{"id":602131,"date":"2026-04-12T13:37:12","date_gmt":"2026-04-12T13:37:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/602131\/"},"modified":"2026-04-12T13:37:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-12T13:37:12","slug":"eddie-hearn-sums-up-conor-benns-performance-against-regis-prograis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/602131\/","title":{"rendered":"Eddie Hearn sums up Conor Benn’s performance against Regis Prograis"},"content":{"rendered":"

Eddie Hearn has offered his immediate reaction to Conor Benn\u2019s dominant victory over Regis Prograis, shortly after they collided at London\u2019s Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.<\/p>\n

The pair featured on the undercard of Tyson Fury vs Arslanbek Makhmudov<\/a> yesterday evening, delivering a rather uneventful affair at a catchweight of 150lbs.<\/p>\n

This saw Prograis jump up from his more familiar surroundings at 140lbs, while Benn was moving down from middleweight following his points win over Chris Eubank Jr.<\/p>\n

Unlike his performance in November, though, \u2018The Destroyer\u2019 was unable to score any knockdowns as he nonetheless claimed a wide unanimous decision victory.<\/p>\n

This represents his first outing since leaving Hearn\u2019s Matchroom Boxing, which came as a surprise when he also announced the signing of a one-fight deal with Dana White\u2019s Zuffa Boxing<\/a>.<\/p>\n

As a result of completing his contractual obligation, Benn now has the option to shop around for a new promoter, or perhaps extend his working relationship with White.<\/p>\n

Either way, he is expected to secure a bigger test than Prograis, who, despite being a gifted two-time world champion, was injured in camp and, at 37, announced his retirement shortly after the defeat.<\/p>\n

Speaking with Boxing News, Hearn suggested that Benn is a more spiteful operator at 160lbs, and ultimately said it was a \u2018difficult\u2019 watch due to the condition of Prograis.<\/p>\n

\u201cYeah, it was what it was. It was difficult because Regis couldn\u2019t really stand up. You could tell from even the first round his leg wasn\u2019t, you know\u2026<\/p>\n

\u201cNot the best [fight from Benn], but he\u2019s had a lot to deal with and I wish him all the best.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think he\u2019s better up at middleweight to be honest with you. I don\u2019t think he has any power down at that weight, and I think he looked much more effective and stronger at middleweight.\u201d<\/p>\n

Regardless of his feelings towards Benn following the unexpected departure from Matchroom, many would agree with Hearn\u2019s comments on the 29-year-old\u2019s performance against Prograis. On the broadcast, Hall of Famer Andre Ward said Benn would need to find more to compete with the champions at welterweight.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Eddie Hearn has offered his immediate reaction to Conor Benn\u2019s dominant victory over Regis Prograis, shortly after they…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":602132,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[571],"tags":[64,63,802,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-602131","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-boxing","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-boxing","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/602131","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=602131"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/602131\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/602132"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=602131"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=602131"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=602131"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}