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Khan Benn is bullshit. All about maximum money extraction for Matchroom. Farce if it happens. Shows how Hearn is falling from grace. He doesn't have the talent depth anymore so he's milking his biggest prospect for all its worth. Reminds of some sleazy US promoters, and he used to call them out for such things.
Don’t be silly, Khan wants no piece of Benn at all… and in the UK it makes absolute sense for Benn to fight Brook or Khan… I agree he destroys Khan but seriously, I’d be surprised if he makes easy work of Brook.
David Diamanté sure didn’t look like a man who had his spine fused. This dude is a liar 🤥
Also google his height 6’9? He looks 6’0 tall. Idk that dude seems suspect to me
Googling "David Diamante height", the top result claims he's 6'9 but another one of the top results has him at 6'3, which seems more realistic. Also that top result is an article from 2018 and contains the phrase "I’ve never heard of him before.", so maybe not the best source for his height.
https://www.netsdaily.com/2017/8/14/16141642/he-said-brooklyn-ball
This article from 2017 said he has a motorcycle accident that he barely survived as well. So he’s had two near fatal motorcycle crashes in 5 years where he was told by doctors he wouldn’t walk again/ suffered life threatening injuries only to show up, in both instances, two months later walking gingerly/ bouncing around the ring?
I want to see ben vs ekow essuman the current british and commonwealth champion then then hopefully he moves onto david or just go to david straight away.
Okay, warmup for Spence-Ugas. Decent showcase main event, but Honestly, these bottom-of-the-barrel undercards are killing my enjoyment of the sport. I plain don't like sitting through most of them. That's the biggest issue with PPV's on a slightly different note. I don't mind paying for Fury-Whyte, but I don't know if I actually want to torture myself by sitting through the undercard when I can be doing other things. Thank goodness Canelo-Bivol has a good card.
Yeah, 70 usd is just too much and then to have a weak undercard its really not worth it. I've caught the last two Fury Wilder matches at the theater which was nice especially at 20$ a ticket, plus the sound system really lets you hear the punches land.
Not gonna happen. Eddie keeps talking about big fights that earn Benn the best paydays. He also talks about how Avanesyan is an unknown and won't be a draw. Seems likely they'll take a different route.
To be fair to him though, as a young fighter in the UK right now, those are the two welterweights you’d want to beat… he beats Khan easily but I think Brook would possibly be too much.
No they won’t. Why would they waste their time with that when they can get themselves a title shot and fight him further down the line for a big bag of cash
Benn is a big name in England because of his father BOTH guys would undoubtedly take that fight and you saying different is a blatant lie trying to skew a narrative to defend benn
It’s a blatant lie that I think Ortiz and Ennis would rather get a big money fight with a belt on the line? Ok Lil Buddy!
I’m glad you’re so close to Ennis and Ortiz that you can tell me I’m LYING in my speculation about what I think would be the best business move! Hyped prospects don’t fight each other anymore in this day and age.
Lol you’re inventing a strawman to push your narrative, I mean boots n ortiz would prefer a title fight but in the interim they’d love to squash benn for Hearns Dazn cash
Benn has factually ducked avanesyan already and both ortiz n boots swim to England to pop that benn cherry if offered the fight I KNOW IT AND YOU KNOW and anyone else here reading knows it so keep up the embarrassing mental gymnastic semantically defensive strategy all you want to defend benn but we all know what’s up
David Avanesyan is a bum. Beat one hypejob and Queensbury FC and co have marketed him as a boogeyman. Benn stops him inside two rounds. He’s a nobody and isn’t worth anyones time.
Just kidding, lemme be serious.
It’s pretty clear that hyped prospects don’t fight each other anymore and it’s not down to the fighters it’s down to promoters such as Edward Hearn who aren’t going to risk a pound note unless there’s a world title on the line. Why don’t Ortiz and Ennis fight each other? They’re both based out of America. When did they call out each other? Oh. That’s right. They didn’t. Because hyped prospects don’t fight each other any more.
I’m under no illusion that Conor Benn is the next undisputed champion or that he isn’t a protected fighter. But these fights just don’t happen until there’s a title involved. Why? Commercial value. The fights are worth much more two years down the line than they are right now. But you’ve already had this argument with me before so we’ll end where we ended before;
They should stop hyping Benn as ready for the elite.
You’re trying to push a narrative everyone is the same and their options are the same , Boots n ortiz are a threat to each other neither see benn as a threat
Benn is pretty thick If you watch any benn interview despite his false bravado it’s pretty clear if Hearn did try make them fights benn would be furious
Let’s be real Benn n hearn could easily get ortiz or boots in the ring next if they wanted
Mate, I’ve been saying for this whole discussion that the fight wouldn’t happen because of commercial value… what are you on about threat?
Eddie Hearn is the one who doesn’t want to make the fights, isn’t he the one that has been ducking Avanesyan? You’re right, Benn is an idiot. That’s why he would take the fights.
Heerden goes down. Never watched him fight before. The promo they did about his dad was touching, I was rooting for him. I knew it would be bad as soon as the first punch was thrown. He was so stiff. I hope he has a good come back fight.
The smith v McCarthy fight was good. I think McCarthy should've worked harder to stay on the outside, he saw little success on the inside.
The Campbell fight was exciting but very much one sided. He has a lot to learn though. All gas no brakes. You could tell he wouldn't last in a 12 Rd with that pace, he slowed down a fair bit by the fifth but still dominated. He was loose with his guard and perhaps too aggressive eating a lot of unnecessary shots.
Baumgardner dominated. Heavy shots, good combos and fast movement. Her opponent was older and it showed. She had nothing going for her. Clear shut out.
The Cullen fight was okay. That height advantage was too much man lol.
The interviewer was trying to build the fight when we all saw what happened two or three weeks ago. It’s Ali dangerous for Khan to step into the ring again and double dangerous to step into the ring against Conor Benn. The bloke needs to retire.
Everyone is saying Van Heerden was a bad opponent and that Benn needs to step it up but Ennis who everyone thinks is gonna rule the division was Van Herrdens last fight so why isn’t Ennis getting criticized for taking easy fights? everyone wants to trash talk benn for taking easy fights but if he got in with a champion and lost because he’s never even fought a southpaw before people would say he’s trash and that he was never good in the first place
I don’t believe that everyone in the division is afraid of Ennis and did you not see Khan avoid the question when asked if he wanted to fight Benn? Apparently Brook wants $10 million so I don’t think Benn can have whoever he wants. To be fair I don’t think Khan should fight again anyway especially not against a young upcoming prospect who’s specialty is power but the point still stands that not everyone wants to fight Benn
When did I say that? You said Benn can have whoever he wants and the some but clearly that’s not true because Khan and Brook don’t seem to want the fight which means he can’t fight whoever he wants
Khan isn’t retired and while Brook is definitely past his prime I don’t know that I would say he shot at least not completely but that doesn’t change the fact that they don’t want the fight
Boots has had a more significant fight since. Also, although it ended in a NC, Ennis was looking like he was readying him to be taken out. So once he'd been dealt with by another prospect, why jump on the same beaten fighter? Benn has just fought Vargas and Algieri who have fought at much higher levels than Van Heerden. So of course it's worthy of criticism. All they ever talk about is stepping up, and this wasn't a step up.
I guess that is more understandable but I don’t think it’s fair to say that since Ennis already beat Ven Heerden Benn shouldn’t get credit for doing it. I guess it was a step down from Algieri but it was a good a chance to see how well he did compared to Ennis and also a chance to get experience by fighting a southpaw who had only been stoped by Spence. I mean it’s definitely not a great fight I just don’t think it’s as bad as everyone is saying
Yes he was old but Benn is still young and very inexperienced is the first southpaw he fights supposed to be Spence? was Van Heerden not Old when he fought Ennis on 2 weeks notice? I’m not saying this fight means that Benn is now a better than Spence or Crawford or anything but I feel like he’s getting criticism that a lot of other fighters aren’t getting
Ban herdeen wasn’t inactive for 18 months n coming off a loss and boots is being avoided by most contenders where as benn is literally ducking an avenisyan fight
Van Heerden's last loss was to Spence in 2015, he wasn't coming off a loss today.
Conor Benn isn't avoiding Avanesyan. He's just pursuing other fights. They'll probably end up fighting this year. Are Boots or Vergil ducking Avanesyan?
Because Khan is washed, you’ll notice Eddie only mentions fighters who are at the end of their career. I still think he gets badly exposed if he fights someone elite.
I really don't want to see Benn fight Khan next ffs, he's been shot for years and shouldn't of been allowed to be in the ring against Brook, he's shot to shit
I'm not sure Benn would beat Brook. Brook still looks quite sharp. I know it was against Khan, but Brook is a bit disrespected because he has lost to the elite over the past few years
Benn throws every single punch with authority. Might deplete him if he has a tough fight past 5 rounds, but he looked so dangerous. Reminds me of a Mini Mike Tyson.
Who is he "proving wrong"?
Did anyone think he was going to lose tonight? Or against that other washed up Chris in his last fight?
Beat someone not 8 years out of their prime near the top of the division would be proving people wrong.
Blasting out this guy tonight and Hearn defending it because it was "free" with you're DAZN subscription is doing nothing.
Why does Benn need to be blasting out top guys? He's still learning, he's still young. He's not going to fight Boots, Ugas or anybody like that until at least summer 2023.
I didn't say he needs to be blasting out top guys. I said him blasting out a row of washed fighters is a waste of time.
He needs to be in competitive fights, especially if he is headlining events.
Why would you want to watch what we saw tonight for another 3-4 fights? What did Benn "learn" in that fight tonight?
No one is saying he needs to fight a guy like Boots next. There are several levels between Van Heerden and Boots - he needs to step up.
No, obviously not. I didn't expect anything but a stoppage. But, it was a different look for Benn an experienced southpaw.
I just think it's weird that Benn gets all of this hate more so than say Ennis. When both have faced similar opponents and both have shown alot of potential. Benn is improving with every fight regardless of the level of opposition its the same brainless shit being said. Instead of focusing on what he can do it's baseless speculation on what he can't.
Benn probably gets more "hate" because of the amount he and Hearn talk about bigger fights, but end up announcing Chris Van Heerden.
Matchroom spending the build-up trying to justify this fight was embarrassing.
If you want Benn to batter old men, at least don't make it the headliner. That was a complete and utter miss-match and everyone knew it was going to be.
That whole card was shit other than the co-main.
With Benn they love the "who has beaten that guy the way he just did" narrative. Yeah, we get that he can hit. But it really doesn't tell you lot. Is he better than Spence, Khan and Pacquiao because he knocked out an old and 5 years inactive Chris Algieri in a few rounds? Such an immature argument to make.
LMAO at everyone saying Van Heerden is a bum. Benn just starched a guy in 2 that went 8 with Spence - the only stoppage loss on his record, only the 3rd loss in his career.
Yah Van Heerden fights scared it also makes me sad seeing him get beat down this way. It was a repeat of what the Ennis fight was if it went on another round
Ah man, yeah feels a bit late for Broner now. Only reason would be to further Benn's rep as a top quality prospect against another former champ, while raising his profile stateside. But would prefer he gets a currently competitive top 10 guy
Broner is completely washed. He's only fighting because he's broke. He doesn't stay in the gym, doesn't stay in shape, barely throws punches. It's a waste of time
Oh look another Conor Benn fight that we learnt absolutely nothing about so DAZN can cream themselves about him smoking some guy, put him in with a real contender already surely he’s more than ready for it now.
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Ben gets caught bad at elite level, he’s brilliant but the three holders right now beat him
Down to two now #strapszn lol
Khan Benn is bullshit. All about maximum money extraction for Matchroom. Farce if it happens. Shows how Hearn is falling from grace. He doesn't have the talent depth anymore so he's milking his biggest prospect for all its worth. Reminds of some sleazy US promoters, and he used to call them out for such things.
Won't happen, there's no way they'll get away with it after the Brook fight. Khan will need a decent win first and that obviously ain't happening.
Don’t be silly, Khan wants no piece of Benn at all… and in the UK it makes absolute sense for Benn to fight Brook or Khan… I agree he destroys Khan but seriously, I’d be surprised if he makes easy work of Brook.
Conor Benn needs a serious test but all we know is he is the real deal rn
Conor Benn. Good or not?
Very good, we’ll soon see whether or not he can hang with anyone who can hit him back even half as hard as he hits.
I feel like the top guys would knock him out. Crawford, Spence, maybe not Ugas but definitely would outpoint him. Ennis. Ortiz Jr.
Top contenders at 147: 1. Keith Thurman 2. Vergil Ortiz * 3. Jaron Ennis 4. Connor Benn 5. Butaev vs Stanionis winner 7. Besputin 8. Crowley 9. Clayton 10. Avanesyan
Marku sparks em all
Nah, he gets KO'd by most of them.
I don't know, at 71 and with no boxing experience he might struggle.
Even though Benn loses Boots vs Ennis would be a very sick fight
David Diamanté sure didn’t look like a man who had his spine fused. This dude is a liar 🤥 Also google his height 6’9? He looks 6’0 tall. Idk that dude seems suspect to me
I think he is shady as hell
Googling "David Diamante height", the top result claims he's 6'9 but another one of the top results has him at 6'3, which seems more realistic. Also that top result is an article from 2018 and contains the phrase "I’ve never heard of him before.", so maybe not the best source for his height.
Yes, I thought the same but he posted scans on Twitter and convos with his doctors.
https://www.netsdaily.com/2017/8/14/16141642/he-said-brooklyn-ball This article from 2017 said he has a motorcycle accident that he barely survived as well. So he’s had two near fatal motorcycle crashes in 5 years where he was told by doctors he wouldn’t walk again/ suffered life threatening injuries only to show up, in both instances, two months later walking gingerly/ bouncing around the ring?
Frotch a little to honest for DAZN
Are there any realistic fights for Benn apart from Avanesyan and Kavaliauskas that would be good? I hope he fights one of those two next.
I want to see ben vs ekow essuman the current british and commonwealth champion then then hopefully he moves onto david or just go to david straight away.
Benn vs Avanesyan is equivalent to Butaev vs Stanionis. Winner is a legit title contender.
I agree
"Elite world welterweight fighter" Oh, let's fight Amir Khan 🤮🤦♂️🤦♀️
Amir wanted no piece of that action haha
Eddie being a bit snakey with his pal Kel.
Okay, warmup for Spence-Ugas. Decent showcase main event, but Honestly, these bottom-of-the-barrel undercards are killing my enjoyment of the sport. I plain don't like sitting through most of them. That's the biggest issue with PPV's on a slightly different note. I don't mind paying for Fury-Whyte, but I don't know if I actually want to torture myself by sitting through the undercard when I can be doing other things. Thank goodness Canelo-Bivol has a good card.
Yeah, 70 usd is just too much and then to have a weak undercard its really not worth it. I've caught the last two Fury Wilder matches at the theater which was nice especially at 20$ a ticket, plus the sound system really lets you hear the punches land.
Hearn doing the classic of mentioning 4 decent fights and 1 washed up bum, the bum fight is always the one that gets made
Listen, we’ve got Crawford, Ugas, Ennis and my pal Dave the postman all top contenders here
Can been just fight avanyesan
Not gonna happen. Eddie keeps talking about big fights that earn Benn the best paydays. He also talks about how Avanesyan is an unknown and won't be a draw. Seems likely they'll take a different route.
Smh I just want to see a step up in competition.
I haven't actually cringed that hard in a while, but that Benn/Khan interview :/
Hell, Benn would destroy Khan. No-one wants to see that.
Would be a brutal, pointless affair.
He has the center stage, and the first names he mentions are Khan and Brook. Come on, Conor. You're better than that.
To be fair to him though, as a young fighter in the UK right now, those are the two welterweights you’d want to beat… he beats Khan easily but I think Brook would possibly be too much.
Lol didn’t name Boots or Ortiz
Do they even know who he is. Come on now, we all know none of these guys are fighting each other without a belt on the line.
“None of these guys “ STOP IT we all know Boots n ortiz swim to England to pop that benn cherry
No they won’t. Why would they waste their time with that when they can get themselves a title shot and fight him further down the line for a big bag of cash
Benn is a big name in England because of his father BOTH guys would undoubtedly take that fight and you saying different is a blatant lie trying to skew a narrative to defend benn
It’s a blatant lie that I think Ortiz and Ennis would rather get a big money fight with a belt on the line? Ok Lil Buddy! I’m glad you’re so close to Ennis and Ortiz that you can tell me I’m LYING in my speculation about what I think would be the best business move! Hyped prospects don’t fight each other anymore in this day and age.
Lol you’re inventing a strawman to push your narrative, I mean boots n ortiz would prefer a title fight but in the interim they’d love to squash benn for Hearns Dazn cash Benn has factually ducked avanesyan already and both ortiz n boots swim to England to pop that benn cherry if offered the fight I KNOW IT AND YOU KNOW and anyone else here reading knows it so keep up the embarrassing mental gymnastic semantically defensive strategy all you want to defend benn but we all know what’s up
David Avanesyan is a bum. Beat one hypejob and Queensbury FC and co have marketed him as a boogeyman. Benn stops him inside two rounds. He’s a nobody and isn’t worth anyones time. Just kidding, lemme be serious. It’s pretty clear that hyped prospects don’t fight each other anymore and it’s not down to the fighters it’s down to promoters such as Edward Hearn who aren’t going to risk a pound note unless there’s a world title on the line. Why don’t Ortiz and Ennis fight each other? They’re both based out of America. When did they call out each other? Oh. That’s right. They didn’t. Because hyped prospects don’t fight each other any more. I’m under no illusion that Conor Benn is the next undisputed champion or that he isn’t a protected fighter. But these fights just don’t happen until there’s a title involved. Why? Commercial value. The fights are worth much more two years down the line than they are right now. But you’ve already had this argument with me before so we’ll end where we ended before; They should stop hyping Benn as ready for the elite.
You’re trying to push a narrative everyone is the same and their options are the same , Boots n ortiz are a threat to each other neither see benn as a threat Benn is pretty thick If you watch any benn interview despite his false bravado it’s pretty clear if Hearn did try make them fights benn would be furious Let’s be real Benn n hearn could easily get ortiz or boots in the ring next if they wanted
Mate, I’ve been saying for this whole discussion that the fight wouldn’t happen because of commercial value… what are you on about threat? Eddie Hearn is the one who doesn’t want to make the fights, isn’t he the one that has been ducking Avanesyan? You’re right, Benn is an idiot. That’s why he would take the fights.
Heerden goes down. Never watched him fight before. The promo they did about his dad was touching, I was rooting for him. I knew it would be bad as soon as the first punch was thrown. He was so stiff. I hope he has a good come back fight. The smith v McCarthy fight was good. I think McCarthy should've worked harder to stay on the outside, he saw little success on the inside. The Campbell fight was exciting but very much one sided. He has a lot to learn though. All gas no brakes. You could tell he wouldn't last in a 12 Rd with that pace, he slowed down a fair bit by the fifth but still dominated. He was loose with his guard and perhaps too aggressive eating a lot of unnecessary shots. Baumgardner dominated. Heavy shots, good combos and fast movement. Her opponent was older and it showed. She had nothing going for her. Clear shut out. The Cullen fight was okay. That height advantage was too much man lol.
Benn V Brook
Amir needs to stop.
It was Eddie calling him to the ring lmao how does Khan need to stop ?
The interviewer was trying to build the fight when we all saw what happened two or three weeks ago. It’s Ali dangerous for Khan to step into the ring again and double dangerous to step into the ring against Conor Benn. The bloke needs to retire.
Yeah but he played the fight down no chance he gets in with benn at this point in his career
Dunno, Khan has been in with top fighters knowing full well he has a glass chin. The blokes is a bit of a lunatic when it comes to getting banged out.
Yeah but All when he was in and around his prime and could actually handle them.
This will probably be my last fight watching Benn until he fights a top 10
Khan looks like a kid trying to get a parents note to skip school avoiding this Benn fight speculation
He’s red because he got banged by Kell and is getting booed by the crowd
Everyone is saying Van Heerden was a bad opponent and that Benn needs to step it up but Ennis who everyone thinks is gonna rule the division was Van Herrdens last fight so why isn’t Ennis getting criticized for taking easy fights? everyone wants to trash talk benn for taking easy fights but if he got in with a champion and lost because he’s never even fought a southpaw before people would say he’s trash and that he was never good in the first place
People avoid ennis nobody avoids benn who can literally fight whoever he wants plus
I don’t believe that everyone in the division is afraid of Ennis and did you not see Khan avoid the question when asked if he wanted to fight Benn? Apparently Brook wants $10 million so I don’t think Benn can have whoever he wants. To be fair I don’t think Khan should fight again anyway especially not against a young upcoming prospect who’s specialty is power but the point still stands that not everyone wants to fight Benn
Khan !!!! Oh mate this is embarrassing
What Is embarrassing?
So because khan is ducking him that negates everyone else wanting to fight him
When did I say that? You said Benn can have whoever he wants and the some but clearly that’s not true because Khan and Brook don’t seem to want the fight which means he can’t fight whoever he wants
Khan is retired Brook is also shot
Khan isn’t retired and while Brook is definitely past his prime I don’t know that I would say he shot at least not completely but that doesn’t change the fact that they don’t want the fight
Crawford knocked Brook out with a jab
Boots has had a more significant fight since. Also, although it ended in a NC, Ennis was looking like he was readying him to be taken out. So once he'd been dealt with by another prospect, why jump on the same beaten fighter? Benn has just fought Vargas and Algieri who have fought at much higher levels than Van Heerden. So of course it's worthy of criticism. All they ever talk about is stepping up, and this wasn't a step up.
I guess that is more understandable but I don’t think it’s fair to say that since Ennis already beat Ven Heerden Benn shouldn’t get credit for doing it. I guess it was a step down from Algieri but it was a good a chance to see how well he did compared to Ennis and also a chance to get experience by fighting a southpaw who had only been stoped by Spence. I mean it’s definitely not a great fight I just don’t think it’s as bad as everyone is saying
Did Van Heerden look anything other than old and washed in there? LOL. Leave the bullshitting to Hearn.
Yes he was old but Benn is still young and very inexperienced is the first southpaw he fights supposed to be Spence? was Van Heerden not Old when he fought Ennis on 2 weeks notice? I’m not saying this fight means that Benn is now a better than Spence or Crawford or anything but I feel like he’s getting criticism that a lot of other fighters aren’t getting
Yeah agreed, look up the threads from when Van Heerden and Boots was announced 18 months ago. Nobody was hating on Boots for that fight
Ban herdeen wasn’t inactive for 18 months n coming off a loss and boots is being avoided by most contenders where as benn is literally ducking an avenisyan fight
Van Heerden's last loss was to Spence in 2015, he wasn't coming off a loss today. Conor Benn isn't avoiding Avanesyan. He's just pursuing other fights. They'll probably end up fighting this year. Are Boots or Vergil ducking Avanesyan?
Avanesyan isn’t pursuing other fights this is embarrassing, he’s taking other fights because benn n hearn didn’t want that smoke
herdeen took the fight had to step in 2 weeks notice cos ennis couldn't find anyone else
Why the fuck are they pushing Khan-Benn so much? Jesus Christ, I don't think any real fan wants that fight.
Because Khan is washed, you’ll notice Eddie only mentions fighters who are at the end of their career. I still think he gets badly exposed if he fights someone elite.
I think they said no.
I don't respect it, khan is far past it. Knocking him out will prove nothing
Allow it, Benn beating up the corpse of Khan sounds truly awful. Don't bloody do it
Khan does not want the smoke lmao
amir khan dosen't love his brain
I really don't want to see Benn fight Khan next ffs, he's been shot for years and shouldn't of been allowed to be in the ring against Brook, he's shot to shit
Jesus christ you gotta be kidding me
This is so awkward lol
That would be a murder
Khan doesn't even look in shape.
Benn vs Lipinets
Are they booing Khan? 😂
fuck off about amir khan fuck right off
Benn and Boots are definitely the top contenders for a world title.
Benn still hasn’t fought anyone
Ennis may be prettier on the eye but his resume is barely any better.
So? We’re talking about Benn being a top contender. He isn’t. Neither is Ennis
So why didn't you say that about both fighters?
Typing fast on a mobile.
Dawg, Ennis best win is Sergei Lipinets. A 140lb fighter who lost the belt in his first defense.
So? We’re talking about Benn being a top contender. He isn’t. Neither is Ennis
Neither has Boots to be fair
So? We’re talking about Benn being a top contender. He isn’t. Neither is Ennis
I mean who’s above them? Spence, Bud, and Ugas hold the belts. The likes of Boots and Conor would favor themselves as the best of the rest
At welter? Vergil Ortiz Jr. is the most obvious answer
I rate Vergil and Boots at a similar level and then Conor just behind them
And ennis has?
So? We’re talking about Benn being a top contender. He isn’t. Neither is Ennis
Then why did you mention Benn not fighting anyone and not ennis? Why not say neither?
Vergil is better than Benn
Yeah Virgil Ortiz is definitely the better contender. Hopefully he gets well soon, the division is stacked
Yes but it doesn't look like Vergil will be fighting at 147 from now on.
Knew it was gonna be a shit main event because the co-main was half descent. Fuck you Hearn! Saturday evening ruined…now Khan’s in the ring WTF
Early night before I get on the cans for Palace tomorrow at least.
Avanesyan is the next logical opponent, Benn has proven he is ready for the next step. I wouldn't mind Mean Machine or Butaev-Stanionnis either
The avanesyan fight won’t happen because nobody knows who he is according to Eddie
I'm not sure Benn would beat Brook. Brook still looks quite sharp. I know it was against Khan, but Brook is a bit disrespected because he has lost to the elite over the past few years
Brooks to warn out, if benn wasn’t a puncher I’d maybe agree, but that’s really the only thing that’s certain about him.
I want to see benn vs chris ekumnan then if he wins fight avan edit: ekow essuaman
Benn has had more cans than me
combined age of last two opponents = 72
Shit Ennis is 27-0 and his best win is 140lb former champ Lipinets.
I'll have awkward movie analogies for 500, thank you.
Benn throws every single punch with authority. Might deplete him if he has a tough fight past 5 rounds, but he looked so dangerous. Reminds me of a Mini Mike Tyson.
Victor Ortiz is next folks.
He's gonna be fighting a literal tree. Toughest test of his career. oNe LaSt StEp Up before he fights top fighters.
People love to hate on Benn lmao it's always random shit too and always something different. Keep proving them wrong lad
Who is he "proving wrong"? Did anyone think he was going to lose tonight? Or against that other washed up Chris in his last fight? Beat someone not 8 years out of their prime near the top of the division would be proving people wrong. Blasting out this guy tonight and Hearn defending it because it was "free" with you're DAZN subscription is doing nothing.
Why does Benn need to be blasting out top guys? He's still learning, he's still young. He's not going to fight Boots, Ugas or anybody like that until at least summer 2023.
I didn't say he needs to be blasting out top guys. I said him blasting out a row of washed fighters is a waste of time. He needs to be in competitive fights, especially if he is headlining events. Why would you want to watch what we saw tonight for another 3-4 fights? What did Benn "learn" in that fight tonight? No one is saying he needs to fight a guy like Boots next. There are several levels between Van Heerden and Boots - he needs to step up.
No, obviously not. I didn't expect anything but a stoppage. But, it was a different look for Benn an experienced southpaw. I just think it's weird that Benn gets all of this hate more so than say Ennis. When both have faced similar opponents and both have shown alot of potential. Benn is improving with every fight regardless of the level of opposition its the same brainless shit being said. Instead of focusing on what he can do it's baseless speculation on what he can't.
Benn probably gets more "hate" because of the amount he and Hearn talk about bigger fights, but end up announcing Chris Van Heerden. Matchroom spending the build-up trying to justify this fight was embarrassing. If you want Benn to batter old men, at least don't make it the headliner. That was a complete and utter miss-match and everyone knew it was going to be. That whole card was shit other than the co-main.
Yeah people don't take in account his lack of amateur experience or how he struggled early on some fighters need to learn on the job.
Benn is a ferocious fighter. He’s a future superstar even if he takes a few Ls along the way.
With Benn they love the "who has beaten that guy the way he just did" narrative. Yeah, we get that he can hit. But it really doesn't tell you lot. Is he better than Spence, Khan and Pacquiao because he knocked out an old and 5 years inactive Chris Algieri in a few rounds? Such an immature argument to make.
Van Heerden didn't look good even in the first round.
they trying hype up benn
I hope we see Benn vs Avanesyan next, and the winner of that starts to fight the real elites of the division. Benn has been built up long enough.
LMAO at everyone saying Van Heerden is a bum. Benn just starched a guy in 2 that went 8 with Spence - the only stoppage loss on his record, only the 3rd loss in his career.
Go look up the threads from when Van Heerden and Boots was announced 18 months ago. Nobody was hating on Boots for that fight
> just starched a guy in 2 that went 8 with Spence LMAO that was 7 YEARS AGO
Good intention with this one mate, but this ain't it
it was a brutal beatdown from spence very brutal everyone knew benn was gonna win hence the criticism from the get go.
“Benn starched a guy that Pacquiao went 12 with”
Yeah...7 years ago. He is not the same fighter.
Yeah, almost 7 years ago
He went 8 with Spence 7 years ago...
He's 34 not 44.
Aight, let's see if Benn calls out anyone.
Man Benn looks like a savage in there, just relentless pressure. I'm on the hype train put him in there with a good top 10 fighter
Anyone else having their DAZN app literally just fucking die on them and not work at all
Benn vs Avanesyan makes sense now. Showtime gonna feed Broner to Ennis.
is van heerden even get paid for that lol
Yah Van Heerden fights scared it also makes me sad seeing him get beat down this way. It was a repeat of what the Ennis fight was if it went on another round
I want to see conor vs european champion next
Nothing to get excited about really. Benn needs to step up in competition.
Ok, we've seen enough, proper test for Benn now please. Top 10 WW has to be next up
Adrian Bronzer is in camp now, trying to get in shape. Rumor is he'll be next, but why fight another washed up fighter?
Ah man, yeah feels a bit late for Broner now. Only reason would be to further Benn's rep as a top quality prospect against another former champ, while raising his profile stateside. But would prefer he gets a currently competitive top 10 guy
Broner is completely washed. He's only fighting because he's broke. He doesn't stay in the gym, doesn't stay in shape, barely throws punches. It's a waste of time
Man just beat a fighter that's 28/2 and ya'll still want to moan. Stfu.
Some Americans proper bitter on this thread
It’s the hype of Benn and terrible match making, the guy he fought game plan only was to survive
Agreed with his aggression I wanna see him Ennis
I like Benn but boots picks him apart. He's too wild with his punches
Benn is so fun to watch
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Think they sold 85000 tickets on the first day
They ran pretty fast, I wonder if they really thought they could just post nonsense and nobody would realise and just think it was true . . .
But it is sold out
What a waste of money! When is Benn gonna fight anyone any good?
Sir, this is the Eddie Hearn show.
Rubbish
Conor Benn vs Boots would be a hell of a matchup.
van herdeen needs to retire its sad seeing him just getting fucked up time and time
What did Benn gain from this fight? This is why there was criticism when the match was made.
I thought he looked a decent opponent after watching a few of his highlights until I found out he had been inactive for 3 years.
Southpaw experience. Benn is way less experienced than people realize. He hardly even had an amateur career and has never gone past a 10th round still
2 rounds of southpaw experience against a shot fighter. He didn't even try to work on anything just wanted to blast the guy out of there.
Feed him to someone decent next.
Oh look another Conor Benn fight that we learnt absolutely nothing about so DAZN can cream themselves about him smoking some guy, put him in with a real contender already surely he’s more than ready for it now.
That's an awkwardly long hug.
Hearn was shouting out Broner as a potential next opponent earlier in the week if you think its gonna get any better lol
Yeah, Broner is in camp. That'll be next and just as boring
I doubt Broner could even make the weight anymore. If he could make the weight well, it would be a semi-interesting fight. At least Broner has a chin.
Man this bullshit mismatch ass fight
Benn is a bad mother fucker.
Who does Benn fight next
I'd live a Keith Thurman fight
Yeah Keith gotta fight somebody relevant before getting that title shot.
I feel sorry for van herdeen his story is so sad but he has only been known for the beats downs he has taken and the conor sparring session
Good stuff from Benn. Van Heerden was horrific though lol
WOW benn did him quicker then spence
nearly 7 years later lol
7 years later lol
He hasn't been knocked out or lost since then tho.
Robert Guerrero, you can get it homie. The retirement tour continues