{"id":325672,"date":"2025-12-04T21:46:07","date_gmt":"2025-12-04T21:46:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/325672\/"},"modified":"2025-12-04T21:46:07","modified_gmt":"2025-12-04T21:46:07","slug":"turki-wants-ryan-garcia-vs-conor-benn-cinco-de-mayo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/325672\/","title":{"rendered":"Turki Wants Ryan Garcia Vs Conor Benn Cinco De Mayo"},"content":{"rendered":"

Promoter Eddie Hearn says Turki Alalshikh is interested in a fight between Ryan Garcia and Conor Benn on Cinco de Mayo weekend on May 5, 2026, in Las Vegas.<\/p>\n

Turki\u2019s Cinco de Mayo Vision<\/p>\n

The Garcia-Benn scenario will only play out if Ryan (24-2, 20 KOs) is victorious in his title challenge against WBC welterweight champion Mario Barrios on February 21, 2026. Understandably, Turki wants Ryan vs. Benn fight, not the Barrios-Conor clash.<\/p>\n

Haney Left Out in the Cold<\/p>\n

The loser out of all of this is Devin Haney, who still clings to his dream of getting a lucrative rematch with Ryan next in 2026 to avenge his loss from April 2024.<\/p>\n

\u201c[Turki Alalshikh] wants to see Conor fight Ryan Garcia on Cinco De Mayo [May 5 weekend] in Las Vegas,\u201d said promoter Eddie Hearn to TalkSport<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Ryan vs. Benn is the mega-fight, the one that the boxing public would be far more interested in seeing than a bout involving Barrios and Conor.<\/p>\n

Haney recently won the WBO welterweight title on November 22nd, and he wants a unification match with Garcia if he captures the WBC 147-lb title. Devin fighting Ryan on Cinco de Mayo weekend in 2026 would mean a bigger purse for him. So, he won\u2019t be happy to see Kingry facing Conor Benn on that holiday instead of him.<\/p>\n

Ryan-Benn = Global Box Office<\/p>\n

The cold, hard reality is that Benn is a star in the UK, and Ryan is massively popular in the U.S. It\u2019s the perfect fight that sells worldwide. In contrast, Haney isn\u2019t popular and has an ugly, non-crowd-pleasing fighting style. He\u2019s more of a fighter who is useful to play the villain role for fights, but that\u2019s about it. His career is still floating along, but his fights are not interesting to the public.<\/p>\n

Earlier this week, the WBC elevated Benn (24-1, 14 KOs) to the #1 mandatory for the 147-lb belt held by Mario Barrios, putting him next in line for the winner of the Barrios-Ryan fight.<\/p>\n

Navy Veteran, College Graduate with a Masters Degree in Organizational Leadership and Grad certificate in Human Resources from Brandman University formally known as Chapman University. Family man, Boxing fan\u2026find me on Twitter talking boxing @James_theGrad<\/p>\n

Boxing News 24<\/a> \u00bb Hearn: Turki Wants Ryan Garcia vs Conor Benn for Cinco de Mayo<\/p>\n

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