{"id":537974,"date":"2026-04-18T15:37:17","date_gmt":"2026-04-18T15:37:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/537974\/"},"modified":"2026-04-18T15:37:17","modified_gmt":"2026-04-18T15:37:17","slug":"conor-benn-announces-new-multi-fight-promotional-deal-after-just-days-of-free-agency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/537974\/","title":{"rendered":"Conor Benn announces new multi fight promotional deal after just days of free agency"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The speculation over who <a href=\"https:\/\/boxingnewsonline.net\/boxer\/conor-benn\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Conor Benn<\/a> may work with moving forward has come to an end after he put pen to paper on a new deal.<\/p>\n<p>It came as a shock earlier this year when it was announced that Benn had left Eddie Hearn and Matchroom in order to join forces with Dana White\u2019s Zuffa Boxing.<\/p>\n<p>Benn\u2019s deal with Zuffa was for just one fight, with that taking place last weekend when <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/boxing\/articles\/cn9qzz0l5d2o\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">he defeated former super-lightweight world champion Regis Prograis<\/a> by unanimous decision in a 150lb catchweight bout.<\/p>\n<p>That meant \u2018The Destroyer\u2019 was a free agent at the conclusion of that fight and was able to negotiate with other promoters, though former long-term promoter Hearn has continued to doubt whether that was the case.<\/p>\n<p>It hasn\u2019t taken long for Benn\u2019s future to be decided, after it was confirmed that the British star will continue to work with Zuffa and White after signing a new multi-fight promotional deal with the company.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">CONOR BENN IS BACK \ud83e\udd4a<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s official! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ConorNigel?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">@ConorNigel<\/a> has signed a NEW deal with Zuffa Boxing! <\/p>\n<p>Big things on the horizon\u203c\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VavXkaEnms\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/VavXkaEnms<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Zuffa_Boxing (@Zuffa_Boxing) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Zuffa_Boxing\/status\/2045168706540773479?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">April 17, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>With his new deal in place, Benn shared his delight at the announcement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJust signed a new multi-fight deal [that] I\u2019m very excited about. Our visions are aligned. Our goal remains the same. Let\u2019s get that world title and more importantly give people the fights that they want, give people the mega fights. If you guys want it you guys can get it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>White also spoke out on the deal.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cConor and I just signed a new deal here after his one fight deal. We\u2019re excited to have him. We\u2019re ready to put on some big fights. Welcome to Zuffa Boxing Conor Benn.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/boxingnewsonline.net\/news\/froch-on-conor-benn-vs-ryan-garcia-fight\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Benn now looks set to head into a WBC welterweight title fight against Ryan Garcia<\/a>, with the bout looking likely to take place this August.<\/p>\n<p>                                            <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The speculation over who Conor Benn may work with moving forward has come to an end after he&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":537975,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-537974","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-boxing","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/537974","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=537974"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/537974\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/537975"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=537974"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=537974"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=537974"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}