{"id":587589,"date":"2025-11-22T22:32:10","date_gmt":"2025-11-22T22:32:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/587589\/"},"modified":"2025-11-22T22:32:10","modified_gmt":"2025-11-22T22:32:10","slug":"conor-benn-arrives-in-riyadh-to-scout-haney-norman-jr-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/587589\/","title":{"rendered":"Conor Benn Arrives In Riyadh To Scout Haney\u2013Norman Jr. Fight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Conor Benn posted a picture on social media, standing next to a plane after arriving in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, for tonight\u2019s Ring IV event at the ANB Arena. It\u2019s believed that Benn is on a <strong>scouting mission<\/strong> for Devin Haney to see if he comes out victorious in his title fight against WBO welterweight champion Brian Norman Jr. in their chief support bout.<\/p>\n<p>Scouting Mission Begins<\/p>\n<p>Fans are interested in seeing if Benn will enter the ring after the fight to call out the winner of the Haney-Norman Jr. fight publicly. That might not happen<strong> if Norman Jr. vaporizes Haney<\/strong>. He\u2019s not been mentioned by Benn. It\u2019s understandable because he\u2019d be highly dangerous for the easy-to-hit Conor.<\/p>\n<p>Haney is one of the primary names that Benn (24-1, 14 KOs) already called out last Saturday night after his victory over Chris Eubank Jr. in their rematch on November 15th.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Conor Benn\u2019s call-out list<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Devin Haney<\/li>\n<li>Ryan Garcia<\/li>\n<li>Rolando \u2018Rolly\u2019 Romero<\/li>\n<li>Mario Barrios<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Will There Be a Post-Fight Ambush?<\/p>\n<p>If Benn wants Haney, he\u2019ll have his opportunity to begin an early promotion for the fight tonight if he\u2019s victorious. As long as Conor is allowed into the ring moments after the fight, he begins selling a mega-fight between them.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Touch down in Riyadh \ud83c\uddf8\ud83c\udde6 see you all tonight. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/destroyer?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#destroyer<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/GmYxoC4VLG\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/GmYxoC4VLG<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Conor Nigel Benn (@ConorNigel) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ConorNigel\/status\/1992290478331691434?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">November 22, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Haney wants a rematch with Ryan Garcia, but he\u2019ll be tied up for a while with his title shot against WBC welterweight champion Mario Barrios on February 21, 2026. So, there\u2019s plenty of time for Haney and Benn to get a fight made quickly for early next year. Devin needs to do the job tonight against Norman Jr.<\/p>\n<p>At this point, Benn appears to be very selective in his opponent choices. When he moved up to 160 for two fights, he targeted 168-pounder Eubank Jr., and fought him at middleweight with a 10-lb rehydration clause added for good measure.<\/p>\n<p>Chasing Names, Not Danger<\/p>\n<p>It was a double handicap, triple if you count the fact that he wasn\u2019t facing one of the apex 168-lb contenders, like Osleys Iglesias, Lester Martinez, Christian Mbilli, or Diego Pacheco.<\/p>\n<p>Dragging one of them down to 160 and sticking a 10-lb rehydration clause handicap wouldn\u2019t likely be effective. Those guys would be like a pack of wolves if let loose inside the ring at any weight against Conor Benn.<\/p>\n<p>Since 2014, Olly Campbell has brought readers clear ringside perspective and a steady voice on boxing\u2019s biggest nights.<\/p>\n<p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.boxingnews24.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Boxing News 24<\/a> \u00bb <a href=\"https:\/\/www.boxingnews24.com\/boxer\/conor-benn\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Conor Benn<\/a> \u00bb Conor Benn Lands in Riyadh on a Scouting Mission to Crash the Haney\u2013Norman Jr. Party and Force His Way Into a 2026 Mega-Fight<\/p>\n<p>Last Updated on 11\/22\/2025 \t<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Conor Benn posted a picture on social media, standing next to a plane after arriving in Riyadh, Saudi&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":574468,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4108],"tags":[1935,12509,4332,4331,10194,79,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-587589","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-boxing","8":"tag-boxing","9":"tag-fight-night","10":"tag-mark-robinson","11":"tag-matchroom-boxing","12":"tag-ring-magazine","13":"tag-sports","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115595728825878563","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/587589","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=587589"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/587589\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/574468"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=587589"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=587589"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=587589"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}