It will be the first time the Englishman has made the welterweight limit since he stopped Chris van Heerden inside two rounds in April 2022.

Since then, Benn (25-1, 14 KOs) spent more than a year out of the ring due to a pair of failed VADA tests five months later before moving up to middleweight for his high-profile fights with Chris Eubank Jr. in 2025.

He made his first steps back towards the welterweight division when he faced Regis Prograis in a 150-pound catchweight fight on April 11 but is now deep into a murderous cut to 147 pounds.

During an interview with The Ring at his home in Essex on Wednesday, Benn confirmed that he has no plans to campaign as a welterweight and will move up in weight once he fights Garcia.

On the cut down, he said: “It’s hard, it’s brutal. This is my last fight at 147 and when I win the world title I’ll move on.

“For me, I haven't made 147 for four years so it’s challenging, don’t get me wrong, it’s really hard.

“Just think, I went up to 183 pounds for the Eubank fights. So it’s hard getting it done.”

Before Benn’s two fights against Eubank, he registered a pair of wins as a junior middleweight, weighing 153.5 pounds in his victory against Rodolfo Orozco in September 2023 and 150.5 pounds against Peter Dobson five months later.

And, when asked where he expects to land once he has faced Garcia (25-2, 20 KOs), the 29-year-old insisted he will have options in three different divisions.

He said: “After this fight I can do 154, 160 or 168.”