Conor Benn is now not taken with sharing the ring with Ryan Garcia.
The Brit flew out to New York Metropolis to observe Garcia duke it out with Rolly Romero on a triple-header invoice at Instances Sq..
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He did so within the hope of getting a better have a look at a possible future opponent.
Benn is anticipated to rematch Chris Eubank Jr on the again finish of this yr after their barnburning bout final weekend.
Nevertheless, if, for no matter purpose, the second struggle would not come off, Benn had expressed a willingness to field Garcia as an alternative.
That every one modified when ‘King Ry’ fell to a shock defeat by the hands of Romero.
Garcia was despatched tumbling to the canvas within the second spherical by a double left hook and appeared hesitant to let his arms go as he laboured to a unanimous choice defeat in a low-output affair.
Benn was left totally unimpressed by what he had watched and retracted his provide to face Garcia within the quick aftermath.
“I did not assume it was nice,” Benn stated of Garcia’s efficiency to iFL TV.
“Very disappointing efficiency. It was horrible.”
Requested if he nonetheless wished to struggle Garcia, Benn responded: “No. I do not assume so.”
A cross-Atlantic conflict with Benn is not the one struggle Garcia missed out on in dropping to Romero.
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He additionally noticed a profitable rematch with bitter rival Devin Haney slip by means of his fingers.
Garcia dropped Haney thrice final April en path to initially getting his hand raised through majority choice.
Nevertheless, the consequence was overturned to a no contest after it was discovered Garcia had failed two drug checks taken round his bout for the banned substance Ostarine.
Because of this, Garcia was slapped with a one-year suspension by the New York State Athletic Fee (NYSAC) and was cleared to struggle once more final month.
An settlement with Haney had reportedly been reached for a second struggle in late 2025.
All that each males wanted to do was win their respective fights on Friday.
Haney outpointed Jose Ramirez, however Garcia failed to finish his facet of the deal.