Matchroom Boxing<\/a>. \u201cWe should only wait if we\u2019re guaranteed that fight.\u201d<\/p>\nHearn said discussions are ongoing behind the scenes, but acknowledged that no decision can be made until the Barrios-Garcia bout takes place. He added that Garcia versus Benn would be a major commercial event if Garcia were to come through.<\/p>\n
Hearn also noted that other fighters have expressed interest in facing Benn. Among them is Shakur Stevenson, who has said he would pursue Benn if successful against Teofimo Lopez later this month. Despite the outside interest, Hearn said Benn\u2019s priority remains a WBC title opportunity.<\/p>\n
According to Hearn, Benn has already returned to training and is preparing for the possibility of an interim bout if no guarantee is received. He said Benn would prefer to fight no later than May or June if the title shot is secured, but would move earlier if needed.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019s not going to sit around waiting,\u201d Hearn said. \u201cHe wants the WBC world title, and it\u2019s our job to try to make that happen.\u201d<\/p>\n
The situation is simple. Either the title path is clear, or Benn fights while it isn\u2019t.<\/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":"If that assurance is not in place, Hearn said he does not want Benn inactive while the division…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":360958,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-360957","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\/360957","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=360957"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/360957\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/360958"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=360957"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=360957"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=360957"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}