Conor Benn has been given the chance to fight for a world title in his next contest.
Benn is deciding on his next move following his middleweight victory over Chris Eubank Jr in November, with it expected he would now drop down to his natural division of welterweight.
Waiting there are the likes of WBA champion Rolly Romero and WBC champion Mario Barrios, both of which Benn has called out in recent months.
Another world champion is now asking for a fight against Benn though, after newly-crowned IBF super-welterweight titleholder Josh Kelly told Talksport he would happily take on his domestic rival, claiming it would sell out a football stadium in ‘seconds.’
“We’ve been going back and forth for years so it’s a natural fight to make, especially if he’s coming down to try and make 147, I don’t personally think if he’ll make it or not. We’re both big names in the UK, it would fill out a stadium in seconds.
“Give him his due, he’s come on the last few years in different things. He beat a shell of a man in Eubank in his last fight. I think it might be unfair on him putting him in there with me at this moment of time because I’m not sure if he’s ever competed at world level at the very top echelon against people in their prime.
“For me it’s easy money. That’s a tick-over fight before I fight someone else, if he ever gets the cojones to come and jump in, but we’ll see.”
Kelly claimed the belt on Saturday after a majority decision victory over Bakhram Murtazaliev, and has also been linked to a unification battle against WBA and WBO champion Xander Zayes.
