Highly unlikely fight of course but seeing as Kelly has actually just achieved something high-level in boxing and Benn has stood right next to Usyk in a boxing ring and is seen by many as some massive superstar coup steal by Zuffa very much akin to a real sport version of Hulk Hogan going to WCW who do you think would win?
Benn showed more versatility and iq in the Eubank rematch that version can match Kelly's speed and moves too much
Bulldozing a drained old Eubank? Kelly outboxed him most likely, Kelly doesn’t have the best chin so Conor could catch him, but Conor and iq don’t go together, same as you and iq.
Josh Kelly got beat up by Avanesyan dude just stfu lol. I'll also be bumping some of your Crawford threads in due time
The attraction for Zuffa is not his boxing ability, it is Benn's profile, handily highly inflated by Eddie Hearn. The big money is not for a fight, it is for marketing the Zuffa brand. Watch fence sitters jump ship in increasing numbers now they have Benn and Opetaia.
Conor Benn is not an elite fighter; Josh Kelly has proven he can be. The version of him that beat Bakhram beats Benn very easily, but he is very inconsistent. Eubank was weight drained to within an inch of his life and years past his best, and Benn still couldn't blow him out of there as Liam Smith did; in fact, he was outworked by the much older, weight drained man in the first fight. Post-eggs, I don't see how he beats a solid, slick mover like Kelly with great fundamentals and someone who has been in the sport for 25 years, rather than taking it up one day because he was bored in his 12-bedroom house/because his Dad used to do it. I might be biased against Benn because of the whole eggs thing and how he and Eddie Hearn destroyed their reputations rather than simply admitting their obvious guilt, but he has 0 wins against anyone close to world level. Put him in with Bakhram and see how he gets on; then we'd have a better idea. There are about 2 dozen fighters ahead of him who should be getting a shot at a world title.
