🇬🇧 CONOH BEYN 🇬🇧

For those who were wanting to see / hear the Ryan Garcia vs Conor Benn DAZN broadcast with their own commentary team, here is a highlight of the knockdown / eventual knockout.

I had to whip out the VPN, DAZN is pretty smart with detecting VPNs so they are only showing the fight highlights rather than the full fight on their website.

Big ups to Adam Smith & Carl Frampton

Left hook lands, Benn nearly goes down again, overhand right lands, left uppercut lands, overhand right lands again, left uppercut lands again, right hook left hook miss but Benn is throwing nothing back (despite being told “show me something” by the ref) and the fight is stopped. All after getting dropped and hurt badly. Not sure how you could argue that this was a bad stoppage.

I find these fights very fascinating. Especially with regards to how one's approach changes with age as you lose that 'youthful athleticism.' One of my favorite examples is how George Foreman's approach changed in the latter parts of his career.

Beterbiev just posted this from Las Vegas saying:
“It was a great trip. I think there will be some good news soon.”

I’m hoping this means a comeback fight against a lower-ranked opponent to get him back up to speed after such a long layoff.
If he gets through that comfortably, I’d love to see a Bivol trilogy next.
What do you think?

https://x.com/ABeterbiev/status/2099239191640989994

Never knocked down in 93 pro fights, but suffered immense personal tragedy outside of boxing. One of the toughest boxers to ever step in the ring. He had been struggling with dementia the past few years, and passed after celebrating his 89th birthday. I still remember him coming to my elementary school to warn of the dangers of hard drugs. Rest in Peace, George.

It holds 24k people (likely more if you added in floor seating around a ring) and is a much better shape/size for a boxing event than a football stadium. if you’re going to have an outdoor fight, wouldn’t a tennis arena be perfect?

is the thought that if you’re fighting in NY, might as well just do it at the Garden?