Thoughts on Connor Benn

[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.

[Master]

Connor fights like his dad but does not have the punch power to carry it off or be as successful as his dad.

Connor must change his style and add more variety to his game.

[Silkeyjoe]

I think you are all being very harsh. Hes only 19 so would expect him to grow and get stronger over the next few years. His dad debut was at 24 or something like that when he already had his man power. I agree he looks raw but I definitely see potential there. With regards him going pro now rather than staying in the amateurs I dont think it was a wise decision regarding his career but there seems to be a bubble in boxing at the moment (particularly in the UK) and he may have seen now the best time to cash in on his name. Someone questioned whether hed make 12-0. He may have made enough money to retire comfortably by then.