{"id":770342,"date":"2026-09-14T12:12:15","date_gmt":"2026-09-14T12:12:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/770342\/"},"modified":"2026-09-14T12:12:15","modified_gmt":"2026-09-14T12:12:15","slug":"tony-bellew-tells-conor-benn-who-he-should-face-next-after-ryan-garcia-defeat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/770342\/","title":{"rendered":"Tony Bellew tells Conor Benn who he should face next after Ryan Garcia defeat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tony Bellew has urged <a href=\"https:\/\/boxingnewsonline.net\/boxer\/conor-benn\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Conor Benn<\/a> to face one man next as he calls it \u201cmadness\u201d that \u2018The Destroyer\u2019 is even thinking about competing with the best at 168lbs.<\/p>\n<p>The 29-year-old entered his first world title fight on Saturday, moving back down to 147lbs in an attempt to dethrone WBC champion Ryan Garcia.<\/p>\n<p>Having not competed at welterweight in over four years, <a href=\"https:\/\/boxingnewsonline.net\/news\/garcia-on-weights-concerns-for-benn\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Benn documented his struggles throughout the build-up<\/a> and said on multiple occasions that, in future, he would rather campaign at middle or super-middleweight.<\/p>\n<p>Ultimately, though, it was the glaring skill disparity between him and Garcia that contributed to a second-round stoppage defeat at Las Vegas\u2019 T-Mobile Arena.<\/p>\n<p>The difference in speed, too, was strikingly apparent as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/boxing\/articles\/cr7dm1vk7pgo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Garcia floored his man with a right hand before inspiring referee Thomas Taylor to draw an appropriate halt<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In that sense, their contest hardly progressed to a point where Benn\u2019s performance suffered as a result of him making 147lbs, albeit with him claiming to have gained over 30lbs after the weigh-in.<\/p>\n<p>It does seem that he is considering a move up to 168lbs, however, with former world champion Bellew explaining on DAZN that even competing with the best at 160lbs would be a step too far and that he should instead look to make the Chris Eubank Jr trilogy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s really hard because, at 168[lbs], could you imagine trying to put Conor Benn against [WBO champion] Hamzah Sheeraz?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s just not viable; it\u2019s just not realistic. Super-middleweights are big monsters and they come down to make weight. If 147[lbs] is not for you then do 154[lbs] tops. It\u2019s madness [for him to fight at 160 or 168lbs].<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat 160[lb] fighter can he beat? If I\u2019m Conor Benn, I\u2019m heading towards the Eubank Jr trilogy. If I\u2019m being honest, that\u2019s the one that makes the most sense.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Benn entered two middleweight encounters with Chris Eubank Jr last year, losing their first contest before winning a unanimous decision in November.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tony Bellew has urged Conor Benn to face one man next as he calls it \u201cmadness\u201d that \u2018The&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":770343,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-770342","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\/770342","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=770342"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/770342\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/770343"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=770342"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=770342"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=770342"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}