Benn vs Prograis: Date, fight time, undercard, prediction, ring walks and latest odds

Plenty has happened since that career-best night for ‘The Destroyer’, who shocked the world of boxing in February by splitting from long-time promoters Matchroom and Eddie Hearn to sign a lucrative deal with Zuffa, the new promotional company founded by UFC CEO Dana White and Chairman of the Saudi Arabian General Entertainment Authority, Turki Al-Sheikh.

It’s a one-fight deal rumoured to be worth a cool $15million, causing plenty of fallout and only heightening the tensions between Hearn and White.

Despite stating after his win over Eubank Jr – against whom he jumped up two divisions to middleweight for both fights – that he now wanted to return to his natural home of welterweight (147 pounds) to challenge for world titles, particularly the WBC belt which Ryan Garcia won from Mario Barrios earlier this year, Benn’s next outing is being fought at a catchweight of 150 pounds.

He is up against American southpaw Prograis, the 37-year-old former two-time super-lightweight world champion who has spent his whole career to date in the 140-pound ranks.

‘Rougarou’ last fought in August 2025, when he outlasted Joseph ‘JoJo’ Diaz in a thrilling 10-round contest in Chicago to bounce back from consecutive defeats by Devin Haney – in which he lost the WBC super-lightweight title – and England’s Jack Catterall, by whom he was outpointed in Manchester in October 2024.