Two of Zuffa Boxing’s newest signings were in action Saturday night in London at Fury vs Makhmudov, as Conor Benn and Breyon Gorham both competed on a major stage at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.
Official Results
150-Pound Catchweight: Conor Benn defeats Regis Prograis via unanimous decision (98-92, 98-92, 98-92)
Conor Benn showcased his speed and conditioning as he comprehensively outworked former two-time 140-pound world champion Regis Prograis over 10 rounds at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.
Benn pushed a breathless pace throughout the 10-round matchup as he forced Prograis onto the back foot for almost the entirety of their 150-pound catchweight contest to earn a clear unanimous decision victory on the scorecards.
“I want Ryan Garcia next.” 👀
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The action started quickly as both men looked to take charge of the early exchanges, but it was Benn’s shots that seemed to carry the greater threat in the opening three minutes. Then, right at the bell at the end of the round, Benn connected with a big straight right that caused both of Prograis’ legs to buckle as he wobbled, but didn’t go down.
Benn continued his aggressive start through Rounds 2 and 3, as he consistently beat Prograis to the punch and found a home with his snapping jab. But the Englishman had to deal with his first moment of adversity early in the fourth when Prograis clipped him with some solid left hands and, after an accidental clash of heads, opened up a cut above Benn’s right eye.
Prograis enjoyed his best round of the fight in the fourth as he found his range and connected with several scoring shots. And, in the fifth, the former two-time world champion started to let his shots go as he looked to answer Benn’s power shots in kind. After calling the Englishman forward at the start of the sixth, Prograis came out and landed big shots on the Englishman and, after another accidental head clash, Benn emerged with a second cut, this time over his other eye. In a tricky round for the home fighter, Benn later drew the ire of the referee, who didn’t appreciate the Englishman’s mid-fight trash talk to his opponent
Benn found another gear in Round 7 as he turned up the heat on Prograis by pushing a relentless pace and ripping him to the midsection with some savage body shots. But he got a warning in the final minute of a round, as a smart counter briefly stopped him in his tracks. The body attack from Benn continued through the eighth as he poured the pressure on Prograis, who took his best shots well, albeit with a noticeably lower output himself.
UNANIMOUS FOR THE DESTROYER💥
— Zuffa_Boxing (@Zuffa_Boxing) April 11, 2026
@ConorNigel gets the win over Regis Prograis
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After the ninth round ended with the pair glaring over the shoulder at each other as they returned to their corners, the final stanza started with Benn shoving Prograis to the canvas and receiving a warning from the referee. Benn kept pushing the pace as he walked down the American, throwing big shots. Heads clashed, and shots were traded, but overall it was Benn who held sway as his aggression kept him on the front foot all the way to the final bell.
After a rough, tough 10-rounder reached its conclusion, the attention turned to the judges’ scorecards, who all scored the fight the same – 98-92 to Benn, who claimed the 25th win of his professional career.
Now the attention will turn to what comes next, with “The Destroyer” likely to set his sights on welterweight championship glory in the not-too-distant future.
Welterweight: Breyon Gorham defeats Eduardo Costa via TKO – Round 5, 1:51
In the night’s featured preliminary card bout, new Zuffa Boxing signee Breyon Gorham delivered a near-punch-perfect display to hand durable Brazilian Eduardo Costa the first stoppage loss of his career.
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Gorham settled into his work early as he stalked Costa around the ring and landed some solid shots, with the American enjoying particular success to the body. Then a chopping right hand sent the Brazilian to the canvas, as Costa was forced to take an eight-count in the final minute of the round.
After making the early breakthrough in the first round, Gorham set about building on that success in the second, but the 25-year-old didn’t stick to just head-hunting. Instead, he kept mixing up his shots as he scored effectively to the body to help bring down the guard of the Brazilian. Gorham continued to hurt Costa to the body and briefly froze him with a left hook to the liver as he troubled the Brazilian with smart shot selection.
Gorham continued to outclass Costa through Round 3, then loaded up in the fourth as she sent the Brazilian staggering backward with a stiff straight right. Costa gamely stayed in the contest, but by the end of the round, Gorham’s heavy shots had really taken their toll.
BREYON GORHAM IS UNTOUCHABLE‼️
— Zuffa_Boxing (@Zuffa_Boxing) April 11, 2026
HE MOVES TO 22-0 🥊
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Costa looked to be there for the taking, and in Round 5, Gorham turned up the power to finish the job. He pieced up his man with stiff, powerful shots in the early part of the round, then stepped into range and let the heavy artillery go. A huge right hook started the finishing sequence, followed by a corkscrew left uppercut that forced the Brazilian back against the ropes. A salvo of right hooks then forced the referee to step in and call an end to the contest.
It was an eye-catching way to finish the fight, as he impressed Netflix co-commentators and former world champions Andre Ward and David Haye with a virtually flawless display to extend his perfect professional record to 22-0 with the 13th stoppage win of his career.
🗣️”That’s what we DO!” 🥊
— Zuffa_Boxing (@Zuffa_Boxing) April 11, 2026
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More Results:
Main Event: Tyson Fury vs Arslanbek Makhmudov
Tyson Fury returned from retirement – again – as he claimed victory over hard-hitting Russian contender Arslanbek Makhmudov in his comeback fight at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.
The fight viewed like a fighter shaking off his ring rust as Fury gradually worked his way into the fight through the dangerous early rounds, tested his skills through the middle rounds, then started to mix up his footwork and hand speed in the later rounds as he outclassed a dangerous, if largely one-dimensional, opponent.
Makhmudov’s sole tactic was to barrel forward, throwing winging overhand shots, and whenever Fury deployed lateral movement, he had the Russian swinging at air.
And by Round 8, Fury was in full control, and could barely miss with his shots on his slowing opponent, who seemingly had no answer to the former world champion’s skills, movement and conditioning, with Fury carrying his pace through to the later rounds.
After comprehensively outboxing Makhmudov through the first 10 rounds, Fury was told by his coach SugarHill Steward to go for the finish, and he finished the 11th landing big shots on the almost-static Russian.
And after a 12th round that saw Fury dominate the action, including connecting with a number of thumping upper cuts on Makhmudov’s granite chin, the action went to the judges’ scorecards.
The result was a formality, with the scorecards reading 120-108, 120-108, 119-109 to Fury, who returned with a landslide decision victory to potentially tee up an all-British heavyweight superfight with his longtime rival, Anthony Joshua.
British Heavyweight Title: Richard Riakporhe defeats Jeamie ‘TKV’ Tshikeva via TKO – Round 5, 2:12
Former cruiserweight title challenger Richard Riakporhe completed a successful move to heavyweight as he stopped defending champion Jeamie “TKV” Tshikeva in the fifth round to capture the British heavyweight title.
In an eventful opening round, Riakporhe appeared to stun Tshikeva early in an exchange that ended with the pair of them falling to the canvas. No count was administered, but it gave the challenger early confidence in his punch power in a big heavyweight fight.
That confidence only increased after the mid-way point of the second round, after Riakporhe busted up Tshikeva’s nose, causing it to leak blood. Then a big right upper cut from the challenger drew gasps from the crowd as he started to make his punches really count.
Tshikeva seemingly had little answer for Riakporhe’s shots other than consistent holding, and a strong warning from the referee in the third round made clear that he was far from happy with “TKV’s” constant clinching. Soon after, the champion was then deducted a point by the official for a cheeky head-butt on the inside at the start of Round 4.
The momentum was only going one way, and Riakporhe made the breakthrough in the fifth when he dropped the champion with a clubbing overhand right that forced “TKV” to take an eight-count. Riakporhe looked to follow up with more power shots, and Tshikeva tried to hold his way to safety, only for the challenger to throw the champion across the ring. Once the action resumed, Riakporhe poured on the pressure and landed some huge shots that eventually forced the referee to dive in and end the fight in the final minute of the round.
It gave Riakporhe his second British championship after previously capturing the cruiserweight crown, and took his heavyweight record to 3-0, all by stoppage, as he looks to make his way towards the biggest names in the division.
Heavyweight: Justis Huni defeats Frazer Clarke via majority decision (95-95, 96-94, 96-94)
Australian heavyweight contender Justis Huni used his superior speed and conditioning to edge a majority decision verdict over hard-hitting Brit Frazer Clarke after 10 highly-competitive rounds.
After a close opening round, Huni established his speed advantage through Rounds 2 and 3 as he consistently beat Clarke to the punch, and enjoyed particular success early by slipping Clarke’s lead, then ripping the Englishman to the body with crushing left hooks. But Clarke came back in the fourth with a big shot that wobbled the legs of the Australian late in the round.
It set the table for a tightly-contested battle as both men had their successes through the second half of the fight. But, while the rounds were all competitive, Huni edged just enough of them to claim the judges’ decision, with the scorecards reading 95-95, 96-94, 96-94 in his favor.
It gave Huni a welcome return to form after his dramatic knockout loss to Fabio Wardley in an interim heavyweight title fight last July, and ensured his name remains among those at the sharp end of the heavyweight division.
Flyweight: Mikie Tallon defeats Leandro Blanc via knockout – Round 1, 2:53
Undefeated Liverpool flyweight Mikie Tallon showcased his boxing potential with a crisp performance to stop Argentina’s Leandro Blanc in the first round.
Twenty-one-year-old Tallon took his time to assess his opponent’s style, then started to let his shots go with power and precision as he targeted his opponent’s head and body with solid punches.
And, in the latter stages of the opening round, Tallon ripped a perfectly-placed left hook to the body that folded up Blanc, who couldn’t beat the count.
It meant Tallon improved his perfect record to 13-0, with the third knockout of his young career.
Lightweight: Sultan Almohammed defeats Hector Lozano via TKO – Round 3, 2:46
Sultan Almohammed delivered an impressive performance as the teenager from Saudi Arabia scored a third-round TKO finish of Hector Lozano in their lightweight contest.
Almohammed quickly established himself as the superior fighter as he dictated terms throughout the contest in a comfortable performance for the 18-year-old from Riyadh.
“El Nino’s” win improved his record to 3-0 with two knockouts, as he outclassed Mexico’s Lozano to continue his winning start to life in the pro ranks.
Light Heavyweight: Pawel August defeats Simon Zachenhuber via decision (58-56)
Undefeated fighters went head to head in a highly-competitive scrap at light heavyweight, and it was English-based Pole Pawel August who stepped in on two weeks’ notice to edge a razor-close decision over Germany’s former two-belt European champion Simon Zachenhuber.
The matchup showcased a contrast in the two fighters’ respective fighting styles, with Zachenhuber looking to stay at range to utilize his reach advantage with his rangy southpaw style, while orthodox striker August looked to step inside and engage in a phone-booth fight. Overall, it was August who managed to impose his style more effectively, though both fighters landed plenty of scoring shots throughout an entertaining, back-and-forth battle.
After six super-competitive rounds, the referee scored the bout 58-56 to August, sparking wild scenes of celebration in the Pole’s corner, and utter disbelief in Zachenhuber’s.
Lightweight: Felix Cash defeats Liam O’Hare – Round 2, 0:22
Cash dropped O’Hare with a solid straight left, then dropped him almost immediately after the restart with a clubbing overhand right as he made a lightning-fast start to the contest.
Cash then swarmed his man as he attempted to finish the fight, but got badly rocked in the closing seconds of the round as O’Hare almost turned the fight on its head with a huge Hail Mary shot.
Cash picked up the pace at the start of Round 2, however, and after a short shot dropped O’Hare to one knee, the referee decided the fighter from Hereford, England had taken more than enough punishment for one night, and stepped in to wave off the contest.
It meant that Cash picked up the 17th win, and 11th knockout, of his career as he looks to move back up the ranks at 147 pounds.
Welterweight: Elliot Whale defeats Tom Hill via TKO – Round 4, 2:39
Undefeated English southpaw and former Commonwealth Silver champion Eliot Whale improved his perfect professional record to 14-0 with a fourth-round stoppage of compatriot Tom Hill.
Whale took a couple of rounds to get going, but after taking a look at Hill over the first six minutes, Whale really started to find his groove as he outboxed Hill through the third, then stopped his man in the fourth when the referee intervened to spare Hill any unnecessary punishment.
