Benn Peynaud 2

Agree hes too small, plus defence is very poor. If its not improved he sure will get knocked out when he steps up. In one way he should be gave time as young with little amateur background, then on other hes fighting on big ppv bills and other big bills when he should not be. Add to fact hes his own man but goes by name the destroyer like his dad. This all does not go hand in hand with being a novice who is making his own way in the sport.

 

The only real barometer we have for Peynaud's level is the fight with Benn, so there's no basis at this point for anyone to build him up beyond what was expected of him first time round.

If Benn doesn't win clearly it shows that he hasn't improved, which would be a very worrying sign for someone who's upside at the moment seems to consist of him having little amateur background and therefore being able to improve rapidly.

I don't want to put the boots in on the guy before he's really had a chance at making it as a pro, but I haven't been impressed at all with anything I've seen from Benn so far. To me he seems like a domestic level Marvis Frazier (if Marvis had skipped the amateurs and jumped straight into the pro game). Far too intent on being a replica of his old man, when his attributes would better suit a different style.

 

Ultimately Benn needs to win this fight convincingly if he is to be taken seriously by anybody with knowledge of boxing. Really for a so called 'prospect' he should not have had a genuinely difficult fight so early in his career, at such a low level of opposition, I do not believe he will go far in this sport.

That said, I think he'll probably win by a late stoppage and then as pointed out the Sky hype machine shall roll on.

 

I think the point is more that we should have competitive fights of higher quality than two dudes fighting around area level if you're paying extra. The first fight was fun and Benn lost IMO so the rematch makes absolute sense. Stick it on NextGen, where it should be. Use this slot to make a competitive fight at maybe British, Euro or hey - how about this - world level (there's only one truly world level fight on the card after all). Or even use that money to actually get Buatsi someone to fight of note at late notice. There's no reason at all that this ought to be a remotely costly fight to make.

If this fight is like the first, some might forget about the rest of the card and Hearn needs that. Otherwise he's going to have to rely on Chisora being arsed enough to have 'one more go' and entice Takam into a war.

 

would not be shocked if benn gets beat his just not that good and the hype has made it worse his a moron and is not very bright and his buying into his own hype he probably watches that show sky done called the destroyer on him over and over lol hearn doesn't know when to draw the line and on the hype

 

am just going off his fights that ave watched none of his opponents can punch and they were part time fighters who only had good records on paper and they had very poor chins

 

Should he win, Imo he really needs to drop down a weight, he is far too small for Welterweight. In fact, some Light Welters would make him look small.

 

He had more amateur fights than David Allen, he isn't as much of a novice as people make out. And if he's a novice fighting trash then he ought to be on small shows.

 

If he was amatuer he would be fighting more competive fights then these lol

 

The argument from Benn fans always seems to be "but he's a novice", " he didn't have an amauter career"

So why is he boxing on huge shows in prime time slots? He should be judged on this...

Fact is, he's terrible, when he steps up to British Level he'll get ironed out. however by this point he'll have a padded 25-0 record.
He lost to Peynaud already. At the very best, a draw.
He's an arrogant A hole as well, who spends his time flashing his dads cash and mocking disable people... choo choo here comes the Matchroom Hype Train

 

If you compare Benn to say Eubank, Mundine or even Tim Tszyu, his progress in the first half dozen fights is behind the curve of other sons-of-famous-fighters with limited amateur experience.

Even when they were clearly raw, there was a physicality and athleticism about Eubank and Mundine that gave you reason to think they could develop into something good. There were obvious attributes that could potentially be harnessed.

It's obviously really early days for Benn, and there have been some world-level fighters who showed virtually no potential in their early fights (eg Johnny Nelson). They are the exception though, and most top-level pros show you something to get excited about in their early fights. I haven't seen any of that from Benn though, and I suspect it's the same for other people making the same points in this thread.