{"id":531602,"date":"2026-03-12T14:50:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-12T14:50:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/531602\/"},"modified":"2026-03-12T14:50:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T14:50:07","slug":"regis-prograis-last-opponent-predicts-conor-benn-fight-he-can-do-damage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/531602\/","title":{"rendered":"Regis Prograis’ last opponent predicts Conor Benn fight: “He can do damage”"},"content":{"rendered":"

One man who knows Regis Prograis<\/a> very well has offered his take on the upcoming battle against Conor Benn<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Following his controversial signing with Zuffa Boxing, Benn takes on Prograis in a 150lb catchweight bout<\/a> on the Tyson Fury vs. Arslanbek Makhmudov card on April 11.<\/p>\n

Benn has won 24 of his 25 professional fights, losing just one bout against Chris Eubank Jr before avenging that defeat in November, while Prograis is a two-time super-lightweight world champion.<\/p>\n

Prograis was last in action in August, when he claimed a unanimous decision victory over former world champion Joseph Diaz, and now JoJo has offered his take on his recent rival\u2019s upcoming clash with Benn.<\/p>\n

Speaking to MillCity Boxing<\/a>, Diaz said he was leaning towards Benn, but admits that Prograis is more than capable of getting the win.<\/p>\n

\u201cRegis is a good fighter, he\u2019s a slick fighter. He pretends he\u2019s hurt sometimes, he lands good combinations. If Conor gets caught with a shot unexpectedly, Regis hits hard, he could really put some damage to Conor.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a good fight for both competitors and for boxing. It\u2019s a fight that boxing needs right now. I\u2019m giving the slight edge to Conor Benn because he\u2019s fighting at a heavier weight, and if he lands some good body shots and a good shot up top, he could get Regis out of there.<\/p>\n

\u201cRegis is a slick fighter though, so if Benn is a little too wild like he gets sometimes and drops his hands and stuff and Regis catches and clips him, he can win the fight as well, so it\u2019s a good fight.\u201d<\/p>\n

Another man that previously fought Prograis is former undisputed super-lightweight champion Josh Taylor, and he has also shared his verdict on next month\u2019s bout.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"One man who knows Regis Prograis very well has offered his take on the upcoming battle against Conor…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":531603,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[447],"tags":[703,49,48,82],"class_list":["post-531602","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-boxing","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/531602","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=531602"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/531602\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/531603"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=531602"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=531602"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=531602"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}