A former opponent of Conor Benn has weighed in on the unbeaten Brit’s boxing abilities.
The 28-year-old has had a turbulent professional career, which began back in 2016. Since then, he has remained unbeaten through 23 outings, with the stand-out victory of his tenure arguably coming against Chris Algieri nearly four years ago.
He is now gearing up for a showdown against bitter rival Chris Eubank Jr, over two years after they were initially scheduled to fight in October 2022. Benn produced a positive result from a routine drugs test, forcing the bout to be cancelled at the last minute.
As ‘The Destroyer’ gears up for what is unquestionably the toughest test of his career, one of his former opponents has spoken out and summed up the boxing ability of the Londoner.
Speaking to Seconds Out, American welterweight Peter Dobson, who faced Benn last February, gave an honest assessment of how far he believes ‘The Destroyer’ can go in his career and he said ‘not very far.’
“I don’t think he can really go that far, when I say he’s green I’m not saying it just to say it. He’s really green like I see all his punches, he does the same thing every time, a lot of it was landing on my shoulders and my gloves.
“He’s just really athletic and I feel like when you get to the higher level everybody’s athletic, so that’s when skills come in to play. He actually had a pretty good jab but he was throwing it at the same speed, he has no trickiness and he does the same thing over and over again. I don’t think he can go far with that in boxing.”
Benn defeated Dobson via unanimous decision in Las Vegas over one year ago, in what was an underwhelming performance for the unbeaten Brit.
‘The Destroyer’, who has spent the majority of his professional career fighting at the 147lb limit, will be fighting at 160lbs when he clashes with Eubank Jr at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on April 26.
