{"id":324690,"date":"2025-12-19T13:30:12","date_gmt":"2025-12-19T13:30:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/324690\/"},"modified":"2025-12-19T13:30:12","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T13:30:12","slug":"conor-benn-names-three-man-hit-list-for-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/324690\/","title":{"rendered":"Conor Benn names three man hit list for 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

Conor Benn<\/a> is set to return to the welterweight division, as he sets about becoming a world champion for the first time. Now, \u2018The Destroyer\u2019 has revealed the three potential 147lb opponents that are on his mind for 2026.<\/p>\n

Benn last fought as a welterweight back in 2022, when he knocked out Chris van Heerden inside just two rounds, before testing positive for clomifene later in the calendar and then fighting at super-welterweight in his comeback the next year.<\/p>\n

During 2025, Benn moved up again, twice taking on fierce rival Chris Eubank Jr. in back-to-back clashes at middleweight, where he suffered a first career defeat in their initial encounter but claimed his revenge in their rematch.<\/p>\n

Following that career-best win, the 29-year-old has declared that he will now end a near four-year hiatus from what he believes to be his natural weight-class and campaign as a welterweight once again.<\/p>\n

In an interview with DAZN Boxing<\/a>, Benn named three American fighters as his planned dance partners ahead of his return to the welterweight scene.<\/p>\n

\u201cI know we are working on making that Ryan Garcia fight, so God willing that is next, no doubt.<\/p>\n

\u201c[If not Garcia], Devin Haney, Shakur Stevenson, any of them can get it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Garcia is set to take on Mario Barrios for the WBC welterweight title in February<\/a>, meaning any showdown with Benn would likely come in the summer and depends on who leaves the ring with the belt.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Shakur Stevenson takes on Teofimo Lopez on Saturday, January 31, in New York City, as the lightweight ruler steps up to 140lbs and attempts to claim Lopez\u2019s WBO super-lightweight world title, with Benn a possible opponent for a 147lb debut down the line. Stevenson has said he would like a rehydration clause if the talks are to be serious.<\/p>\n

Lastly, Devin Haney dethroned Brian Norman Jr. to get his hands on the WBO welterweight crown last month. Now, he is being linked to a unified title fight with Belfast\u2019s IBF titleholder, Lewis Crocker<\/a>, but a scrap with Benn would be a more lucrative proposal and may turn his head.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Conor Benn is set to return to the welterweight division, as he sets about becoming a world champion…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":294861,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-324690","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-boxing","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/324690","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=324690"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/324690\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/294861"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=324690"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=324690"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=324690"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}