{"id":550873,"date":"2026-03-21T09:20:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-21T09:20:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/550873\/"},"modified":"2026-03-21T09:20:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-21T09:20:09","slug":"regis-prograis-says-he-lost-passion-ahead-of-conor-benn-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/550873\/","title":{"rendered":"Regis Prograis Says He Lost Passion Ahead Of Conor Benn Fight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=boxingnews24.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" style=\"display:flex; align-items:center; justify-content:center;&#010;            width:140px; height:40px; overflow:hidden;\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"660\" height=\"208\" alt=\"Add EBoxing News 24as a preferred source on Google\" class=\"perfmatters-lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/google.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>  <\/a><\/p>\n<p>  <a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/publications\/CAAqLAgKIiZDQklTRmdnTWFoSUtFR0p2ZUdsdVoyNWxkM015TkM1amIyMG9BQVAB?ceid=US\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" style=\"display:flex; align-items:center; justify-content:center;&#010;            width:140px; height:40px; overflow:hidden;\"><br \/>\n    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"468\" height=\"128\" alt=\"Follow Boxing News 24 on Google News\" style=\"height:100%; width:auto; display:block;\" class=\"perfmatters-lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/follow-google-news.png\"\/><br \/>\n  <\/a> <\/p>\n<p>The former two-time light welterweight champion says he lost his connection to boxing during a stretch that included two one-sided defeats in 2023 and 2024, describing a period where success and money didn\u2019t bring the satisfaction he expected.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEverybody thinks that when you get all this stuff, when you get all this money, and you get all these things, you think you\u2019re going to be happy. It\u2019s like the opposite,\u201d Prograis said on InsideRingShow. \u201cA lot of things go to s***. That\u2019s kind of what\u2019s been going on with me for the last two years.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Prograis has since returned with a win over Joseph Diaz and is now scheduled to face Conor Benn in a 10-round fight on the undercard of Fury vs. Makhmudov in London. He says the difference now is internal, not tactical.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnother thing is, I kind of fell out of love with boxing. I got the tattoo on my arm. I\u2019m obsessed with boxing, and I just kind of fell out of love with it,\u201d Prograis said. \u201cI didn\u2019t have the passion that I once had. But now, I\u2019m back at that stage of loving it. I\u2019m really being in the gym, and I just love being in the gym with these guys.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The claim is simple. The timing is harder to ignore.<\/p>\n<p>A return to form built on motivation is difficult to measure, especially against a younger opponent who is expected to test durability early. The Diaz win provided activity, but it did not answer whether Prograis can handle pressure at this stage.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t smoke, I don\u2019t drink, and I don\u2019t do drugs. So, that\u2019s my drug. Fighting is like my drug. That\u2019s something I\u2019m really addicted to,\u201d Prograis said.<\/p>\n<p>The fight with Benn will show whether the renewed interest holds once he is under fire again, or if the last two years were less about mindset and more about where he is now as a fighter.<\/p>\n<p>Robert Segal is a boxing journalist at Boxing News 24 with more than a decade of experience covering fight news, previews, and analysis. Known for his straightforward reporting and ringside perspective, he delivers authoritative coverage of champions, contenders, and emerging talent worldwide.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The former two-time light welterweight champion says he lost his connection to boxing during a stretch that included&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":550874,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[447],"tags":[703,49,48,82],"class_list":["post-550873","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\/550873","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=550873"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/550873\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/550874"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=550873"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=550873"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=550873"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}