With a victory over Chris Eubank Jr now on his document, Conor Benn is popping his consideration to a primary world title alternative.
His one-sided November win served as each revenge and redemption for the Benn household following their decades-long rivalry with Eubank Jr and his father, Chris Sr. Benn’s spell at middleweight now seems over, with the 29-year-old set to return to the welterweight division — a weight he has not competed at since his demolition of Chris Van Heerden in April 2022.
Regardless of competing at 160lbs all through 2025, Benn has been put in because the WBC welterweight necessary challenger. The title is presently held by Mario Barrios, who’s strongly rumoured to be defending his belt towards Ryan Garcia in February.
Benn will goal the winner and his promoter Eddie Hearn confirmed to The Ring that Garcia is the popular opponent ought to he come by way of the bout with Barrios, with the best timeline being Cinco De Mayo weekend in Might.
“Finally, that’s what we would like. Conor’s necessary for the winner of that combat, so we all know we’re going to get it. It’s only a case of whether or not that date works for everyone. His Excellency [Turki Alalshikh] had a really imprecise dialog with us. He loves the concept of that combat.”
Benn’s heated rivalry with Eubank Jr drew greater than 100,000 followers throughout their two clashes in April and November, and Hearn is assured that British supporters will once more journey stateside for Benn’s first world title combat.
“We all know we take 1000’s and 1000’s of Brits to Las Vegas and hopefully Ryan can come by way of and we are able to make that combat. I believe it’s a mega combat. I believe it’s two guys with large profile, two guys which can be very thrilling to look at. So let’s see what occurs between Ryan and Barrios and Conor is ready, able to go.”
Garcia has since used his social media channels to disclose that he has signed a contract to combat Barrios, though no official announcement has but been made.
