Prograis announces retirement following Benn loss

Prograis announces retirement following Benn loss

Former world champion Regis Prograis has announced his retirement at the age of 37.

The two-time super-lightweight world champion was overwhelmed convincingly by Conor Benn at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on Saturday evening and then revealed the fight could be his last.

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“Going in, I knew I was going to retire,” the American told Ring Magazine. “This is my last fight. I knew this months ago – I just didn’t tell anybody but I was terrified going into this.

“It’s an incredible fight to be my last against somebody like Conor Benn, somebody that was strong – an area like this with 70,000 in a stadium. I could not ask for a better going away social gathering,…

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