Carl Froch hasn’t held back with his assessment of Conor Benn following his defeat to Ryan Garcia on Saturday.
Benn came up short in his bid to become WBC welterweight champion as he was beaten by Garcia at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
‘King Ry’ dropped his rival in the second round with a big right hand, and while Benn was able to get back up to his feet, Garcia continued to unload on the ropes, forcing the referee to jump in and wave off the contest.
Former super-middleweight king Froch has now shared his verdict on his YouTube channel, stating that it confirms that Benn shouldn’t be competing at that level.
“The truth tonight has been revealed. Conor Benn has shown that he doesn’t belong at world level. He had one great fight with Chris Eubank Jr where he got beat, he beat him in the rematch but Eubank Jr was flat. I’m not going to dig out his career and give him any stick, but his best win before that is Chris Algieri, and then he’s not fought anyone.
“He’s somehow found himself in a WBC world title [fight], but unfortunately he’s in there against Ryan Garcia, down at 147 as well. Conor tried his best, his mind looked focused and he believed in himself, but the bottom line is Ryan Garcia is a totally different class.”
Froch isn’t the only man to share that view, with countryman Tony Bellew also claiming that Benn jumped up too many levels.
