Conor Benn opens up on Ryan Garcia showdown

Benn discusses his weight cut, game plan and expectations

Conor Benn sat down with Mike Coppinger of Ring Magazine and answered a few questions about his upcoming bout against Ryan Garcia. During the interview, Benn discusses his difficult road back to the welterweight division, as well as his strategy and expectations.

On losing weight

“It’s hard, it’s brutal, but we’re getting it done. I’m not going to be complaining and moaning. Like, I know what I signed up for…I’m getting paid handsomely, I’m fighting for the world title and headlining in a mega fight in Vegas. So what’s there to moan about?”

His plan

“I’m coming with the smoke, I’m coming with it for sure…Who knows where is mental state is. All I can speak of is my behalf and we’ve prepared diligently hard, I’ve given 110% this camp, I’ve put my body through hell…I think in life nothing worth having comes easy, right? So we always knew it was going to be hard to get back down to 147 but it’s what I want to do”

His expectations for the fight

“I don’t [believe it goes the distance]. I hand on heart believe I get hold of him. That’s what I believe in my heart. I believe that 10 years in the game this year, I believe this is mine for the taking”

So it was another very interesting insight, especially since we’d mostly heard Ryan Garcia’s side of the story beforehand. This is pretty much his first real statement on the matter, which is obviously super interesting for us. Who do you think will win this fight?