‘Drained’ Conor Benn leaves fans concerned as he weighs in for Regis Prograis fight

Conor Benn alluded that his weight cut for his upcoming clash with Regis Prograis was easy, but his face tells a different story.

The 29-year-old weighed in at 149.6lbs – a shade below the 150lbs catchweight limit for his bout on Saturday night at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.

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As he stepped on the scales for the behind-closed-doors weigh-in on Friday morning, Benn could be heard saying: “Well under, I should have made 147 (welterweight).”

However, the comments section below the video was filled with fans who felt Benn looked ‘drained’ and ‘gaunt’.

One supporter wrote: “147 would have killed the fella, look at him at 149.”

Another posted: “Bro is weight drained.”

A third commented: “I don’t remember seeing Benn this gaunt.”

Meanwhile, somebody else added: “He looks drained.”

How much did Regis Prograis weigh?

Two-time super lightweight world champion Prograis came in 1.5lbs lighter than Benn at 148.1lbs.

That is the heaviest the 37-year-old has weighed since 2013.

Prograis (30-3) recently rebounded from back-to-back defeats to Devin Haney and Jack Catterall at super lightweight to beat Jojo Diaz in a 142lbs catchweight bout last August.

By contrast, Benn is coming down in weight after a pair of grudge matches against bitter rival Chris Eubank Jr at middleweight (160lbs).

Benn tipped the scales at 156.4lbs for their inaugural encounter in April 2025 and was beaten on points in a Fight of the Year contender, before packing on 2.9lbs and exacting his revenge seven months later.

While he looks to have struggled to shed the extra timber he has been carrying around for the last year, Benn intends to drop back down to welterweight after the Prograis fight.

‘The Destroyer’ is the WBC mandatory for Ryan Garcia at 147lbs, and that will be his next port of call, providing he gets his hand raised this weekend.

“Ryan Garcia is around the corner, I could have waited,” Benn told talkSPORT earlier this week.

“But this opportunity was presented, and I felt I could have done with getting out again at 150lbs before dropping back down to 147lbs.

“So it is strategic from my end because I have been walking around at 170lbs for the past three years, not having to really make weight, eating steak in camps.

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“And that has presented a different struggle in itself. But for me, I have to win this fight; he could ruin everything…

“If I don’t get past Regis, I don’t get my shot [at Garcia].”