Nigel Benn wuxuu sheegay inuu u baahan yahay inuu la tacaalo Conor, laakiin wuxuu sheegay inuu ka baxayo haddii uu guuleysto
Nigel Benn, oo ku nool Australia, wuxuu sheegay inuu u baahan yahay inuu la tacaalo wiilkiisa Conor, laakiin wuxuu sheegay inuu ka baxayo haddii uu guuleysto.
Conor Benn wuxuu u dagaalamayaa WBC welterweight
Conor Benn wuxuu u dagaalamayaa WBC welterweight world title, wuxuuna u dagaalamayaa Ryan Garcia, wuxuuna u dagaalamayaa Las Vegas.
Conor Benn wuxuu u dagaalamayaa WBC welterweight world title, wuxuuna u dagaalamayaa Ryan Garcia, wuxuuna u dagaalamayaa Las Vegas.
Nigel Benn wuxuu sheegay inuu u baahan yahay inuu la tacaalo Conor
Nigel Benn wuxuu sheegay inuu u baahan yahay inuu la tacaalo wiilkiisa Conor, wuxuuna sheegay inuu ka baxayo haddii uu guuleysto.
Nigel Benn wuxuu sheegay inuu u baahan yahay inuu la tacaalo wiilkiisa Conor, wuxuuna sheegay inuu ka baxayo haddii uu guuleysto.
Conor Benn wuxuu u dagaalamayaa WBC welterweight
Conor Benn wuxuu u dagaalamayaa WBC welterweight world title, wuxuuna u dagaalamayaa Ryan Garcia, wuxuuna u dagaalamayaa Las Vegas.
Conor Benn wuxuu u dagaalamayaa WBC welterweight world title, wuxuuna u dagaalamayaa Ryan Garcia, wuxuuna u dagaalamayaa Las Vegas.
Nigel Benn, based in Australia, has insisted he was stepping away from his son's career permanently after the grudge-match win over Chris Eubank Jr., yet he returned to support Conor Benn's WBC welterweight world title challenge against Ryan Garcia in Las Vegas, claiming Conor 'twisted my arm' into helping with one final hurdle.
A Father Who Lives Through His Son
Nigel Benn says Conor 'lives through me,' recounting how his father would declare retirement only to immediately demand another fight. Conor Benn has navigated a career-threatening doping case and a split from long-time promoter Eddie Hearn, transforming from 'Nigel's boy' into one of British boxing's most polarising headliners.
Conor Benn says 'it's not personal with Ryan. It is personal with Eubank,' dismissing the social media spats between the fighters. He adds, 'To some people, I'll never be good enough,' but insists winning the world title is personal and he does not care what others say about his talent or journey.
Chasing History on the Las Vegas Strip
Thirty-six years ago, Nigel Benn won his first world title by defeating Doug DeWitt in Atlantic City. Now, Conor Benn lands on the Las Vegas Strip chasing the exact same milestone, with a victory placing the Benns alongside Floyd Patterson, Julio Cesar Chavez and Leon Spinks in the lineage of father-and-son world champions.
Conor Benn's last outing was a laboured points victory over Regis Prograis, yet Nigel Benn says he has watched his son 'religiously for 10 years put his life on the line.' The fight will be staged by UFC-backed Zuffa Boxing, following Conor's high-profile split from Hearn, despite Zuffa's public rhetoric about disrupting boxing's old-guard sanctioning bodies.
Nigel's Blueprint for the 'Dark Destroyer'
Nigel Benn believes his son should attack Garcia using suffocating, bobbing aggression, the kind that Nigel used to blow out Iran Barkley in 1990. He says, 'When he goes under pressure, what happens? He falls and his heart doesn't go into it,' urging Conor to be the 'Dark Destroyer' with controlled aggression.
The hostile Vegas spotlight evokes memories of Benn senior's ferocious 1995 battle with Gerald McClellan, where 'everybody had me to be blown out within round three.' Nigel insists he will walk away for good after this fight, saying, 'I can walk out of that arena, go home, and be with my family, and that's it.'
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