Conor Benn sits down with Mike Coppinger on behalf of Ring Magazine to discuss his upcoming WBC welterweight title shot against Ryan Garcia. Here, Benn talks a bit about making his way back down to 147 after fighting Chris Eubank Jr up the scales, and more! You can read some excerpts from Benn below with the full video interview segment in the link.
Benn on the weight cut for the Garcia fight
“It’s hard, it’s brutal, but we’re getting it done. I’m not going to be complaining and moaning. Like, I know what I signed up for…I’m getting paid handsomely,
I’m fighting for the world title and headlining in a mega fight in Vegas. So what’s there to moan about?”
On his plans to apply pressure to Garcia
“I’m coming with the smoke, I’m coming with it for sure…Who knows where is mental state is. All I can speak of is my behalf and we’ve prepared diligently hard, I’ve given 110% this camp, I’ve put my body through hell…I think in life nothing worth having comes easy, right? So we always knew it was going to be hard to get back down to 147 but it’s what I want to do.”
On who he thinks is the bigger puncher between the two
“We’ve both big punchers. We catch anyone on the chin flush, they’re going to sleep.”
On how he expects the fight to go
“I don’t [believe it goes the distance]. I hand on heart believe I get hold of him. That’s what I believe in my heart. I believe that 10 years in the game this year, I believe this is mine for the taking.”
On how he thinks he’ll take Garcia’s punch at ‘47 compared to Eubank at ‘60
“It all depends on me and during the weigh-in, which is why I do my weight properly. I leave no stone unturned. I make sure that I do everything properly.”
