{"id":157967,"date":"2025-06-04T16:44:09","date_gmt":"2025-06-04T16:44:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/157967\/"},"modified":"2025-06-04T16:44:09","modified_gmt":"2025-06-04T16:44:09","slug":"fans-call-for-conor-benn-to-face-devin-haney-next-at-147","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/157967\/","title":{"rendered":"Fans Call For Conor Benn To Face Devin Haney Next At 147"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Fans want Conor Benn to move back down to 147 to face freed-up Devin Haney for his next fight, rather than staying at middleweight to battle the larger, more skilled Chris Eubank Jr. in a rematch.<\/p>\n<p>Benn, 28, looked sharp and slightly <strong>emaciated from muscle atrophy<\/strong> today, hitting the pads in a Ring Magazine video. The form is there, but he needs to put the muscle back on that he appears to have lost. It\u2019ll be a double-edged sword for Conor if he chooses to fight Eubank Jr. again. While it would be a nice payday, he\u2019ll likely lose, absorb punishment, and his market value will drop.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Benn\u2019s Next Fight: Haney?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u2018The Destroyer\u2019 Benn (23-1, 14 KOs) doesn\u2019t possess the inside game to win that fight, and he\u2019s not going to learn to be sufficient in that area in one training camp.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Conor Benn\u2019s Welterweight Options<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Devin Haney<\/li>\n<li>Mario Barrios<\/li>\n<li>Manny Pacquiao<\/li>\n<li>Gary Antuanne Russell: *140-pounder but with enough size and ability to pose a serious problem for the novice Benn<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I wouldn\u2019t advise Benn to challenge welterweight champion Jaron \u2018Boots\u2019 Ennis or Brian Norman Jr. for their titles because they hit too hard, possess too much talent, and would have a massive advantage in skills. Although WBO welterweight champion Norman Jr. (27-0, 21 KOs) is only 24, he\u2019s got a lot more experience in the sport than Benn. He\u2019s taken it seriously from day one and would likely knock out Conor within two or three rounds.<\/p>\n<p>Haney (32-0, 15 KOs) had been in negotiations for a fight against Teofimo Lopez for a catchweight fight at 145 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. However, Teo changed his mind about taking the fight, leaving Devin high and dry without an opponent. That was the second big-name opponent that slipped through the former two-division world champion Haney\u2019s fingers.<\/p>\n<p>The first was Ryan Garcia, who failed to deliver in his tune-up fight against Rolando \u2018Rolly\u2019 Romero on May 2nd. Kingry surprisingly lost to Rolly by a 12-round decision at Turki Alalshikh\u2019s Times Square event in New York City. This was supposed to be a showcase event featuring the<strong> \u2018Big Three\u2019<\/strong> \u2014 Ryan, Haney, and Teofimo \u2014 looking like gold against lesser opposition. None of them looked good. Turki picked the wrong horses for his Times Square event.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"YouTube video\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" data-pin-nopin=\"true\" nopin=\"nopin\" class=\"perfmatters-lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/1749055449_121_hqdefault.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.boxingnews24.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Boxing News 24<\/a> \u00bb Fans Call for Conor Benn to Face Devin Haney Next at 147<\/p>\n<p>Last Updated on 06\/04\/2025 \t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Fans want Conor Benn to move back down to 147 to face freed-up Devin Haney for his next&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":157968,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4108],"tags":[1935,21612,12509,4332,4331,10194,79,21608,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-157967","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-boxing","8":"tag-boxing","9":"tag-fatal-fury","10":"tag-fight-night","11":"tag-mark-robinson","12":"tag-matchroom-boxing","13":"tag-ring-magazine","14":"tag-sports","15":"tag-tottenham-hotspur-stadium","16":"tag-uk","17":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114626105419026776","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157967","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=157967"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157967\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/157968"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=157967"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=157967"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=157967"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}