Benn wants a bit of Broner

Adrien Broner

LIKE some glutton for punishment who canโ€™t get enough of a bad thing, Conor Benn wants to follow up his frustrating decision win over Adrian Granados last weekend with a fight against one of the most naturally frustrating welterweights in recent memory: Adrien Broner.

It is a bizarre choice of opponent, stylistically, but makes a lot of sense in the context of Benn needing a big-name opponent to make some noise in America. Broner may be frustrating, and he may be a wasted talent, but he is still, at 32, a big name in a sport nowadays boasting few of them.

โ€œIโ€™ll have Broner next,โ€ Benn, 19-0 (12), told talkSPORT, responding to Eddie Hearnโ€™s claim that the American is very much on their radar. โ€œIโ€™ll have Broner here at the O2 (Arena) or Iโ€™ll have him at a stadium out in America. It doesnโ€™t bother me. Broner is definitely an opponent Iโ€™d love to fight and share the ring with this year.

โ€œFour-time world division champion, I wonโ€™t shy away from anybody and if he wants it, Iโ€™ll give it to him. Thatโ€™s not a problem.โ€

Given the size of Bronerโ€™s ego, not to mention the size of his fight purses to date, it would take an almighty offer to get him to travel overseas and box Benn in a British arena. But, if that canโ€™t be sorted, it would be just as beneficial for Benn to take his exciting style stateside, where Broner, 34-4-1 (24), is very much a polarising character and where, Iโ€™m sure, Benn would have plenty of support.

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Conor Benn celebrates (Matchroom)

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