{"id":619349,"date":"2026-04-20T14:44:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T14:44:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/619349\/"},"modified":"2026-04-20T14:44:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T14:44:08","slug":"regis-prograis-sums-up-conor-benns-chances-of-beating-ryan-garcia-for-world-title","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/619349\/","title":{"rendered":"Regis Prograis sums up Conor Benn’s chances of beating Ryan Garcia for world title"},"content":{"rendered":"

Following his unanimous decision defeat to Conor Benn<\/a> last Saturday, Regis Prograis<\/a> has considered how a clash between \u2018The Destroyer\u2019 and Ryan Garcia<\/a> might unfold.<\/p>\n

The two-time world champion faced Benn on the undercard of Tyson Fury vs Arslanbek Makhmudov<\/a>, announcing his retirement shortly after losing their contest at London\u2019s Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.<\/p>\n

Fighting at a catchweight of 150lbs, this was Benn\u2019s first outing since his middleweight rematch with Chris Eubank Jr, which saw him claim a dominant points victory in November.<\/p>\n

As the WBC\u2019s No.1-ranked welterweight contender, though, the 29-year-old now looks like he could be about to earn a shot at Garcia\u2019s green and gold strap<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The American secured his world title at 147lbs in February, dethroning Mario Barrios with a unanimous decision victory after scoring a first-round knockdown.<\/p>\n

In doing so, Garcia claimed his first win since stopping Oscar Duarte in 2023, which was followed by his controversial clash with Devin Haney in 2024.<\/p>\n

Despite managing to edge a majority decision on the night, \u2018King Ry\u2019 was ultimately handed a year-long ban \u2013 and had his career-best triumph overturned to a no-contest \u2013 after it emerged that he had twice tested positive for banned substance ostarine.<\/p>\n

Similarly, Benn twice tested positive for clomifene in 2022, a few months after his last welterweight outing saw him stop Chris van Heerden in the second round.<\/p>\n

With Benn now looking to return to 147lbs and face Garcia, though, Prograis has offered his take in an interview with Fight Hub TV<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cRyan is fast. Ryan might catch him, but I think that Conor could catch Ryan [as well].<\/p>\n

\u201cConor does have some power, and Conor reminds me of me when I was younger. I was just a dog \u2013 I came to fight and I was unpolished.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s what Conor is. He\u2019s strong; he\u2019s going to come to fight; he has a chin; he\u2019s durable.<\/p>\n

\u201cWith Ryan, it would be interesting. It depends [on] who catches who first.\u201d<\/p>\n

Indeed, both Benn and Garcia appear to carry plenty of power, but have not engineered any stoppages since 2022 and 2023, respectively.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Following his unanimous decision defeat to Conor Benn last Saturday, Regis Prograis has considered how a clash between…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":609420,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[571],"tags":[64,63,802,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-619349","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\/619349","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=619349"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/619349\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/609420"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=619349"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=619349"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=619349"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}