{"id":758612,"date":"2026-09-03T10:26:14","date_gmt":"2026-09-03T10:26:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/758612\/"},"modified":"2026-09-03T10:26:14","modified_gmt":"2026-09-03T10:26:14","slug":"tony-bellew-reacts-to-conor-benns-latest-weight-cut-photo-that-has-fans-worried","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/758612\/","title":{"rendered":"Tony Bellew reacts to Conor Benn&#8217;s latest weight cut photo that has fans worried"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/boxingnewsonline.net\/boxer\/conor-benn\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Conor Benn<\/a> is returning to the welterweight division in a quest to claim Ryan Garcia\u2019s WBC world title, but a recent photo of \u2018The Destroyer\u2019 has drawn concerns from fans. Now, Tony Bellew has offered his thoughts on Benn\u2019s physique ahead of his toughest test to date.<\/p>\n<p>Benn debuted as a welterweight back in 2016 but last boxed there in April 2022, before a failed drugs test derailed his career and caused him to move up to the super-welterweight scene upon his return.<\/p>\n<p>After two outings at 154lbs, he moved up once more and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/boxing\/live\/cze62n462d3t\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">twice boxed Chris Eubank Jr in a fierce middleweight rivalry<\/a> where he suffered his first career defeat but then avenged it, then leaving career-long promoter Eddie Hearn and signing with Zuffa Boxing.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In his first fight under Dana White\u2019s tutelage, Benn appeared in a 150lb catchweight affair against Regis Prograis, but he looked severely impacted by the weight as <a href=\"https:\/\/boxingnewsonline.net\/news\/prograis-retires-after-conor-benn-defeat\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">he went the full 12 rounds with an injured version of \u2018Rougarou\u2019<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Nevertheless, \u2018The Destroyer\u2019 has dared to drop another three pounds in order to compete for Garcia\u2019s WBC welterweight world title, in his first appearance at the weight in almost four-and-a-half years.<\/p>\n<p>Ahead of the fight, Benn has posted a photo on social media where he looks noticeably tight at the weight, although former WBC cruiserweight world champion <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/TonyBellew\/status\/2092914221105168837?s=20\" rel=\"nofollow\">Bellew<\/a> went against the grain as he told social media that the picture proves Benn is preparing correctly.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This tells you he\u2019s doing it correctly!<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Tony Bellew (@TonyBellew) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/TonyBellew\/status\/2092914221105168837?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">August 27, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis tells you he\u2019s doing it correctly!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Garcia-Benn takes place on Saturday, September 12, at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, with Jai Opetaia set to take on reigning WBC cruiserweight champion Noel Mikaelian in the co-main event of the bill.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Conor Benn is returning to the welterweight division in a quest to claim Ryan Garcia\u2019s WBC world title,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":758613,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-758612","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\/758612","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=758612"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/758612\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/758613"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=758612"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=758612"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=758612"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}