Conor Benn arrived in New York for what seems to be a strategic scouting mission for Friday’s Deadly Fury: Metropolis of Wolves occasion at Instances Sq.. Benn (23-1, 14 KOs) is fascinated with combating Ryan Garcia in a blockbuster-level mega-millions combat.
Conor desires to be seen by the cameras on this occasion on DAZN PPV. Being current on Friday will give Benn plenty of visibility with out him having to combat. It’s all strategic.
Goal: Ryan Garcia
The welterweight Benn, 28, was aggressive in his loss to the British-level middleweight Chris Eubank Jr. final Saturday night time. Conor is probably going hoping to take that efficiency and transmute it right into a goldmine combat in opposition to Ryan Garcia.
It doesn’t matter that Benn can be coming off a defeat. The truth that he was aggressive in opposition to a middleweight, albeit an growing old, underachieving one which had by no means received a world title throughout his lengthy profession.
Ryan (24-1, 20 KOs) has different plans for his subsequent combat that don’t contain Benn. If Kingry is victorious in opposition to Rolly Romero (16-2, 13 KOs), he’ll seemingly combat Devin Haney in a rematch in October if he wins his undercard combat in opposition to Jose Ramirez on Friday night time. There’s plenty of fan curiosity in a Garcia-Haney rematch.
Rematch Issue
Benn has a rematch clause with Eubank Jr. (35-3, 25 KOs), and people two will certainly combat later this 12 months for large cash. For Conor to have any shot at getting a combat in opposition to Ryan Garcia within the close to future, he’s going to should both win or make it razor-close once more.
Dropping a second time to Eubank Jr, even when it’s shut, goes to place Benn in a foul place to get a combat in opposition to Ryan in 2026. Benn must come again right down to 147 and beat one or two notable contenders within the division to rebuild.
Sadly, there’s a scarcity of contenders that Conor may combat that might enhance his recognition after a second loss to Eubank Jr. He would wish to tackle one of many champions, like Brian Norman Jr. or Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis to rebuild.
There’s no likelihood that Benn’s promoter Eddie Hearn would stick him in with both of these welterweight champions coming off a second defeat to Eubank Jr. Hearn is aware of that Benn would seemingly be knocked out by Norman Jr. and Boots. His probabilities of ever getting a combat in opposition to Ryan Garcia can be completely dashed.
Conor Benn has arrived in New York for the historic Instances Sq. present, and has been greeted by followers following his conflict with Chris Eubank Jr.
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