Conor Benn is scheduled to challenge Ryan Garcia for the WBC welterweight title on September 12 in Las Vegas.
WBC champion Garcia is one of the sport’s most high-profile fighters and has engaged in a regular war of words with Benn in recent months.
Last year, Benn moved up to middleweight to settle a feud with Chris Eubank Jr, the son of his father Nigel Benn’s great rival Chris Eubank Sr.
Benn suffered the first loss of his professional career when Eubank Jr outclassed him in the first match at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, but got revenge by dropping Eubank twice before taking a card decision in the rematch in November.
Benn, trying to make a return to welterweight, defeated Regis Prograis on the undercard of Tyson Fury’s return fight at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in April.
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If Benn beats Garcia, he would achieve one of the biggest wins in British boxing history, trainer Tony Sims said.
Since then, Benn has targeted Garcia. “I have only one goal, and that is to win a world title,” Benn previously said. sky sports.
“Ultimately, I’m in a really comfortable position now, but the work has become more relentless. The work has become more purposeful. There’s more intention behind it, and that’s hard to say, considering I’ve always worked hard.”
He wants to follow his father, a British boxing legend, and win the WBC belt.
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Garcia revealed earlier this year that his first WBC title defense would be against Benn.
“He won that world title, so for me, my goal is to win that world title,” he said.
Garcia suffered an embarrassing loss to WBA world champion Rolando Romero last year, but won the WBC 147-pound belt by beating Mario Barrios in February.
Regarding the fight announcement, Garcia said “This is for Mexico and England. They both want his a** cut. The influential devil will be killed.”
