{"id":815645,"date":"2026-10-27T17:04:10","date_gmt":"2026-10-27T17:04:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/815645\/"},"modified":"2026-10-27T17:04:10","modified_gmt":"2026-10-27T17:04:10","slug":"conor-benn-willing-to-end-break-from-boxing-for-crossover-fight-any-day-of-the-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/815645\/","title":{"rendered":"Conor Benn willing to end break from boxing for crossover fight: “Any day of the week”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Following his loss to Ryan Garcia, Conor Benn said that he was taking a break from the sport to spend time with his family.<\/p>\n

The 30-year-old Brit dropped back down to the welterweight division for the first time in four years to challenge for Garcia\u2019s WBC belt.<\/p>\n

He was stopped inside two rounds<\/a>, ending the dream of holding the green and gold belt at 147lbs.<\/p>\n

In the aftermath, Benn said he did not know what was coming next.<\/p>\n

\u201cEverybody keeps asking \u201cWhat\u2019s next for Conor Benn?\u201d<\/p>\n

The truth is, I don\u2019t have the answer \u2026 Giving everything comes at a cost. And the people who have paid that cost more than anyone are my family and my kids.<\/p>\n

They\u2019ve sacrificed time with their Dad so I could chase this dream. They\u2019ve had to share me with this sport their entire lives.<\/p>\n

So when people ask me what\u2019s next for Conor Benn, right now the answer is simple. Time with my kids.\u201d<\/p>\n

While a 2027 return at middleweight before a potential trilogy bout with Chris Eubank Jr seems the most likely course, Benn has today revealed that he would be all in it offered a fight against Conor McGregor.<\/p>\n

Responding to a fan-made poster for the fight, the former world title challenger said:<\/p>\n

\u201cAny day of the week.\u201d<\/p>\n

Former two-weight UFC world champion McGregor has boxed professionally just once \u2013 a 2017 loss to Floyd Mayweather<\/a> \u2013 though has never ruled out a return to the ring.<\/p>\n

Following his loss to Max Holloway earlier this year, the Irishman has one fight left in his contract with the UFC, though Benn\u2019s contract with Zuffa Boxing \u2013 also headed by Dana White \u2013 could potentially make the fight viable.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Following his loss to Ryan Garcia, Conor Benn said that he was taking a break from the sport…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":815646,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-815645","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\/815645","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=815645"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/815645\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/815646"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=815645"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=815645"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=815645"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}