{"id":687135,"date":"2026-07-12T05:04:14","date_gmt":"2026-07-12T05:04:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/687135\/"},"modified":"2026-07-12T05:04:14","modified_gmt":"2026-07-12T05:04:14","slug":"dalton-smith-open-to-conor-benn-fight-itd-be-a-stadium-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/687135\/","title":{"rendered":"Dalton Smith Open To Conor Benn Fight: &#8216;It&#8217;d Be A Stadium Fight&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=boxing247.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" style=\"display:flex; align-items:center; justify-content:center;&#010;            width:140px; height:40px; overflow:hidden;\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"660\" height=\"208\" alt=\"Add East Side Boxing as a preferred source on Google\" class=\"perfmatters-lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1770669047_552_google.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>  <\/a><\/p>\n<p>  <a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/publications\/CAAqKAgKIiJDQklTRXdnTWFnOEtEV0p2ZUdsdVp6STBOeTVqYjIwb0FBUAE?ceid=US:en&amp;oc=3&amp;hl=en-US&amp;gl=US\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" style=\"display:flex; align-items:center; justify-content:center;&#010;            width:140px; height:40px; overflow:hidden;\"><br \/>\n    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"468\" height=\"128\" alt=\"Follow East Side Boxing on Google News\" style=\"height:100%; width:auto; display:block;\" class=\"perfmatters-lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/follow-google-news.png\"\/><br \/>\n  <\/a> <\/p>\n<p>\u201cOf course, I wouldn\u2019t say no,\u201d Smith told iFL TV when asked about facing Benn. \u201cIt\u2019s a big fight, you know, two Brits. Obviously, Conor\u2019s a good guy, but boxing\u2019s business.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor the right fight, it\u2019d be a stadium fight. Obviously, I\u2019m wishing Conor all the best. He\u2019s a good guy, and boxing\u2019s a business. So, it\u2019s a fight I\u2019d love to be a part of.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Smith made it clear his immediate focus remains on defending his world title against Puello, but acknowledged that bigger fights could eventually come at welterweight.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe money fights might be at 147,\u201d Smith said. \u201cFor the right fight, I\u2019d go to 147. Right now, 140 is my weight for the foreseeable future.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A Benn-Smith matchup would currently require one of them to move divisions. Smith is the reigning WBC light welterweight champion, while Benn has campaigned at welterweight throughout his career.<\/p>\n<p>Before any discussions about Benn can become realistic, Smith must first get through Puello in what will be his first world title defense. The Sheffield native captured the WBC title with a stoppage victory over Subriel Matias earlier this year before an elbow injury forced the postponement of his originally scheduled defense against Puello.<\/p>\n<p>If Smith successfully retains his title in October and Benn emerges victorious against Ryan, a domestic superfight could become one of the biggest options available in British boxing.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Youtube video\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" data-pin-nopin=\"true\" nopin=\"nopin\" class=\"perfmatters-lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1783832654_933_hqdefault.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cOf course, I wouldn\u2019t say no,\u201d Smith told iFL TV when asked about facing Benn. \u201cIt\u2019s a big&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":687136,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-687135","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\/687135","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=687135"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/687135\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/687136"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=687135"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=687135"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=687135"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}