Conor Benn vs Samuel Vargas - 10/4/21 - Sky Sports/DAZN

[smashup]

Avanesyan is who I wanna see him fight next, not Khan/Brook
Let's see him in with the guy who smashd up Josh Kelly.
Puts a bit of doubt in my mind hearing him call out Khan, if you think your that good then call out the live fighter on your way up the ladder 😉
Brook would be a better test than Khan.
If he banged out Avanesyan THEN we can start to really take him as a force.

[Denilson3.0]

You don't stop the fight (especially not in the first round) when they have their guard up and on their feet

Vargas was hurt, but not badly, he was just taken back a bit by the speed of the shots.

Vargas gets rocked every fight but he recovers as well as anybody. He has incredibly recuperative abilities.

Ref could have said "Show me something or I will stop the fight" and that's my main issue there was no attempt from the referee to actually evaluate whether or not the fighter is capable of continuing to fight.

Tyson Fury got a sobriety test in the US in the last round of a fight after getting knocked down hard and in the UK the fights get stopped in the first round if your head is snapped back while you're against the ropes.

Josh Warrington nearly got beaten to death and it wasn't stopped, you can understand why boxers outside of the UK talk about "UK Stoppages"

It was a bit of Vargas's fault too. He should have took a knee but when the ref jumped in he looked more than capable of continuing to fight.

But at the end I notice how Benn didn't call out any top upcoming contender like Vergil Ortiz or a beast like David Avaneysean. He don't want that kinda smoke. He called out Amir Khan, Kell Brook and Adrien Broner. Cody Crawley could be a good matchup or if he really want to a risk it then a slick Ray Robinson or Custio Clayton could be good too.

I suppose he is still working his way up. I don't think he is ready for any of the top Level guys in that loaded division. I would not give him Shawn Porter either even though Porter is more civilized now doing his TV work I still think it would still be a major step up. Ever since Benn was dropped by that french street sweeper, all his opponents have KO % below 42% and Porter can crack and fight hard for the full 12 but having said that I rate Benn as the best prospect in the UK