Conor Benn

Conor Benn

Conor Nigel Benn is a British professional boxer. He is the son of former world champion boxer Nigel Benn. Benn made his professional debut in April 2016 aged 19. Benn was due to fight Silvije Kebet on the undercard of Gennady Golovkin vs. Kell Brook but pulled out due to illness.

About Conor Benn in brief

Summary Conor BennConor Nigel Benn is a British professional boxer. He is the son of former world champion boxer Nigel Benn. Benn made his professional debut in April 2016 aged 19 at The O2 Arena in London defeating Bulgarian Ivailo Boyanov by technical knockout in the first round. He followed this with a points victory over Luke ‘The Nuke’ Keleher at The SSE Hydro in Glasgow in May, and a knockout of Lukas Radic in June. Benn was due to fight Silvije Kebet on the undercard of Gennady Golovkin vs. Kell Brook but pulled out due to illness.

After a lay off, it was announced that Benn would next fight on Anthony Joshua’s next world title defence on 28 October at the Principality Stadium in Cardiff. Benn next fought at the York Hall in London on 13 December 2017 against French boxer Cedrick Peynaud. He beat the count both times and managed to drop Peynauder down in round 5 and 6, maintaining his unbeaten run. Benn signed a two-year extension with Matchroom.co on 5 February, Benn defeated Chris Truman via round 4 TKO in the 6th round.