Garcia vs Benn odds

Should mark the beginning of the end of, personally, one of the most irritating stories in British boxing.

I have no issue with Benn using his dad’s name to springboard himself. Unfortunately, it’s the nature of the beast. But the complete avoidance of moving through the levels - coupled with a purple patch in his career out of nowhere that was ended by TWO failed drugs tests five weeks apart. It’s never been disclosed how he got off, but now he claims he’s been proven clean. The abhorrent behaviour of Hearn and Matchroom throughout, who now try and curiously paint themselves as the damaged party. They weren’t - they stood by a fighter who likely cheated, to make money, but didn’t tie him down to a contract when he managed to manipulate the system. It’s that simple. Yet they attacked anyone who went against them in that period.

It appears that Benn is a ferocious worker in the gym, and for that I applaud him. But he’s never shown anything apart from that work ethic and some natural athleticism to show he belonged at this level. Apart from those questionable results against faded welterweights like Algieri and Vargas. Then we’ve had to endure him calling out world-class boxers like Garcia, Boots, Stevenson and Davis.

As a footnote- while Benn and Eubank carry their fathers’ names - there is a massive distinction between the two. Eubank fought and proved himself at British and fringe world level. He fought a close fight with little experience vs Saunders, came back and legitimately won the British title. He also fought and won against several fringe world-class operators. He was horribly advised or a horrible decision-maker, not least jumping up to 168 early in his career, when he was a force at middleweight, and then trying to get down and stay at middleweight at the end of his career. Nonetheless, the only similarities between him and Benn are that they fought each other and have fathers who were world champions.

 

I can’t begrudge Benn for the way he has approached his career (the doping issue aside).

He’s made the most of both his surname and that of his father’s greatest rival, and undoubtedly earned more money than would have been possible had he took a conventional route, working his way up the ladder.

It will probably have been to the detriment of his development as a fighter, but we also need to remember that very few people were earmarking him as a world class talent early on in his career. He wasn’t a standout talent in any way.

It’s a sobering loss and not sure where he goes from here. There’s probably ways he can market himself and position himself for some fights, but any aspirations to be an elite fighter are surely off the table now. It’s not the kind of defeat you can take any positives from, and it’s a long road back at this stage of his career.

 

Where does he go promoter wise now? Hearn may take him back and match him with a beast for a bit of revenge.

 

Zuffa card with Hearn not invited but he "manages" Eubank in it for lols. Constant manufactured "beef". Both of them walk off with crazy money.

 

He's got 4 fights left with Zuffa. They won't be looking out for him like Hearn did. Benn is having his Jason Ardey moment, where all the years of deception and over-promotion come back to brutally catch you out. He can either retire or be brutally outclassed a couple more times before Zuffa and their greedy, sociopathic front man discard him.

 

The good thing about Benn not been with Hearn means we won't get the 2 week post fight spin from the usual suspects talking about if this was at 160 Benn wins, weight was yhe real issues, world class, 160 needs to watch out etc.

 

100%. Additionally if he had stayed with Hearn this fight would never have happened. It would of been another 12 months of Van Heerden types while relentlessly telling us all 'Garcia/Haney/Shakur don't want the smoke"

Finally, finally we have a promoter in the game who makes the so called best take a challenge rather than endlessly avoid the obvious fights.

Meanwhile we have promoters still squabbling and spinning the BS trying to make Fury vs AJ in 2026. If Dana had been in boxing earlier this fight would of been made in 7 or 8 years ago when it should of.

 

Benn would earn more respect if next fight out, he fought for The British Title - at whatever weight - and works his way back from this.

But this requires a drop in both money and potentially venue size which I am not sure whether his ego could handle either.

He is a bit cornered imo outside of the CEJ fight.

 

Let's hope they keep Benn fighting at this level for the rest of his contract

 

If Zuffa maintains its UFC model for boxing, Benn would drop down and fight a 'contender' which could be anyone at 160 or 168 if that's what he wants. I suspect he won't want any of that.

 

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He said he's not fighting at 147 again so it's either Fawaz Liddard or Callum Simpson if he wants a crack at the British.
I'd give him a chance with Fawaz but the other two would be too big and powerful for Benn.
Fawaz is also 38 Benn likes his old men.

 

The notion Benn will be better at a bigger weight, since his "adverse findings" he has had 6 fights, 2 against people I've never heard of and all he has mustered is 2 knockdowns against Eubank.

His "power" only existed briefly for a few fights after getting beaten up by some kick boxer.

If they aren't realistic about how average Benn is, he could get badly hurt depending where they put him up in weight

 

Aside from egg-gate, you can’t really knock Benn.

He trains his knackers off and has played the hand he’s been dealt. Everyone saying he skipped the levels and should’ve done this or that instead, would you have done it in his situation? What he’s done is absolutely maximise his earning potential to the end degree and I think pretty much everyone and anyone put in the same situation would play it the same way.

That said, he just is a bit of a helmet isn’t he. lol

 

Whilst I’m absolutely delighted Benn got beat, it would have been better if he was still with Hearn too.