 After a lay off, it was announced that Benn would return to the O2 Arena on 1 July 2017.Benn stopped Mike Cole after knocking him down following a left hook in round 3, recording his fifth stoppage victory.It was announced that Benn would appear on an edition of NXTGEN on Sky Sports on 1 September 2017 alongside Olympians Joshua Buatsi, Lawrence Okolie and Joe Cordina.