{"id":861672,"date":"2026-08-17T19:48:14","date_gmt":"2026-08-17T19:48:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/861672\/"},"modified":"2026-08-17T19:48:14","modified_gmt":"2026-08-17T19:48:14","slug":"world-champion-says-juice-heads-ryan-garcia-and-conor-benn-ducked-him-i-could-end-them","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/861672\/","title":{"rendered":"World champion says &#8216;juice heads&#8217; Ryan Garcia and Conor Benn ducked him: &#8220;I could end them&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/boxingnewsonline.net\/boxer\/ryan-garcia\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ryan Garcia<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/boxingnewsonline.net\/boxer\/conor-benn\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Conor Benn<\/a> are set to collide in three weeks\u2019 time, but there is one reigning world champion who claims that both men have swerved him.<\/p>\n<p>Benn tested positive for a performance-enhancing drug named Clomifene ahead of a grudge match with Chris Eubank Jr in September 2022, which was cancelled as a result.<\/p>\n<p>Against Garcia, \u2018The Destroyer\u2019 will appear as a welterweight for the first time since failing that drugs test, but he has revealed that <a href=\"https:\/\/boxingnewsonline.net\/news\/benn-weight-decision-ahead-of-garcia\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">he will not remain at 147lbs regardless of the outcome<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Ostarine was found in Garcia\u2019s system after a career-best win over Devin Haney in April 2024, but after a one-year ban, the Californian returned in an unsuccessful challenge for the vacant WBA welterweight title, losing a unanimous decision to Rolando Romero.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Garcia then secured a second consecutive world title bid and finally got his hands on world honours when he dethroned Mario Barrios earlier this year to claim the WBC welterweight world title, with Benn lined up for his attempted first defence next month.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/fG1mQDGZgxc?si=L7-BhtdfPYYcxz9D\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Fight Hub TV<\/a>, when asked to predict the fight, former \u2018King Ry\u2019 foe Romero refused to offer his thoughts, instead labelling both men as \u2018juice heads\u2019 and declaring that both men ducked him.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTwo juice heads.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t care about that [fight], they both ducked me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>When asked why he believes neither man wishes to face him, Romero stated his belief that his punch power is too much for either of Garcia or Benn to accept the fight.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI punch hard, I could end your whole career with one punch.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Whilst Garcia-Benn takes place next month, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/boxing\/story\/_\/id\/49291232\/rolly-romero-facing-lopez-first-wba-welterweight-title-defense\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Romero faces Teofimo Lopez on Saturday<\/a> as he looks to defend his welterweight crown for the first time since trumping Garcia 15 months ago.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ryan Garcia and Conor Benn are set to collide in three weeks\u2019 time, but there is one reigning&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":861673,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[447],"tags":[703,49,48,82],"class_list":["post-861672","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\/861672","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=861672"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/861672\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/861673"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=861672"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=861672"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=861672"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}