It was more tongue in cheek. Benn didn’t do a lot of thing by the textbook but it’s also a big part of why I and millions of others loved him
Benn blamed his trainers he said after he fired tem the best trainer he had was Jimmy Tibbs who taught him to roll away ffrom shots, he was wide open v Watson, it was like Ali v Foreman, rope a dope and Benn gassing after his corner just repeatedly saying "steam him" lol like Honeyghan v Starling just constantly punching arms and gloves.