{"id":745720,"date":"2026-08-22T02:34:17","date_gmt":"2026-08-22T02:34:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/745720\/"},"modified":"2026-08-22T02:34:17","modified_gmt":"2026-08-22T02:34:17","slug":"conor-benn-gives-honest-response-to-accusations-that-he-cant-make-weight-for-ryan-garcia-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/745720\/","title":{"rendered":"Conor Benn gives honest response to accusations that he can’t make weight for Ryan Garcia fight"},"content":{"rendered":"

Conor Benn<\/a> has addressed Ryan Garcia<\/a>\u2019s suspicion that he \u201ccan\u2019t make weight\u201d ahead of their showdown on September 12.<\/p>\n

The pair will collide in a welterweight encounter at Las Vegas\u2019 T-Mobile Arena, with Garcia making a first defence of his WBC world title.<\/p>\n

He claimed the belt with a unanimous decision victory over Mario Barrios<\/a>, who he dethroned after scoring a first-round knockdown in their February contest.<\/p>\n

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

But while the American has been known to blow hot and cold, he is nonetheless considered a sizable favourite against first-time world title challenger Benn.<\/p>\n

Not only does Benn appear to be at an experience disadvantage but, with the 29-year-old having not fought at 147lbs since April 2022, there are also concerns that he will miss weight.<\/p>\n

\u2018The Destroyer\u2019 has, after all, said this will be his final welterweight outing, to which Garcia has responded by claiming that the Brit will miss weight and is making excuses.<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cWe know you can\u2019t make weight! This is why Conor Benn said this is his last time at 147lbs. My guy is making excuses before he loses!\u201d<\/p>\n

In response to the 28-year-old<\/a>, Benn highlighted that, unlike Garcia, he has never previously missed weight.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve not been at this weight for four years but discipline prevails. Only one of us has been undisciplined and missed weight, and it ain\u2019t me.\u201d<\/p>\n

Garcia did, indeed, weigh 3lbs above the super-lightweight limit for his April 2024 encounter with Devin Haney, before it was revealed that he had tested positive for ostarine.<\/p>\n

Benn, meanwhile, has also previously tested positive for a banned substance, with the detection of clomifene causing his 2022 clash with Chris Eubank Jr to be cancelled.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Conor Benn has addressed Ryan Garcia\u2019s suspicion that he \u201ccan\u2019t make weight\u201d ahead of their showdown on September…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":745721,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-745720","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\/745720","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=745720"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/745720\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/745721"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=745720"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=745720"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=745720"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}