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Houston’s Regis Prograis (right) flexes while Conor Benn stares him down at the weigh-in Friday, April 10, 2026\u00a0at The Pelligon in London, England. Prograis and Benn will fight Saturday at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in a card broadcast by Netflix.<\/p>\n
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Regis Prograis<\/a> has been in plenty of huge fights. The boxer, who grew up in New Orleans but has called Houston home since he was a teenager<\/a>, is a two-time world champion at junior welterweight and has fought in some huge venues, including New York\u2019s Barclays Center, San Antonio\u2019s\u00a0Alamodome and London\u2019s O2 Arena.<\/p>\n Still, at 37 years old, Prograis might be getting his biggest fight yet.<\/p>\n Main event: Tyson Fury (34-2-1 24 KOs) vs. Arslanbek Makhmudov (21-2, 19 KOs), heavyweights When Prograis faces Conor Benn on Saturday afternoon, there won\u2019t be a belt on the line, but it might be in front of the biggest audience of Prograis’ career. It won\u2019t be just the 65,000 people inside\u00a0London\u2019s Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, but also the massive at-home audience Netflix provides.<\/p>\n Article continues below this ad<\/p>\n The name Tyson Fury should get people tuned in when Netflix goes live at 1 p.m. (CST) Saturday with the former heavyweight champion facing Arslanbek Makhmudov in the main event while Prograis-Benn serves as the co-main event.<\/p>\n And that\u2019s why Prograis (30-3, 24 KOs) was insistent that his team do whatever was necessary to make\u00a0this fight happen.<\/p>\n Benn (24-1, 14 KOs), the 29-year-old son of former world champion Nigel Benn, is nearly a decade younger than Prograis and the naturally bigger man, having campaigned at 160 pounds before dropping to 150 for this fight on his way back to 147 where huge fights against\u00a0the likes of welterweight champions like Ryan Garcia and Devin Haney await the hugely popular London native.<\/p>\n When promoters first reached out to Prograis about being Benn\u2019s potential matchup on the road to 147, Prograis and his camp wanted a lower weight, but Benn was insistent on fighting this one at 150. How about a\u00a0weight stipulation that would limit what Benn could weigh by the time he got into the ring? No deal.<\/p>\n Article continues below this ad<\/p>\n \u201cI called my manager and was like, ‘Look, get this fight done. No matter what, let\u2019s get this fight done,’\u201d Prograis said. \u201cIt\u2019s too big of a platform to pass up, so I made sure we got it done.\u201d<\/p>\n
Co-main event: Regis Prograis (30-3, 24 KOs) vs. Conor Benn (24-1, 14 KOs), catchweight, 150 pounds
When: 1 p.m. Saturday, April 11
Where: Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, London
TV: Netflix<\/p>\n