Conor Benn will make his Zuffa Boxing debut towards two-time super-lightweight world champion, Regis Prograis, subsequent month and former cruiserweight ruler, Tony Bellew, has supplied his ideas on the competition.
Benn avenged the solitary defeat on his document when he overcame middleweight foe Chris Eubank Jr at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium final outing, earlier than asserting a return to the welterweight division.
‘The Destroyer’ was put in because the WBC’s necessary challenger and inserted on the prime of their rankings, with Eddie Hearn lining him up for a conflict both towards Ryan Garcia for the complete world title, or towards one of many different champions at 147lbs.
Nonetheless, Benn as an alternative made the shock transfer to separate with Hearn and signal with Dana White’s Zuffa Boxing.
Now, in his first outing for the reason that transfer, Benn is about to tackle Prograis on the Fury-Makhmudov undercard, in a 150lb catchweight affair. Talking with First Spherical TV, Bellew believes that the Prograis bout has merely been ‘thrown collectively on brief discover.’
“It’s a combat that has been thrown collectively on short-notice and it simply will get him out, that’s it.
“In case you are Conor Benn, you’re leaping at it aren’t you. Everyone seems to be making this factor in regards to the sum of money that he’s getting and stuff like that, however he shall be like ‘you need me to face him for that? Completely no drawback in any respect.’
“It’s mad, however it’s this playing cards we get dealt. He has simply obtained to go in there and take care of it. He has obtained an incredible coach in Tony Sims and he’ll be sure that he’s absolutely ready.
“He is not going to need to go in there together with his fighter not at 100%, so you recognize that he shall be on it. He shall be sharp, he shall be able to go and I feel that Regis Prograis has in all probability seen higher days, if I’m being completely sincere.”
Prograis was comprehensively outboxed by Devin Haney and crushed soundly by Jack Catterall when working at super-lightweight, however he has but to be stopped throughout his 33-fight profession.
Boxing 10 kilos increased means Benn will go into the combat because the heavy favorite.
