Conor Benn is back with Zuffa Boxing.
Dana White’s boxing promotion announced Friday that the British welterweight has signed a new deal with the company. The announcement was accompanied by a video showing White and Benn shaking hands over a contract.
“CONOR BENN IS BACK 🥊,” Zuffa Boxing wrote in a post on X. “It’s official! @ConorNigel has signed a NEW deal with Zuffa Boxing! Big things on the horizon‼️”
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Benn had been a free agent since April 11, when he defeated Regis Prograis via unanimous decision (98-92 on all three cards) on the undercard of Tyson Fury vs. Arslanbek Makhmudov at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London. That bout closed out Benn’s original one-fight agreement with Zuffa.
Benn had signaled earlier this month that a continued partnership with Zuffa was the likely outcome once his initial contract expired.
“After Saturday, I will be a completely free agent. Clearly, Zuffa is in the driving seat because of the way they’ve looked after me so well,” Benn told the PA News Agency before the Prograis fight.
Benn originally split from Eddie Hearn’s Matchroom Boxing in February after a decade-long partnership, a move Hearn described as a “dagger in the heart”
Terms of the new deal were not disclosed in Friday’s announcement.
