Regis Prograis doesn’t believe he’ll have that issue against Conor Benn on April 11. If anything, he believes it’ll work in his favor with Conor Benn moving down from middleweight to face Prograis at a 150-pound catchweight in the co-main event of Tyson Fury versus Arslanbek Makhmudov on Netflix at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London.

“I feel like I’ll be stronger and he’s coming down, he’s going to be weaker,” Prograis said on the Mr. Verzace Podcast. “That’s how I see it. Me and Conor Benn, we’re the same height. All he can be is a little wider. He’s not going to be wider than Shawn Porter. He’s not a big guy. I don’t see where the advantages are going to come. I don’t see where the power is going to come from.”

Prograis has sparred with former welterweight world champion Shawn Porter in preparation for Benn.

Prograis (30-3, 24 KOs), a two-time junior welterweight champion, has fought at 140 pounds for most of his career. The 37-year-old New Orleans native weighed 142 pounds for his last fight, a unanimous decision win in a back-and-forth brawl against Joseph Diaz on August 2.

Among the people Prograis has leaned on for advice moving up in weight before the fight was made with Benn is five-division and three-time undisputed champion Terence Crawford. Among the key takeaways for Prograis from the conversation with Crawford is how the added weight will help with his durability.

Crawford won his first world title at 135 pounds and moved all the way up to super middleweight, where he beat Canelo Alvarez to become the undisputed champion last September.

“I should have done it a long time ago,” Prograis said of moving up in weight. “My goal was to be a three-time 140-pound champion because it's never been done, but now I see why because you don’t want to be so small.”

Benn (24-1, 14 KOs) last weighed 150 ½ pounds in 2024 when he won a unanimous decision against Peter Dobson. His last two fights were at middleweight against Chris Eubank Jr. After losing by unanimous decision in the first fight in April of last year, which was The Ring’s 2025 Fight of the Year, Benn soundly outboxed Eubank Jr. and dropped him twice in the final round to win a unanimous decision in their November rematch.

Benn, 29, of Essex, England, has spent most of his career fighting at welterweight, but hasn’t fought at the weight class since 2022.

Prograis thinks Benn having to weigh his lightest in two years could play right into his hands. Combine that with him not having to cut as much weight, and Prograis sees a path to victory, which he hopes leads to bigger fights at welterweight later this year.

“I know I’m going to beat Conor Benn no matter what,“ Prograis said. “After that, we’ll see what happens. Maybe something at 147 opens up for me. I feel like I’ll be one of the biggest names and I can dictate what I want.”