Shawn Porter adds up Conor Benn’s chances of beating Ryan Garcia for world title

Having beforehand shared 4 rounds of sparring with Conor Benn, former world champion Shawn Porter has thought-about how the Brit may fare towards Ryan Garcia.

‘The Destroyer’ comes off a snug 10-round factors victory over Regis Prograis, that includes on the undercard of Tyson Fury vs Arslanbek Makhmudov final month.

In doing so, he remained within the win column at a catchweight of 150lbs after exacting his revenge over Chris Eubank Jr of their middleweight rematch final November.

As the WBC’s highest-ranked welterweight contender, although, Benn is ready to drop again all the way down to 147lbs in pursuit of a showdown with Ryan Garcia.

The American claimed his WBC world title in February, dethroning Mario Barrios with a one-sided points victory after flooring his man within the opening spherical.

As a end result, Garcia secured his first victory since scoring an eighth-round end over Oscar Duarte in 2023, which was adopted by a no-contest towards Devin Haney and a unanimous resolution loss to Rolando Romero.

Hoping for a extra constant run of kind, the 27-year-old is ready to defend his title later this yr, maybe in the summertime, with obligatory challenger Benn having emerged as a possible opponent.

But whereas crediting Benn for his “versatility,” Porter has instructed Boxing King Media that he believes the velocity of Garcia may doubtlessly result in a dramatic end.

“Based on how Ryan Garcia looked in his last fight, it looks like he beats Conor Benn.

“The style clash favors Ryan Garcia because of his speed – because of his power from the outside – so it’s definitely a tough fight for Conor Benn.

“I would say 60/40 [that] Ryan Garcia wins that fight, possibly [by] KO. But Conor is very tough. That’s what I already knew about him, but I got to see it first-hand when we sparred.

“He’s much more versatile than [what] we saw in the first fight with Eubank. He comes back in the rematch against Eubank and we see the versatility, we see the speed, the foot movement and things of that nature.

“Those were the things I saw when I sparred him for four easy rounds.”

Despite their associated historical past of failing doping checks, or maybe partly as a result of of it, a conflict between Garcia and Benn is more likely to entice appreciable consideration.