{"id":672415,"date":"2026-07-03T22:32:12","date_gmt":"2026-07-03T22:32:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/672415\/"},"modified":"2026-07-03T22:32:12","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T22:32:12","slug":"terence-crawford-and-shakur-stevenson-disagree-on-who-wins-ryan-garcia-vs-conor-benn-title-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/672415\/","title":{"rendered":"Terence Crawford and Shakur Stevenson disagree on who wins Ryan Garcia vs Conor Benn title fight"},"content":{"rendered":"

Terence Crawford<\/a> and Shakur Stevenson<\/a> have offered conflicting views on Ryan Garcia<\/a> vs Conor Benn<\/a>, to which \u2018King Ry\u2019 has now responded via social media.<\/p>\n

The WBC welterweight champion is expected to defend his world title on September 12, with mandatory challenger Benn having been named as a likely opponent.<\/p>\n

According to Golden Boy boss Oscar De La Hoya, though, the Las Vegas event cannot take place without permission from his promotional outfit and DAZN.<\/p>\n

The Hall of Famer confirmed his stance via an Instagram message to Zuffa Boxing promoter Dana White, who is seemingly attempting to broadcast this fight on Paramount+.<\/p>\n

With contracts in place, De La Hoya insisted that he has not approved Garcia\u2019s next outing, which appears to be part of a two-fight deal with Turki Alalshikh and Sela.<\/p>\n

As the situation continues to develop, only time will tell as to whether Garcia ends up facing Benn, who has not fought at 147lbs since his second-round finish over Chris Van Heerden in 2022.<\/p>\n

Nevertheless, Crawford has backed \u2018The Destroyer\u2019 to dethrone Garcia<\/a>, who subsequently urged four-division world champion Stevenson to enter the discussion.<\/p>\n

Taking to social media, the 28-year-old admitted to disagreeing with his friend and mentor but nonetheless respects his opinion.<\/p>\n

\u201c[Crawford] is the realest dude I met, his pick is his pick. I think [Garcia is going to] win. It\u2019s all opinionated.\u201d<\/p>\n

He is the realest dude I met, His pick is his pick I think you\u2019re gone win it\u2019s all opinionated https:\/\/t.co\/Q0KTdSawln<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Shakur Stevenson (@ShakurStevenson) July 2, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n

Indeed, Garcia would be made a sizable favourite against Benn, especially after claiming his title with a dominant points victory over Mario Barrios in February.<\/a><\/p>\n

Benn, meanwhile, comes off back-to-back unanimous decision wins over faded versions of Chris Eubank Jr and Regis Prograis.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Terence Crawford and Shakur Stevenson have offered conflicting views on Ryan Garcia vs Conor Benn, to which \u2018King…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":672416,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-672415","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\/672415","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=672415"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/672415\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/672416"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=672415"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=672415"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=672415"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}