{"id":757096,"date":"2026-09-01T22:22:19","date_gmt":"2026-09-01T22:22:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/757096\/"},"modified":"2026-09-01T22:22:19","modified_gmt":"2026-09-01T22:22:19","slug":"chris-eubank-jr-trainer-sums-up-conor-benns-chances-of-beating-ryan-garcia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/757096\/","title":{"rendered":"Chris Eubank Jr trainer sums up Conor Benn&#8217;s chances of beating Ryan Garcia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Top trainer Brian \u2018BoMac\u2019 McIntyre believes the version of <a href=\"https:\/\/boxingnewsonline.net\/boxer\/conor-benn\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Conor Benn<\/a> that fought Chris Eubank Jr is capable of pulling off a major upset against <a href=\"https:\/\/boxingnewsonline.net\/boxer\/ryan-garcia\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ryan Garcia<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Eubank employed the services of BoMac ahead of his rematch with Benn, having won their first encounter by unanimous decision in April 2025.<\/p>\n<p>That following November, Eubank was once again compelled to make 160lbs and keep within a 10lb rehydration threshold, only to lose a wide points decision this time around.<\/p>\n<p>Many then highlighted this as a faded and depleted version of Eubank while Benn, to his credit, did manage to produce arguably a career-best performance.<\/p>\n<p>Now travelling down to 147lbs for the first time since 2022, when he tested positive for banned substance clomifene, Benn has been made a sizable underdog against Garcia.<\/p>\n<p>The pair will collide at Las Vegas\u2019 T-Mobile Arena on September 12, with Garcia making a first defence of the WBC world title he claimed by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.co.uk\/boxing\/story\/_\/id\/47976139\/mario-barrios-ryan-garcia-live-updates-results-round-round-analysis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">dethroning Mario Barrios<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Yet despite looking impressive in that February outing, which resulted in a unanimous decision victory, the American was far less spectacular when he returned from a year-long doping ban and <a href=\"https:\/\/boxingnewsonline.net\/news\/rolando-romero-drops-and-shocks-ryan-garcia-in-new-york\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">lost on points to Rolando \u2018Rolly\u2019 Romero<\/a> in May 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Highlighting this performance while speaking with <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/W10dtIAx3ZY?si=_yvDcD8tHfitIZQM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Fight Hub TV<\/a>, BoMac joined former pupil Terence Crawford and predicted a Benn victory.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think Conor is going to win, man. I think if Benn trains the way he\u2019s supposed to train, and brings the fight like he did with Chris, I think he\u2019ll be all right. He got to be the Conor that fought Chris and not the Conor that fought [Regis Prograis in April].\u201d<\/p>\n<p>BoMac went on to suggest that the constant pressure of Benn could cause Garcia to mentally check out of their contest, similarly to how he did against Romero.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Top trainer Brian \u2018BoMac\u2019 McIntyre believes the version of Conor Benn that fought Chris Eubank Jr is capable&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":757097,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-757096","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\/757096","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=757096"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/757096\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/757097"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=757096"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=757096"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=757096"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}