Zuffa Boxing continued making headlines on Friday as Dana White introduced the signing of British star Conor Benn.
Benn (24-1, 14 KOs), a 29-year-old native of Essex, England, follows cruiserweight star Jai Opetaia as simply the most recent big-name signing for the upstart promotion, which debuted its first of three struggle playing cards over the previous month on Jan. 23 in Las Vegas.
“Conor Benn is an absolute beast and a famous person,” White stated. “He exhibits up each time and destroys individuals, and now a few of the finest fighters on this planet are calling him out. He is prepared for a world title subsequent and I am unable to wait to see him compete in Zuffa Boxing. He’ll be an enormous addition to a rising secure of very proficient boxers.”
No contract particulars had been introduced as a part of the deal.
The son Nigel Benn, a former two-division champion and 2026 inductee into the Worldwide Boxing Corridor of Fame, the youthful Benn is contemporary off of a powerful victory at middleweight over household rival Chris Eubank Jr. in a rematch of their 2025 struggle of the 12 months that served as Benn’s lone professional defeat.
The flashy and assured Benn has spent the vast majority of his profession at welterweight and plans to return to 147 kilos sooner or later searching for huge fights. In January, Benn entered the ring in New York following Shakur Stevenson’s 140-pound title win over Teofimo Lopez Jr. to hype a future assembly between the 2.
“I am full of pleasure and starvation for what’s forward with Zuffa Boxing,” Benn stated. “I would like the legacy fights, the largest nights, the largest phases. I worry no man at any weight, and I am prepared to provide the followers the fights they have been calling for. I am in my prime, and collectively we have now daring, bold plans.”
Benn was initially scheduled to face Eubank, the son of Corridor-of-Famer Chris Eubank Sr., who took half in two legendary British fights with Benn’s father, in 2022 till a failed drug take a look at and subsequent suspension for Benn delayed the legacy struggle. However regardless of giving up a ton of dimension all through their two-fight sequence, each of which passed off in entrance of sellout crowds at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London, Benn proved to be the larger puncher and aggressor.
Zuffa’s signing of Benn comes within the midst of a public feud between White and Benn’s former promoter, Eddie Hearn of Matchroom Sport. Benn posted a letter to social media following Friday’s announcement to handle the scenario.
“At first, I wish to thank Eddie and the complete crew at Matchroom for the whole lot they’ve carried out for me over the previous decade,” Benn stated. “It has been a journey past something we may’ve imagined, and for his or her perception, help and steerage, I’ll all the time be really grateful, however Zuffa Boxing introduced me with a chance I merely could not refuse.
“I would love Eddie to proceed to be a part of my crew and for our partnership to evolve on this new chapter.”
