Conor Benn opponent hints at back-up fighter and injury ‘conspiracy’

Regis Prograis has denied that he is injured going into his fight with Conor Benn on Saturday, in response to rumours circulating over the last fortnight. Prograis is set to face Benn on the undercard of Tyson Fury ’s comeback fight with Arslanbek Makhmudov, as the pair meet at a 150lb catchweight . The contest sees American Prograis, a former super-lightweight champion, stray out of his preferred division for the first time .

Meanwhile, Benn is moving back towards his usual welterweight frame after trading wins with Chris Eubank Jr at middleweight in 2025. Regis Prograis just days before fighting Conor Benn (Getty) The fight will also be Benn’s first since the Briton’s shock split from promoter Eddie Hearn , but the latest piece of drama to surround this bout has concerned Prograis’s health. “I feel like it’s some type of plot going on, like they want to put somebody else in my place,” Prograis told Boxing News .

“Because like, as soon as I got here, they were already saying: ‘Yeah, we’ve got somebody. Let me know, we can have somebody. ’ “I mean, I’m here.

I’m proving that I’m willing to fight. I came over here, I don’t have to be here right now if I don’t want to. I came, so why are people trying to put somebody else in my place already?