Conor Benn’s return to welterweight is imminent and when he finally arrives, there may be an unlikely opponent waiting for him, with one former world champion promising that he would knock the Briton out if they fought.
Benn’s last welterweight outing came in April 2022 against Chris van Heerden. Since then, he has fought as high as middleweight in his two bouts against bitter rival Chris Eubank Jr.
Nevertheless, Benn remains as the WBC’s mandatory challenger for their welterweight world title and ‘The Destroyer’ is on his way back down, having successfully stopped off at a 150lb catchweight contest against Regis Prograis earlier this month.
Now, Benn’s eyes are firmly on welterweight honours, with a fight against reigning WBC champion, Ryan Garcia, possible to take place on a Netflix card in September.
Although, should he opt to remain in the 147lb division after his clash with ‘King Ry’, former WBO lightweight world champion, Keyshawn Davis, told the Inside Ring Show that he wants a clash against Benn and labelled the potential encounter as ‘easy money’.
“I will stop Conor Benn, like guarantee, I will stop him. Easy money. Easy. So, I would love to fight Conor Benn when I move up, I would love to fight Conor Benn or Devin Haney, but bro, give me Conor Benn. I will stop him, for sure.”
Davis has fought just once since being stripped of his lightweight world title, that coming in a super-lightweight scrap with Jamaine Ortiz back in January.
Still, despite only recently moving up, ‘The Businessman’ is expected to soon campaign at welterweight, but he first rematches Nahir Albright as a 140lber in three weeks’ time where he will be hoping to add to his record of 10 knockouts in his 14 career victories.
