Easy fight to make. Who wins? I’d fancy Crocker to chin him. Benn leaves his chin in the air and never takes his head off centre line.
Can see him being a super duper Roy Jones mate and winning a title at every weight class Heavyweight right down to Super-Egg weight
Doesn't bode well for fighters when they gain a large amount of muscle to change weight divisions and then lose it all to drain themselves back down to their original weight.
I think Billy Nelson will say it’s an easy fight for Crocker. If he catches Benn like he caught Donovan in the rematch, it’ll be interesting to see how Conor reacts. This should be the next fight - if nothing else it gives Lewis a payday, and Billy can start getting dripped out à la Rick Reeno.
I am a follower of Crocker and want him to win every fight he's in but I wouldn't think he would win this one based on what I have seen. I had him winning against Donovan (second fight, was getting soundly beaten first time) but it was due to a couple of shots which caused knock-downs and he was losing most rounds outside of that. I appreciate I was in the minority and most had Donovan winning. Thought calling it a robbery was quite ridiculous from those who did, but it was very close. Benn has only just beaten a shell of Eubank who basically didn't turn up. Who knows exactly why, but that is the fact of the matter. Weight drained, just shot since the last fight with what it took from him, something else which he mildly referred to with things going on in his life? Either way. It wasn't the same fighter and so whilst I'd give Benn credit for his good performance I think it has to be a bit limited by the fact that Eubank was no longer the same fighter anymore last night. That was surely clear for all to see, no? It was the main thing I took from the fight and ruined the spectacle for me, personally. Nonetheless I still think for Crocker to beat Benn after the events of the last year I would be very pleasantly surprised and would feel it was a huge upset. More to the point though. This fight won't be next and therefore may not happen at all. In the ring after the fight 2 nights ago, Lewis didn't even get mentioned in passing by Benn, Eddie nor any interviewers with DAZN. It was clearly deliberate. Eddie promotes them both and if he wanted that to be next then the build up would have started there and then
Surprised Hearn doesn’t want it. Benn is his new golden goose and he doesn’t seem to have much of a relationship with Crocker so it’s not like he’d have split loyalties. It would sell 24k at the Co-op Arena in Manchester which would be a pretty neutral venue. Is Hearn afraid of this one @billy nelson ?
Benn saying last night he doesn’t want to fight Crocker because of the IBF’s rehydration clause you couldn’t make it up.
Billy has answered the second question but, given Benn's clear greed and his last two fights, would 24k at the Co-Op be enough for him? Let's be honest without Eubank Benn wouldn't draw flies on PPV and especially against a mainstream unknown in Crocker. It's borderline Brook-Gavin level without the Sky exposure. To generate any cash Benn needs an enemy and that probably says why he always throws in Americans with profile so they can either be dragged over here for a payday or Benn to the US to generate a beef. The whole thing's a nonsense.
I was fully expecting him to invade the ring last night post fight to try and have it out with Haney for this reason
Do have to wonder how Benn will get on with just Eddie pushing him and no dad in the background or Eubank to liven things up. He was just an unlikeable nepo baby before and now he's an over-rated, big-headed one.