt he's a dangerous fighter, he's a good fighter, southpaw and I'll be more than well equipped to handle whatever he brings," Benn reflected. "I'm going to be looking for that shot.

"I believe I get the stoppage. I prepare for the stoppage all the time, every single one of my fights I look for the knockout and I'll be looking for it."

This will be his first competitive outing since leaving Eddie Hearn's Matchroom Boxing for Dana White's new promotion Zuffa Boxing.

"Ultimately it's the best decision for my career, I'm really excited about this chapter," Benn said.

"I [saw] it everywhere, people messaging me, but ultimately I'm dialled in, locked in and focused on April 11. So for me everything else is just noise. Ultimately the goal is still the same and that's to win a world title."

He has changed promoter but maintains the same team around him, including head trainer Tony Sims.

"My whole team are with me until the wheels fall off," Benn said. "The team I've created and made over the past 10 years is a team that will be with me for life, until the day I decide to hang up the gloves. They have my best interests at heart."

He wasn't sure though what the crowd's reaction to him would be when he fights at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on April 11, his third consecutive bout at the north London venue.

"I don't know. You never know. I could be the good guy, I could be the bad guy. One day they love you, one day they hate you," he said.

"Ultimately I am who I am. Love me or hate me I'm Conor Benn and the way I am is the way I am. I wouldn't change for nobody. My job is to give you value for money. My job is for people to go home and go what a fight, what a good fight. That's my job and I do my job.

"You so dialled in and focused you don't really hear the noise," he continued. "For me them two [Eubank] fights will be hard to top throughout my career, even winning the world title I don't think will top them two fights."

His first bout with Eubank was a decision defeat, but won the prestigious British Boxing Board of Control award for Contest of the Year. He avenged the loss in his rematch with Eubank Jr, dropping his rival twice en route to his own decision victory.

He wants to deliver that kind of action again.

"Expect what you expect when you watch a Conor Benn fight, which is just excitement," Benn said.

"Ultimately I want to display more than aggression, more than that bruteness in me. I want to display boxing ability and boxing IQ, which because I'm a big puncher people forget that I have an intelligent fighter in there.

"I'm coming out there and I do take no prisoners. That's my style. I'm going to come out there and do some damage for sure. That's my goal. Give people value for money."

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