{"id":743232,"date":"2026-08-19T18:56:09","date_gmt":"2026-08-19T18:56:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/743232\/"},"modified":"2026-08-19T18:56:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-19T18:56:09","slug":"mike-tyson-makes-ryan-garcia-vs-conor-benn-prediction-hes-getting-better","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/743232\/","title":{"rendered":"Mike Tyson makes Ryan Garcia vs Conor Benn prediction: “He’s getting better”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Contrary to the vast majority of predictions, it seems, Mike Tyson<\/a> is unsure that Ryan Garcia<\/a> vs Conor Benn<\/a> ends inside the scheduled 12-round distance.<\/p>\n

The pair will headline an event at Las Vegas\u2019 T-Mobile Arena on September 12, with Garcia making a first defence of his WBC title.<\/p>\n

He became a world welterweight champion in February, dethroning Mario Barrios with a unanimous decision victory after flooring his man in the opening round.<\/p>\n

This followed a points defeat to Rolando Romero<\/a> in May 2025, which saw \u2018King Ry\u2019 produce a lacklustre performance after completing his year-long doping ban.<\/p>\n

Benn, too, has previously tested positive for a banned substance, with a detection of clomifene leading to the cancellation of his 2022 encounter with Chris Eubank Jr.<\/p>\n

\u2018The Destroyer\u2019 did manage to revisit their domestic rivalry in April 2025, though, when an admittedly thrilling battle lent itself to a unanimous decision victory for Eubank.<\/p>\n

Benn then won their rematch<\/a> by the same verdict in November, at which point Eubank seemed particularly hampered by his gruelling cut down to 160lbs.<\/p>\n

But still, many have credited Benn for showing signs of improvement, with Tyson backing Garcia while not quite bringing himself to predict a stoppage victory.<\/p>\n

Speaking with FightHype<\/a>, the former heavyweight champion gave respect to both men but ultimately expressed his belief in Garcia.<\/p>\n

\u201cRyan [wins]. We\u2019ll see [if it ends by knockout]. Conor\u2019s getting better.\u201d<\/p>\n

While he may be an improving fighter, the 29-year-old has not fought at 147lbs since April 2022, back when he stopped Chris van Heerden in two rounds.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Contrary to the vast majority of predictions, it seems, Mike Tyson is unsure that Ryan Garcia vs Conor…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":743233,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-743232","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\/743232","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=743232"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/743232\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/743233"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=743232"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=743232"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=743232"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}