Conor Benn and Dana White made the rounds on Friday following the announcement that Benn has signed a multi-fight contract with Zuffa Boxing, appearing on ESPN\u2019s First Take and in official clips released through Zuffa and Ring Magazine channels. Below are their full on-the-record comments.<\/p>\n
Conor Benn on Signing the Multi-Fight Zuffa Deal<\/p>\n
\u201cYes guys, I just signed a new multi-fight deal. I\u2019m very, very excited about it. Our visions are aligned. Our goal remains the same \u2014 to get that world title. But more importantly, give people the fights that they want. Give people the megafights. If you guys want it, you guys can get it.\u201d<\/p>\n
Conor Benn on Ryan Garcia and Potential Opponents<\/p>\n
\u201cGarcia can get it next. You know what I\u2019m saying? Whoever the fans want, that\u2019s who we want. I\u2019m here to make the biggest fights possible. The ones that people remember. History, legacy \u2014 that\u2019s what it\u2019s about.\u201d<\/p>\n
Conor Benn on the WBC Title and a New Chapter<\/p>\n
\u201cBlessed to be part of the Zuffa family, man. New stage, new season, new beginning in my career\u2026 starting off this WBC world title over the line.\u201d<\/p>\n
Conor Benn on What He\u2019s Chasing<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re gonna try and make a WBC world title. You know I\u2019m mandatory for that shot\u2026 Ultimately I\u2019m not sure of options. It\u2019s plenty of fights calling me out, so we\u2019ll see what\u2019s there. Whatever fight the public want, they can get. I wanna make the most memorable nights in boxing. The ones where people go, \u2018What a fight, what a night.\u2019 Something to remember. History made. Legacy made.\u201d<\/p>\n
Dana White on the New Deal<\/p>\n
\u201cConor and I just signed a new deal after his one-fight deal. We\u2019re excited to have him. We\u2019re ready to put on some big fights.\u201d<\/p>\n
Dana White on Making the Ryan Garcia Fight<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re down to make it happen. Zuffa Boxing is about putting on the fights the fans actually want to see. No politics. Conor just signed the new deal \u2014 we\u2019re ready to go.\u201d<\/p>\n
Quotes sourced from Benn and White\u2019s Friday appearance on ESPN\u2019s First Take and official video released by Zuffa Boxing and Ring Magazine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Conor Benn and Dana White made the rounds on Friday following the announcement that Benn has signed a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":613523,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[571],"tags":[64,63,802,85],"class_list":["post-613522","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-boxing","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/613522","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=613522"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/613522\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/613523"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=613522"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=613522"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=613522"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}