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Eddie Hearn: Conor Benn and Regis Prograis fighting makes no sense
Eddie Hearn admits he is surprised by the announcement that Conor Benn will face Regis Prograis.
Benn’s clash with Prograis on April 11 will be his first appearance since his dramatic split with Hearn.
The 29-year-old ended his career-long partnership with Hearn’s Matchroom last week with a spectacular move to Dana White’s Zuffa Boxing.
‘The Destroyer’ was expected to headline Zuffa’s inaugural UK run, but instead appears on Ring Magazine’s bill in conjunction with Tyson Fury’s return against Arslanbek Makhmudov at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.
Hearn is questioning his former protégé’s decision to face the former two-time super lightweight champion in a 150-pound catchweight bout.
“It’s not the kind of fight I would put Conor in,” said the match room chairman Fighting Hub TV.
“Because I was looking for massive fights and I want him to become world champion.
“We had two fights or three fights for him there that would have given him a chance to become world champion, but he wasn’t really interested in them because he just wanted as much money as possible and I understand that.
– You can’t knock someone over this.
“The fight with Regis is intriguing, but [a] quite a run.
“As for Regis, as you can see from the JoJo Diaz fight, he is coming to the end of his career, but he is still a good fighter, but Conor will be much too youthful and fresh for him.
“I think this is a fight for the future.
“It really doesn’t make sense.”
Benn was at ringside Ryan Garcia won against Mario Barrios last week in Las Vegas and is the mandatory challenger to Garcia’s WBC welterweight crown.
The fighter from Essex’s contract with Zuffa – a company headed by the head of boxing in Biała Podlaska and Saudi Arabia, Turki Alalshikh – covers one fight and is worth as much as $15 million.
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Benn will fight at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium for the third year in a row, having had two fights with Chris Eubank Jr last year, the second of which he won after his first professional defeat to the Brighton fighter in April.
“April 11 can’t come soon enough, returning to the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium where I made history against Eubank Jr means everything to me,” he said.
“My last fight there showed the world who I am and what I’m about.
“Fighting on the biggest stages, in the biggest galas, I’m not afraid of anyone!”
“I am fully focused and ready to give another performance.”
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Jesse “Bam” Rodriguez looks to make more history as he moves up to bantamweight to face WBA champion Antonio Vargas on Saturday in Arizona.
Bam Rodriguez (23-0, 16 KO) will face Vargas (19-1-1, 11 KO) at the Desert Diamond Arena in Glendale.
The two-division world champion wants to conquer a third weight class, having already won the flyweight and super flyweight world titles.
The 26-year-old Texan united the division with: Knockout of Fernando Martinez in the 10th round in November.
“Bam” is expected to return to 115 pounds to challenge Andrew Moloney for the undisputed crown later this year and then face undisputed super bantamweight champion Naoya Inoue.
Vargas defended his WBA bantamweight crown in July, although he drew with Daigo Higa.
Bam Rodriguez vs. Vargas – date, place, start time and ring walk
- The fight will take place on Saturday, June 13, live from the Desert Diamond Arena in Glendale, Arizona, UK
- Broadcast will start at 16:00 PT/19:00 ET/12:00 BST (Sunday)
- Main event will start around 7:30 PM PT / 10:30 PM ET / 3:30 AM BST (Sunday)
Bam Rodriguez vs. Vargas – how to watch
- The card can be watched live worldwide on DAZN
Bam Rodriguez vs Vargas – last three fights
Bam Rodriguez
- Jesse “Bam” Rodriguez bt Fernando Martinez – 10th round KO
- Jesse “Bam” Rodriguez bt Phyulela Cafu – TKO, round 10
- Jesse “Bam” Rodriguez bt Pedro Guevara – TKO, 3rd round
Antonio Vargas
- Antonio Vargas – Daigo Higa (official video)
- Antonio Vargas bt Winston Guerrero – TKO in the 10th round
- Antonio Vargas bt Jonathan Rodriguez – 7th round RTD
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Bam Rodriguez vs. Vargas – Undercard
- Arturo Cardenas (17-0-2, 9 KO) vs. Jordan Martinez (16-0-1, 15 KO) – WBC Continental Americas super bantamweight title
- Elif Nur Turhan (13-0, 8 KO) vs Gabriela Tellez (7-0, 3 KO) – IBF lightweight world title
- Adrian Rodriguez (10-0, 6 KO) vs. Elias Montoya Terrazzo (13-0, 8 KO) – lightweight
- Ronny Alvarez (6-0, 5 KO) vs. Filip Stankovic (9-3, 6 KO) – super middleweight
- Trini Ochoa (21-1, 9 KO) vs. Cristian Perez Hernandez (12-4-1, 7 KO) – super lightweight
- Hector Beltran (7-0, 5 KO) vs. Shaquile Felicia (3-1, 1 KO) – super welterweight
- Xechal Xavier Esquivel (5-0, 4 KO) vs. Rayshawn Taylor (1-1-1, 1 KO) – featherweight
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Josh Padley defended his European super featherweight title for the first time at the Utilita Arena in Sheffield, beating Aqib Fiaz by split decision on Saturday.
Padley (19-1, 6 KO) scored to stop Jaouad Belmehdi in the second round to win the vacant European belt in January. Fiaz (14-2, 2 KO) retired after eight bouts for the Commonwealth crown against Reece Bellotti in 2023 and has since lost only twice, with his last victory on points coming against Alex Murphy last July.
In the second, Fiaz pushed the Yorkshireman back into the ropes and went to the body, disturbing his opponent.
The pair opened up in round three and Fiaz landed well to the body again in round four, clearly hurting Padley as he bravely finished the round.
The bodywork was evident again in the fifth round, but the champion fired back and pushed Fiaz away in the seventh round to gain a foothold.
The pace increased as Padley began to tighten the screws, but in the ninth round ‘Ambush’ put Padley under a lot of pressure and the 30-year-old once again survived the session in bleak conditions.
Padley, who had lost his world title fight to Shakur Stevenson, rallied and a left hand rocked Fiaz to the core in the 10th, and he kept landing as the fight came to an end.
Fiaz was deducted a point for a headbutt, and as the fight reached its climax, the pair went mad with lust for leather.
Scores of 115-113 and 114-113 allowed Padley to retain the belt, while the third score was 114-113 in favor of Fiaz.
Sulaimaan is the English champion
On the card below, Ibraheem Sulaimaan won the English super featherweight title with a crushing points defeat against Ibrahim Nadim (16-2, 2 KO).
Sulaimaan (11-0, 5 KO) looked at two cards and the third judge declared him the winner 98-92.
Undercard remaining
Potential middleweight contender Aaron Bowen (8-1, 6 KO) proved to be too much of a challenge for Troy Coleman (15-5-1, 7 KO), who won his ninth and penultimate stoppage victory in their fight.
Leon Atang (7-0, 6 KO) didn’t need long to defeat Fouad Shaili (5-5-2, 3 KO), as the heavyweight hope prevailed in just over two minutes and 30 minutes of the first round of the fight.
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In the super featherweight division, Adam Maca (6-0, 5 KO) was forced to go the distance for the first time and won all six frames in defeating Cesar Ignacio Paredes (18-35-1, 5 KO), and featherweight newcomer Edward Hardy (7-0, 3 KO) stopped Jesus Carrasco (2-5-2) in the final round of the fight, after which both received multiple point deductions.
Connor Mitchell (3-0, 2 KO) needed just over two minutes to defeat Super Featherweight Rodrigo Matias Areco (5-22-2), and in the only four-round fight, Chris Mulunda (3-0) won all four middleweight rounds against Connor Goulding (6-13).
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