{"id":28466,"date":"2026-09-17T19:48:39","date_gmt":"2026-09-17T19:48:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mmaallout.com\/?p=28466"},"modified":"2026-09-17T19:48:39","modified_gmt":"2026-09-17T19:48:39","slug":"eddie-hearn-says-conor-benn-isnt-good-enough-to-win-world-title-following-disastrous-loss-to-ryan-garcia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mmaallout.com\/?p=28466","title":{"rendered":"Eddie Hearn says Conor Benn isn’t good enough to win world title following disastrous loss to Ryan Garcia"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Trending:<\/span>Jose Aldo set for October 4th fighting return vs. former UFC title challengerDAZN<\/span><\/p>\n

Eddie Hearn insists he doesn\u2019t want to drag Conor Benn despite their highly publicized split, but he doesn\u2019t think his ex-fighter can win a world title.<\/p>\n

Benn entered the biggest fight of his pro boxing career on Sept. 12. He challenged Ryan Garcia for the WBC welterweight title inside T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Disaster struck early for the challenger, who was dropped by a right hand in the second stanza. While \u201cThe Destroyer\u201d managed to beat the 10-count, the fight was stopped after Garcia swarmed in with a barrage of punches.<\/p>\n

While Benn received his biggest fight under the Zuffa Boxing banner after abruptly ending his 10-year relationship with Hearn\u2019s Matchroom, many are skeptical that he\u2019ll ever get such a marquee match again following his performance.<\/p>\n

In an interview with iFL TV, Hearn said he doesn\u2019t think the best version of Benn showed up on fight night (via MMAFighting).<\/p>\n

\u201cMy last few predictions were that I thought Ryan Garcia would win inside three rounds,\u201d Hearn said. \u201cRemember, I\u2019ve been around Conor Benn his whole career. I know him pretty well and I just felt that he looked lost. I don\u2019t know. Didn\u2019t really look like himself. Maybe it was just weight. The thing is that Conor\u2019s the kind of guy that will be holding weight for a long time, does that make sense? I don\u2019t think Conor Benn, because of how light he came in, I don\u2019t think he crashed the weight 24 hours before.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Even so, Hearn doesn\u2019t believe Benn will ever hold a world title.<\/p>\n

\u201cListen, obviously I\u2019m extremely conflicted,\u201d Hearn admitted. \u201cMy job is to hype up a fighter and position him into big fights, and I\u2019m not going to sit here now and say, \u2018He was never any good. And I never really believed in him,\u2019 because I do think Conor Benn is a good fighter and I think that he has also improved so much. \u2026 He deserves a lot of credit for how hard he\u2019s worked to get in that position. Now is he world class? I think what we\u2019ve found it is no he\u2019s not, but it doesn\u2019t mean he\u2019s not a good fighter. It doesn\u2019t mean he\u2019s southern area title-level. I just don\u2019t think he\u2019s good enough to win a world title or box that level, particularly at a weight class that\u2019s actually not suited to him.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Benn issued a statement following the disappointing result, and he said he\u2019s taking time off to be with his kids for now. Time will tell what\u2019s next for Benn inside the ring, but Hearn believes his former fighter will be \u201cdone in the next year or so.\u201d<\/p>\n

Do you agree with Eddie Hearn on Conor Benn\u2019s ceiling? Sound off in the comments below.<\/strong><\/p>\n

This article appeared first on BJPENN.COM<\/p>\n


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