Thoughts on Connor Benn

[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.

[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.

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.

No doubt he has a lot of work to do if he intends to be a professional boxer, but I don't think we can dispute that he is in entertaining fights so far. Hopefully, those guiding him will start to get him focusing on how to avoid those tear-ups, and how to avoid getting caught.

[Fenster]

I don't get how he can be in a top stable yet get in the ring to be that wild. He does the same in the sparring footage so you would've thought they would knock that out of him (not that I know the fuck about training a fighter).

Him and his dad keep saying he needs to be his own man yet he clearly is trying to be his dad.

Difference is - his dad comes from a London council estate, was in the army, had extensive amateur experience and chilling natural power (at middleweight). Young Benn was born with a silverspoon in his gob.

[Kirkland Laing]

Lots of good replies in this thread. He seems to be lacking technique and power. He looks like he's going to eat a lot of shots as well just with the face first style. I'm not expecting him to do as well as his dad. Maybe more amateur experience then some off grid low key pro fights before the hype started would have been good for him. Might struggle even to get to British title level.