was confident in January of a Garcia win.<\/a><\/p>\n\u201cI\u2019ll be there ringside and I want the winner. No doubt [it will be] Garcia. So, Garcia-Benn \u2013 I like the sound of that.\u201d<\/p>\n
Speaking on social media today, however, the Brit revealed he is now backing Barrios to retain via stoppage.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou lot think I\u2019m joking\u2026 I bet any money Barrios stops Garcia. I bet you any money. I\u2019m not even joking. [Garcia] is gonna fumble the bag. Barrios, any money, stops Garcia. I am 100% confident. Taking bets.\u201d<\/p>\n
Whether or not it\u2019s mind games targetting Garcia \u2013 who Benn has said he would prefer to face over Barrios \u2013 remains to be seen. Barrios has not recorded a stoppage win since beating Jovanie Santiago in February of 2023.<\/p>\n
Benn\u2019s prediction will hold some legitimacy in the eyes of fans, however, given Garcia\u2019s two losses coming at the top level against Gervonta Davis and \u2018Rolly\u2019 Romero. He has been known to blow hot and cold, and has worried fans with erratic behaviour in the lead-up to fights, the best example of which came before he faced Devin Haney, missing weight and ultimately failing a doping test to see his victory ultimately overturned.<\/p>\n
With the fight now just seven days out<\/a>, there isn\u2019t long before we find out whether or not there will be a shift in the division with \u2018King Ryan\u2019 finally fulfilling his superstar promise and becoming a world champion. On the other hand, he may prove his status as this generation\u2019s nearly man.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ryan Garcia challenges Mario Barrios for the WBC Welterweight World title next weekend in Las Vegas. Conor Benn,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":475627,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[447],"tags":[703,49,48,82],"class_list":["post-475626","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-boxing","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/475626","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=475626"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/475626\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/475627"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=475626"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=475626"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=475626"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}