Thoughts on Connor Benn

[smashup]

He's as game as his dad was and seems to have a decent chin too and took some hard punches tonight, he looks tiny at the weight and i do worry about his power, i don't think he's got that natural KO power that Nigel had but the guy he was fighting was a brawler, never been stopped and came to fight.
That would have done Connor the world of good being in a proper tear up in only his second fight, he needs to stop rushing in and smothering his own work too, at times he was almost face to face and wasting punches, as Jim Watt pointed out when he took a step back and thought about it he was much more effective.
He's never gonna be in a boring fight thats for sure but i worry when he fights better fighters and can't bang them out like his dad could he has little else to offer, don't think he even threw a jab tonight.

[p4pking]

I don't think he looked any good at all? It was a tear up because he sucks, imo.

[nuggetdotcom]

Just to mention a controversial counter point, in Eubank JR's first few fights he was a bit feather fisted, and I did wonder, now he is a hard hitting fighter. Lets hope the Benn boy improves his delivery.

[BIG H]

Just to mention a controversial counter point, in Eubank JR's first few fights he was a bit feather fisted, and I did wonder, now he is a hard hitting fighter. Lets hope the Benn boy improves his delivery.

Is Jnr a 'Hard hitting fighter' He hit Spike and Blackwell with everything and neither took a count.

[Dark Lord Al]

Connor fights like his dad in his wild years however Nigel was throwing A-BOMBS , Connor is throwing handfuls of gravel.

Power will be a problem for his camp.

[Fenster]

I think he's vastly improved and is looking better and better. He's stopped trying to be his dad, boxes his way in nice and has terrific natural fluidity when letting his punches go. He's waffling about emulating fighters like Loma now - instead of tear-up merchants - so the penny has apparently dropped.

Now obviously his level of competition hasn't gone up that much, however, he's totally outclassing these guys now without putting a foot wrong or giving them a look in, which you would expect of any good prospect.

If he wasn't Benn's son, with Hearn and SKY you'd have to be a serious petty/jealous bastard to not be impressed.

[Master]

Look at his dad's boxing record he fought every month, sometimes twice in a month, at the start of his career. Insane nowadays.

Wonder if Conor does not spar like his dad did? Insane nowadays.

[Mark TKO]

So far so good. Needs to be his own fighter. He feels obliged to bring excitement - tough act to follow

What would we give for another Nigel Benn

[jahmez]

Not sure now but his Dad was a trainer at my old gym and a few of my old sparring mates have trained and sparred with him. He goes hard all the time, even against noobs. I'm gonna join up again and see for myself. Apparently the old man is still an absolute beast on the pads as well.

[Batman]

This is why I don't think he should have been fast tracked onto sky.

People are questioning his power, technique and size after his second pro fight and his 3rd is PPV, it's fucking crazy.

The amount of pressure that he is under must be immense, but I do agree with everyone about the power/technique he has a lot of things to work on.

[jahmez]

This is why I don't think he should have been fast tracked onto sky.

People are questioning his power, technique and size after his second pro fight and his 3rd is PPV, it's fucking crazy.

The amount of pressure that he is under must be immense, but I do agree with everyone about the power/technique he has a lot of things to work on.

I question the quality he's been brought up against as well. If I could pretty much choose anywhere in the world to raise a son in boxing it definitely wouldn't be Sydney.

[Dia bando]

He is very raw time will tell he is a bit open to counters, if he carries on winning could be a exciting addition to the division.

[denilson200]

I'm not impressed with Conor Benn at all and I'm taken into account that this is only his second pro fight and he had a limited amateur career. He's seems to be an emotional fighter. He didno't control the range. The other guy just marched in because he did not respect his power. To be honest unless they have very cautious matchmaking plan. I think he'll struggle to get 12-0

[superheavyrhun]

In fairness to the kid, I do think that a few people may be jumping on him for performances so far. There's no doubt his trainer will be hard at work getting him to work on techniques not to get drawn into that kind of tear-up unless he wants to.

He may never be the kind of world class as Mayweather is, but I don't think we can completely discount him either.

[p4pking]

In fairness to the kid, I do think that a few people may be jumping on him for performances so far. There's no doubt his trainer will be hard at work getting him to work on techniques not to get drawn into that kind of tear-up unless he wants to.

He may never be the kind of world class as Mayweather is, but I don't think we can completely discount him either.

He shows absolutely no ability to avoid such tear ups though. I agree completely he could improve as any novice can, but he shouldn't be getting televised slots if they are serious about turning him into a decent boxer. He has literally everything to work on, and the name recognition isn't really an excuse to fast track him considering. Even Chavez Jr had a bunch of fights before he was on TV, and it probably made the difference between him being pretty good and a tomato can.