The interesting part is his slogan.
“Risk it all.”
Benn is dropping to 147 pounds, a division he has not fought in since 2022, to challenge Garcia for the WBC welterweight title. Making 147 after competing at 160 is a physical grind, but an enormous commercial opportunity waits at the end of it.
The greater fighting risk was already available at middleweight. Benn looked good at 160 against Chris Eubank Jr., although that performance requires context. Eubank was an older fighter with considerable mileage and hardly an ideal measuring stick for how Benn would fare against the division’s most dangerous opposition.
If Benn truly felt strong at middleweight, staying there...
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