Ryan Garcia v Conor Benn: WBC welterweight championship – live updates
Here’s how Garcia and Benn measure up ahead of tonight’s main event. Garcia is the younger man by a year and brings the heavier hands on paper, with 20 knockouts in 25 victories compared with Benn’s 14 in 25. Both men came in comfortably below the welterweight limit on Friday: Benn weighed 146lb, his lightest since June 2019, while Garcia tipped the scales at 145.5lb, his lightest since facing Devin Haney in April 2024. Garcia enters with a 25-2 record and the WBC title, while Benn is 25-1 and fighting at 147lb for the first time in more than four years.
TL;DR
- Ryan Garcia and Conor Benn will fight for the WBC welterweight championship.
- Both fighters have faced previous drug test controversies.
- Garcia is the younger fighter with heavier hands on paper.
- Benn is entering his first world title fight and is considered the underdog.
- Jai Opetaia defeated Noel Mikaelian to retain his cruiserweight titles and then called out David Benavidez.
- Undercard heavyweight prospect Da'Mazion Vanhouter secured a first-round knockout.