Punsh Drunk<\/a>.<\/p>\n\u201cI think Conor now is one of the five or six biggest superstars in the world. He\u2019s charismatic, marketable, and he proved to everybody that he\u2019s also a great fighter.\u201d<\/p>\n
Benn\u2019s win over the 36-year-old Eubank Jr. came with caveats, including a 10-pound rehydration clause and Eubank dropping from super middleweight to fight at 160.<\/p>\n
Benn remains a major draw in the UK, but his profile in the U.S. is lower, where Eubank Jr. is not viewed as a top middleweight.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe showed discipline. He stayed within himself,\u201d Connolly said. \u201cNow the sky is the limit, and we expect to fight Ryan Garcia if he beats Barrios in the first half of next year.\u201d<\/p>\n
A Garcia rematch with Devin Haney would likely draw more interest in the U.S. than a fight with Benn. There\u2019s a demand for that fight, and not much of any for a match with Benn.<\/p>\n
In the eyes of many American fans, Conor is still viewed as the son of the famous British boxer Nigel Benn. He\u2019s 29, and still hasn\u2019t fought any of the cutting-edge fighters or won a world title.<\/p>\n
Olly Campbell has been covering boxing since 2014, offering readers a clear ringside perspective and thoughtful analysis on many of the sport\u2019s biggest nights. His work focuses on fighter tendencies, corner adjustments, and the technical details that shape high-level bouts. Over the years, Olly has reported on major cards in Las Vegas, New York, London, and across the UK boxing circuit, earning a reputation for levelheaded, detail-driven coverage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Connolly believes Benn is now one of the \u201cfive or six\u201d biggest stars in boxing following his win…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":350904,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[447],"tags":[703,49,48,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-350903","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-boxing","8":"tag-boxing","9":"tag-ca","10":"tag-canada","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/350903","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=350903"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/350903\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/350904"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=350903"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=350903"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=350903"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}