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An undated picture of\u00a0British professional boxer\u00a0Conor Benn. \u2014 Instagram\/\u00a0conorbennofficial<\/p>\n
Conor Benn called WBC welterweight champion Ryan Garcia \u2018good for boxing\u2019 but also a \u2018liability\u2019.<\/p>\n
Garcia, who claimed his first major world title in February after two previous failed attempts and a one-year doping suspension, presents a fascinating challenge for Benn. <\/p>\n
The 27-year-old Garcia has long been on Benn\u2019s radar. However, during 2025, Benn became deeply involved in a heated rivalry with Chris Eubank Jr., temporarily shifting his focus.<\/p>\n
After moving up two weight classes to face Eubank and winning their second clash, Benn, 29, is now refocusing on his natural welterweight division and potential match-ups like Garcia. <\/p>\n
Reflecting on his next steps, Benn revealed Garcia was first set as his next opponent, but to avoid inactivity, he chose Regis Prograis, announcing the fight for 11th April.<\/p>\n
“I think Garcia’s good for the sport of boxing, I think he’s a character and he’s entertaining, but he’s also a liability,” Benn said.<\/p>\n
“Garcia was next, that was scheduled in – I am mandatory number one position for Garcia.<\/p>\n
“Now if you’re me, do you wait out until September or do you take a potential banana skin in the middle? I like rolling the dice and having a little bit of fun and keeping active.”<\/p>\n
Adding another layer of change, this weekend\u2019s fight will be Benn\u2019s first since parting ways with lifelong promoter Matchroom, as he signs a one-fight deal with Zuffa Boxing, backed by UFC chief Dana White and the Saudi capital. <\/p>\n
With this new partnership, Zuffa aims to establish its own premier world title alongside the Ring Magazine belt.<\/p>\n
Despite these recent changes, Benn\u2019s sights remain firmly set on a world title, just as his father Nigel did in the 1990s. <\/p>\n
If he beats Prograis, Benn has several opponent options, but Garcia, whose unpredictability he respects, remains his main target.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"An undated picture of\u00a0British professional boxer\u00a0Conor Benn. \u2014 Instagram\/\u00a0conorbennofficial Conor Benn called WBC welterweight champion Ryan Garcia \u2018good…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":589965,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[447],"tags":[15398,703,49,48,25826,91721,2674,82],"class_list":["post-589964","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-benn","tag-boxing","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-conor-benn","tag-nigel","tag-ryan-garcia","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/589964","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=589964"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/589964\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/589965"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=589964"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=589964"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=589964"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}