Road to Ryan Garcia vs Conor Benn | Garcia vs. Benn Live Sept. 12

Preview of the Ryan Garcia vs Conor Benn fight on Sept 12, featuring their backgrounds, rivalry, and the cruiserweight title clash.

Key Takeaways

Ryan Garcia is a highly skilled and popular champion defending his WBC welterweight title.
Conor Benn is a relentless challenger aiming to claim his first world title and continue his family legacy.
The event features two world championship fights, including a high-stakes cruiserweight bout.
The rivalry between Garcia and Benn is personal and intense, adding drama to the main event.
Both fighters are portrayed as elite athletes prepared to deliver a memorable fight on a major stage.

What the video covers

The video highlights the journey and sacrifices of fighters leading to their moment in the spotlight.
Ryan Garcia, WBC welterweight champion, defends his title against Conor Benn, son of British legend Nigel Benn.
The main event is set for Mexican Independence weekend in Las Vegas, a prestigious boxing stage.
Conor Benn seeks his first world championship, making the fight personal and highly anticipated.
The card also features a cruiserweight title fight between undefeated Jai Opetaia and challenger Noel Malian.
The video explores the intense rivalry and pre-fight confrontations between Garcia and Benn.
Ryan Garcia’s evolution as a boxer is emphasized, highlighting his speed, skill, and social media influence.
Conor Benn’s legacy and motivation to step out of his father’s shadow are discussed.
The narrative includes insights into the fighters’ training, mindset, and the significance of the event.
Overall, the video builds excitement for the September 12th event showcasing two world championships.

Chapters

When and where is the Ryan Garcia vs Conor Benn fight taking place?

The fight is scheduled for September 12th during Mexican Independence weekend in Las Vegas, at the T-Mobile Arena.

What titles are at stake in the event featured in the video?

The event features two world championship fights: the WBC welterweight title defended by Ryan Garcia and the cruiserweight title contested by Jai Opetaia and Noel Malian.

What is the significance of the rivalry between Ryan Garcia and Conor Benn?

The rivalry is personal, with Benn aiming to claim his first world title and continue his father Nigel Benn’s legacy, while Garcia seeks to defend his championship and prove his mastery in the sport.

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Speaker A

In boxing, everyone wants their moment in the spotlight. A chance to prove that every sacrifice made, every hardship endured was worth the road traveled. Because beneath those lights, a fighter can define how that journey will be remembered.

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And on Mexican Independence weekend in Las Vegas, four fighters will step beneath them. Different roads, same destination.

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Each ready to prove their road ends with a hand raised and a legacy further defined. The higher the moment, the more focused you have to be. This is why you get punched in the face, why you go through

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the pressure. The moments before that bell rings and you're looking at him, that's when it gets real. For Ryan Garcia, the spotlight is nothing new. One of boxing's biggest stars.

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This kid is a superstar.

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And in February, Garcia reached a milestone years in the making, defeating Mario Barrios to become WBC welterweight champion.

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A lot of fire, turmoil. It built me into the champion I am.

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But to be a champion in this sport, you have to defend it. The first challenger, Conor Benn, the son of British boxing legend Nigel Benn. He's become one of the sport's most relentless and recognizable stars. But one thing has remained out of reach.

Speaker D

A world championship. It's a WBC title. Same title my dad had the stars of a line. I need to get that world title, and he's in the way.

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So, it's always personal. And the main event won't be the only world championship at stake. At cruiserweight, undefeated Jai Opetaia. 30 fights, 23 knockouts, and a reputation for delivering violence every time he steps into the ring.

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Slip up, one shot, you're gone. Now he gets the biggest stage of his career to prove he's deserving of it.

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On that court,

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standing across from him will be a man with no intention of becoming knockout number 24.

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The Armenian-born Noel Malian has spent more than a decade fighting his way through the cruiserweight division and a world championship of his own.

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He comes to Las Vegas as the dark horse and perhaps the biggest threat yet to Opetaia's perfect record.

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A lot of people can see me as an underdog, but I'm sure my hand will be raised.

Speaker A

Four fighters, two world championships. This is their story.

Speaker B

I don't think people understand the levels I go to master the craft.

Speaker C

This fight I'm going to be extraordinary. 10 years of hard work, suffering, pressure is for this fight. It's for this moment.

Speaker C

On September 12th, they'll share the same spotlight. And beneath it, there will be nowhere to hide.

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Ready to put it all on the line. This is what it takes. I'm going to knock this guy out. I'm going to render him unconscious.

Speaker E

He's just not good enough to beat me. I'm going to go in there and destroy this man.

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This is Road to Garcia versus Benn. With the fight booked, Ryan Garcia and Conor Benn descend on New York City.

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I didn't want to hold you up when you was moving through, man. Pleasure to meet you. Ahead of their September 12th showdown.

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A championship clash set for Mexican Independence Weekend, one of boxing's most revered stages, long reserved for the sport's biggest stars.

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I'm here with the world champion, Mr. Ryan Garcia. And in Garcia and Benn, boxing has two fighters seemingly built for the occasion.

Speaker F

These two guys, you see why they make a big fight. Ryan Garcia, whatever you want to say about him, has explosive power and ridiculous hand speed. He has 10 million social media followers.

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And Conor Benn, like you look at them, they look like a fight in a movie where you would cast guys. The two of them look like Hollywood, right? For a British fighter to go over and headline T-Mobile Arena fight for the WBC world

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title in a sellout is big. On paper, a fight like this doesn't need much selling.

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Rate Conor out of 10. Power two boxing.

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I will make him quit. Makes me someone who's competed at super middleweight. You think I'm worried about what a lightweight can do to me?

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I mean, he's a big star. This is a chance to prove if he's at a super super high level, but I don't think so.

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But selling a fight means putting its stars in the same room. This is where we're going to have it.

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Both their styles, you match them up, I believe it's not going the distance. I think somebody's going to get knocked out.

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King Ryan Garcia.

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And when Ryan Garcia and Conor Benn enter the same room,

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who's got the first question? Things have a way of happening.

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Question for Conor Benn. Brian says he's going to steal your aura during the fight. How do you feel about that?

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I'm not really too concerned about this little influencer to my right. He can say whatever he wants. Ain't going to make no difference come September the 12th. Yeah. 12 round war proven.

Speaker B

I'm going to knock him out five and below. This won't be a 12 round war. He's not good enough to beat me. You think this man's going to beat me? You think I'm going to let a guy from the UK come

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here and beat me and take my belt? You lost your mind. You can clown around and shout as loud as he wants. You know, the loudest ones in the room are the weakest ones in the room.

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You won't do anything, I promise you. I promise you won't do anything. You won't do anything.

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Because long before this fight was signed, there was bad blood coming by Ryan Garcia. Ryan, how you doing? You good?

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You know, at the ring awards, he was really cool with me and saying, "What's up?" Blah, blah, blah.

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How does it go? How does it go? You tell me.

Speaker E

Work on me. You know, we'll see. That's what they all say. But somehow I find the target every time.

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Don't be talking nonsense.

Speaker F

No, I'm serious. But he was looking for a moment. The most goofiest thing you could probably do because it was so unprovoked.

Speaker A

Many fighters like you go,

Speaker B

Yeah, you go for it. You're the one that started that nonsense.

Speaker C

Ultimately, I'd say it's personal. You know, for me, I just want his title and he's in the way.

Speaker C

You keep in your mouth. Easy word. Easy word. Wooy. You ain't got no heart. You ain't got no heart. You ain't got no heart. I will taste it. I taste that too. You quit. You quit. You quit. You quit.

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You quit. You quit. You quit. Let's go. I don't think Conor understands how much I actually do love the game of boxing. I don't think he understands how much I actually know about boxing.

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And I think that he just sees me as talented, but he doesn't know all the levels I go to master the craft. I just don't think he understands how good I am.

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Talent has always been the easy label for Ryan Garcia, but after a lifetime spent honing these gifts, what once looked instinctive has become something far more refined.

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Time in, and far more dangerous.

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Nobody could really do it as good as me. That's just the truth. You know, you're just seeing the next evolution of me.

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Ryan Garcia's game may have evolved, but his most dangerous advantage is perhaps the simplest. Speed kills. Oh, look. This box attempt.

Speaker F

It's over there. He's done it again. Ryan Garcia is a superstar.

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Ryan's skills have helped make him boxing's most followed figure.

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But whether inside the ring or beyond it,

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Ryan Garcia has always done things his way. Garcia. But beneath the celebrity, his identity has always started in the ring.

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Ryan did a very good job in social media, but they got to know who you really are. And people never knew his history. I remember vaguely when I was like, I don't know if I was seven or eight, was

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hitting the mitts and everybody would just stop and stare at me.

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And then I had that sense of I want to entertain the people looking at me like, "Oh, they're watching. I'm going to go harder." I was really talented, sparring people, beating up everybody, winning national titles consistently. I started posting videos once I realized

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my sister had 10k followers and I was like, "Oh, I'm going to get more." She's like, "No, you won't." All right. But I hit 10K. And then I was like, "Bro, I'm—"

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my sister had 10k followers and I was like, "Oh, I'm I'm going to get more." She's like, "No, you won't." All right. But I hit 10K. And then I was like, "Bro, I'm not going to stop." And I went I just kept going crazy.

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It became a game to me. I'm post this. I'm post this. Post this. And then one day I posted a video and it went nuts. Like who's this boxer? Guys liked it. Girls liked it. phone.

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Just came with a lot of hate, you know. Instagram fighter, you're not [ __ ] You don't fight nobody off it. I just kept on knocking people out though.

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[music and cheering] Every chance I had, I knocked them out. [music] I would post those videos and knock somebody out. It was like a just rinse and repeat. Rinse and repeat.

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body shot. Now came down underneath two knees Garcia.

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He was knocking people out and that's like being a [music] baseball player and hitting home runs. And every fight that he had, the crowd would [music] get bigger and bigger and bigger.

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Ryan was loving it. He loved the attention. He knew that things were going. Oh, he brought him with a left hook again. That left hand, it's like a slingshot. A nice left hand there.

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Ryan Garcia gets his 20th round knockout. So many fun moments, so many great times, a lot of bad moments, controversies.

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By the time Devin Haney stood across from him, the chaos surrounding Ryan had become as much a part of the story as [music] the fight itself. for the Deon Haney fight. It was something deeper than boxing. That's why I [music] told people it's not a boxing

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match to me. The thoughts in my brain were bad. What do you guys want me to say? I've already said everything. I mean, I'll break this whole thing right [music] now. That's how I'm firing. I'm strong.

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I'm strong. I'm strong.

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And on top of that, I'm [ __ ] in La La Land.

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Something is wrong with this [ __ ] I'm going tell you no, something wrong with him. This [ __ ] not normal. drinking, not giving a [ __ ]

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I'm real. I'm like this. I do drink. I do smoke. Now what?

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People were asking me about the fight. I don't care about the fight. I don't care how I [music] beat him up. I wanted to hurt him really, really bad.

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What prevails? Discipline or disorder? The antics only fueled the belief that he was outmatched. Haney entered as an overwhelming favorite. Garcia a massive underdog.

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Big left hand by Garcia. Haiti early.

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Oh, shoot. Take down [screaming] goes David Haney.

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But doubt had always brought something out of Ryan Garcia.

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Hades in the corner taking shots. Oh, and he's got it again.

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And under the brightest spotlight, it did again for a second. for the third time in the show.

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Did he do enough? Three knockdowns usually does the trick. Your winner, King. [screaming] The victory would prove to be short-lived.

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In a stunning blow, Ryan tested [music] positive for the band substance Austrin, putting the biggest win of his career in jeopardy.

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Such an unfortunate thing if you think about his performance against Devon because that was incredible.

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Just felt like a truly setup. They know I was tested all the way through the whole camp. And it was just a very frustrating moment in time.

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The result [music] was ultimately overturned and Ryan was suspended from the sport for a year. I dealt with [music] it horribly. Drinking, doing whatever I wanted to do.

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There's so many things that pull you different directions. It's easy to become distracted. [music] Very easy.

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A year away gave Garcia distance from the [music] chaos, but not necessarily answers. And when he finally returned, the comeback only brought another setback. A loss to Rolando Romero sent his career to a new low. nothing. He's walking right against something.

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With his career again at a crossroads, Ryan looked back to where it all began. Narrowing his focus [music] meant returning to something familiar. Someone who knew Ryan long before the fame, the controversy or the expectations. [music] Actually got a text. I didn't even get a phone call. Hey,

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Dad. How would you like to be my trainer right now for this championship belt? I was like, [laughter] "What?" Okay. I'm like, "Sure." I said, "You know, let's do it." During the Marabario camp, I had a change of mentality. My back was against

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the wall, so it kind of forced me to narrow things down. And I didn't know if I was going to get an opportunity like that again. I had to rebuild my body. I chose discipline, and I chose to be a professional.

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[music]

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The body language on Garcia already [cheering] significantly different as is the physique a lot stronger than he looked against Roly Romero. But he's going up against the guy at Mario Barios that is one of the biggest welterweights that I've seen. Oh, nice right from Ryan

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to start things off. And that's what Brian Garcia is going to need that night. Oh, down he goes just like that. He promised us a Ryan Garcia Classic.

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And boy did he deliver. You learn your lessons and then you move forward. Did I have to get through a lot of fire, turmoil, controversy? Yes. But ultimately, it built me into the fighter and now the champion I am.

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A championship performance against Mario Barios may have delivered Ryan the WBC title. But for a fighter who has spent so much of his life chasing and living under the spotlight, defending it may require drawing on something more personal than ever before. I don't do it for the applause really. I

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do it for something that's deep inside my soul and things that I hold true to me.

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My whole career has been filled with setbacks. They test every part of you. with me. Got the focus [music] in the but then I always find my way back home. [music] It was a lot of soul searching and [music] this is the next evolution of

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me.

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What is this fire? Oh, what a shot. He's out. See how quick that was?

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This is going to be a really, really beautiful performance. [music] He's just not good enough to beat me. It's the bitter truth for him. Sweet truth for me.

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[music] [music]

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Cross the Atlantic, another fighter prepares for the [music] same moment. But for Connor Ben, what awaits in Las Vegas is a chance to add something of his own to a family legacy [music] decades in the making.

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I mean, this fight's legacy fine for the same time my [music] dad fought for. His father, Nigel, had already carried the Ben name to the top of the sport, [music] becoming a multi-time world champion, including a WBC crown and one of Britain's biggest fighting stars.

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At home, he tried [music] to make certain his son knew him only as dad.

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I like knew my dad, but I didn't know my dad was this Hall of Famer legend in the game. [music] He shielded me from that. Even to this day now, we never watch boxing together. [music] We never watched none of my fights ever.

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He didn't want me to follow in his footsteps. He worked as hard as he did.

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So, I didn't [music] have to live the life he lived. Me being in the army, I was a disciplinarian with Connor. He didn't have it easy. He had it hard. I didn't give him nothing. He used to ring mom,

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"Mom, could you send her extra £20? [music] I need some fishing chips. [laughter] He didn't really understand the Ben name until he came to England and start training.

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I

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was 19 years old, lived in an island in New York for majority of my life. Then we moved to Sydney [music] and then I moved back to the UK. Nigel brought him over to gym. That was the first time I had seen him or met him. I put him in [music] for the spa and he

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put the kid down in the first round. So straight away you can see there was something there in in Connor Ben.

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The spotlight was on him straight from the beginning. Obviously he's Nigel Ben's son. So there was a bit of pressure on the kid.

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He can box and he can bang and he can fight. [music and singing] That's already in him.

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To me I will always be my dad's shadow. What a great place to be. My dad's my hero. He's my legend. He's my idol. He's my everything.

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Halfway 10 to go. Just my dad. When I watch him fight on YouTube, I'm like, that's my dad, man.

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Living legend.

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Just like his dad. Connor quickly ascended through the ranks. Step right combination. And it is all over in an instant. and Connor Ben has produced the performance of his career.

Speaker C

It's very rare that great champions have great sons who box.

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He's on the brink of winning the world title.

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No matter what I achieve, no matter what I go to doing in the sport, it'll only be one, Nigel Ben. If I'm half the man my dad is, I'll be a happy man. So, as far from ever leaving my dad's shadow,

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no, I never will. Undefeated [music] at 21-0, Connor Ben appeared to be closing in on the defining fight [music] of his career. Then, two positive drug tests brought everything to a halt as the process [music] unfolded. Judgment moved faster

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than the truth. The fight for Connor's [music] career became inseparable from a far more private fight to preserve the man beneath him. It was a major shock and [music] it was ridiculous to even think it because I knew that he wouldn't

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do anything like that.

Speaker F

If I ever thought my son was taking performing hard to drug, I'd hang him out.

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I had to go through [music] a case for 2 and 1/2 years and for me that time was the hardest traumatic time of my life.

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Radio [music] shows, TV shows, it was non-stop all finding him guilty before the actual trial [music] come about.

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I was touch and go every day. I couldn't even go down to the gym. I was battling [music] depression.

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I was suicidal [music] cuz I was scared to wake up to the same reality I was living.

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I spent 6 months [music] just staying with my son cuz he was in a really dark place. Hurting. Hurting.

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I'm shaking. I'm I'm [music] getting ill. My bed's covered in sweat most nights. Oh, it was just horrible.

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Listen, boxing [music] is a small part of a big life. I had that look in the mirror and just going, do you know what? With or without [music] boxing, you have a priority here to be the best version of yourself you

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can be. You say tough times make [music] tough people. Each day gets easier. You learn to process them emotions. And I believe that he's come out of the other end of that a more tougher [music] experience and wiser person. Looking at

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myself in the mirror going, Connor, this isn't who you are. That for me [music] was what shows me who I am. What sort man I am. I look back and I just go, "Thank God that [music] you know I'm still here today."

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After a 2-year legal battle failed to prove Connor guilty, his suspension was lifted. He was finally and fully vindicated. But returning to the ring was only the beginning. Now it was about reclaiming the career and the championship future that had nearly been taken away from him.

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This is the really important part, right? Boom. Boom. Watch the back leg step. And the road back would eventually lead somewhere deeply familiar to a rivalry that had begun three decades [music] earlier.

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Nothing compared to the first U bank. and it felt like the whole nation come to a [music] standstill. You're only talking a 30-year feud.

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One of the greatest British [music] rivalries of all time. In the 1990s, Nigel Ben and [music] Chris Eubank were two of British boxing's biggest stars and fiercest rivals.

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They fought [music] twice, Eubank winning the first and the second ending in a draw. Two fights that [music] defined an era, but never truly settled the score. More than 30 years later, their sons [music] would inherit it.

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Two silver spoon kids to show it don't matter whether you come from a life [music] of luxury or not. Fight with this. That's what we fight with. It was a tough fight to take. Jumping up two weight divisions being a

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period of inactivity. Everybody [music] was on his back. A lot of stick from Eubank.

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He cannot beat me. That's for sure. This is the end of [music] your career. I can't wait to smash the eggs out of Connor Ben.

Speaker D

Oh, tempers flaring. He got carried away emotionally [music] with what Eubank was saying to him.

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Done exactly what I done with Eubank the first fight. It was like just sheer anger.

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AND CONS WITH A LEFT HOOK. OH, good shot from Eubank. And suddenly it's swung more in favor of Eubank. Here comes Eubank. Ben [cheering] hurt.

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Eubank. Still thought that fight was mine. Felt like I'd won, but I didn't win.

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So for me to lose on points, it was a hard pill to swallow. It wasn't just another defeat. [music] It was another crossroads. Not because of what he lost, but because the way forward would require a different [music] kind of strength.

Speaker F

The second fight, he didn't let you get into his mind, and he followed tactics totally to what we were doing in the gym.

Speaker A

The electricity ripping through this wonderful stadium. This is what big time boxing's about. AND HE'S DOWN. JUNIOR TRYING to hold on. Unbelievable scenes down for the second time. Connor and [music] Nigel together. The Ben are victorious at last

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and then I come back and I avenged it and then it was like the [music] best feeling ever. I don't know if anything will ever come close to that feeling.

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Yeah, it's been a [music] journey. 3 2 1 cuz these days I walk starting to feel like [music]

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powerful man. He's actually gone beyond my wildest dreams to think what what he's achieved already to finish up fighting for the world title. Wow. And the WBC I call it the premier belt to go and fight that and fight someone like Ryan Garcia. He's me like the apple

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don't fall far from the tree. He's me good and bad. more good than bad. [laughter] Definitely more good than bad.

Speaker C

We are who we are because of what we we put into the game. You know, it's not like he ain't living off of my name.

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He's he's in his own lane. Everything that he's got, he's worked hard.

Speaker D

The name opens doors and the name has helped me get to where I've got to, but you still got to put in the works. No one's in there fighting for you. Let me give 110% and just see where this where

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the ceiling's at. And clearly it's well honors. For all the legacy Connor Ben inherited [music] and all that still lies ahead. He's begun building something of his own with a life and a family far away from [music] the noise.

Speaker D

It's peaceful here. It's quiet. It's nice when you have all like the madness [music] going on in your life and then you just come make your home.

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This is our [music] lake. Got a family of ducks and we've seen the ducks be born um and seen the family which is lovely.

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My MS was adamant she wanted out hackers. They're really weird things. They don't even [music] write respond to anything anyway. You got to pretend like you're not interested and then they'll come up [music] to you. What did I say? Look, I told you. Like,

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see, it's him. He's He's the feisty one. See the [music] others? Yeah. They stay clear.

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Going to build a paddle court. Going to build a cinema. You make it [music] like a place where you literally don't have to leave. Cuz in an ideal world, I [music] never have to leave my home.

Speaker E

Is he hungry? Yeah. Started [snorts] to eat me.

Speaker F

I do this for my family. I do this for for the Ben name. I do this for my legacy, you know, and that that's my drive. Well, I've got to now leave next week to go [music] America for 5 weeks.

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So for me, I go, actually, I'm being pretty selfish. I say it's legacy for me. I say it's selfish cuz [music] I want to be the best. I want to be number one. I want to be I want to be not them. They don't

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care. They just want me to be around them. But ultimately, you have to be selfish in this game. And for me, I I put nothing before winning this world title. Is it any easier? No, of course it ain't. [music] It's painful. But you

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have to be selfish. I need to get that world title. The need for championship glory will resolve itself in Las Vegas in the welterweight division. But on September 12th, the cruiserweight world title may just steal the spotlight. Because lurking beneath the main event

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is one of the sport's most destructive fighters, undefeated cruiserweight champion Jai Opataya. Every fight changes my life. Every victory writes a new chapter.

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For much of his career, Jioaya has been an if you know, you know, fighter, revered by those inside the sport. But his ethos fit the exact mold Dana White and Zufa Boxing [music] were looking for back in January. Got a whole

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crew

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in here. What's up, gang? I've got a job to do and let's win fights. Pleasure.

Speaker A

Look out winning [music] fights. All these meetings, meeting fancy people means nothing. Just looking straight ahead.

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You're there to make a statement every time you fight. Feel like these guys are going to be making the big fights happen.

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That word earn gets thrown around our gym a lot. We got to earn it. So [music] that's what we're here to do. We got to step in the ring and put on a show.

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For Opaya, putting on a show has often meant putting opponents away [music] with devastating power.

Speaker B

You slip up, one [ __ ] shot, you're gone. And that's it.

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On that, big shot.

Speaker D

Oataya has become known for inflicting pain across the cruiserweight division. But boxing is as much about what pain you can take as what you can inflict. In his first bout against Myris Breedus, Opaya proved he could do both.

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Championship. Oppayaire challenging the best cruiserweight for his title. When he won that IBF title, there was nothing that was going to beat him that day.

Speaker F

Oh, big shot. He's hurt off a tire. We just had the box. I just had to keep fighting.

Speaker F

That Gren jaw might be broken by the looks of it. Bruised and bloodied and perhaps broken.

Speaker A

I've had to learn turn [music] a bit of pain into motivation. [screaming] With the title around his waist, Opaya's rise only accelerated, dispatching contender after contender as [music] he established himself as the division's most dangerous force.

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display of boxing.

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By March, that momentum had carried him to Zufa Boxing,

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where Brandon Glanton became the first man to test him under its banner.

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Boxing Cruiserweight World Championship. When you're on the World Championship level, I believe it just [music] becomes down to minimal mistakes.

Speaker E

There's a lot of danger for Brandon Glint.

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That guy was tough as nails. His face was battered and he just had no quitting. put someone in front of me, I got to beat them. It's that simple. Like, it's just a way of life. Oh, it's [ __ ] pain and sacrifice. All it just pays off, man. We just got to keep

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pushing forward. At 30 and0 with 23 finishes, the future of the cruiserweight division appears to belong to Jai Oataya. But it is not without challengers. Noel Menon is also a world champion.

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Battle tested through 31 professional fights. A man no opponent has ever been able to put away. Yet for all he's accomplished, [music] much of his career has unfolded outside boxing spotlight. Toiling in obscurity on underpromoted events, Noel's abilities have long been overlooked. To understand why Michael

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believes he belongs in the ring with anyone, you have to understand where he came from.

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I was born in Armenia in the capital in Yeran. At that time, there was still war going on with Azeran.

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So my parents decided to immigrate to Germany 145.

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Growing up I always like combat sports. My parents decided to take me to Tekwondo. It was very difficult because I was only using my fist. My dad was a professional boxer European champion and he engaged me to start training.

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Long story short, started my professional boxing career in Germany. Go.

Speaker C

I wanted to be a [music] world champion. I was like, just do it and see how far you can come.

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It's a high-risk sport, but no risk, no fun. Come, go.

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If you follow [music] my career, a lot of people hit me as an underdog.

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Come here. Come here. Come here. Come. Come on. Hands up. Up. One. I feel comfortable as a dog because it keeps me hungry,

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keeps me [music] focused, keeps me sharp.

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Throughout his rise, Michael tested himself [music] against some of the division's most dangerous fighters.

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Among them, Myris Breid, the same man who broke Opitaya's jaw during their world title fight. Though Noel was handed a decision loss, the results remained controversial with many believing he deserved to have his hand raised. People can have their opinions, but the

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experts [music] are watching and they know what's real. Michael's next defining moment would come with a world title on the line. In December, he defeated Badu Jack to claim the WBC cruiserweight championship.

Speaker A

You got to respect what Mckian's doing. He's just continuing to work. And new Noel Mian.

Speaker B

A world title may have changed his resume. It didn't change how easily Michael could be overlooked. That combination has earned him a fitting label, the dark horse of the cruiserweight division. Now, Jay, this is my next big fight and I don't have no

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pressure. [music] All the pressure is always on the guy who everybody wants to see win.

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[music] Really turn your hip. Once you turn your hip, you'll expand it. Boxing is second nature to me. I'm fourth generation on my father's side.

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It didn't come easy. We worked very hard and as a dad, I think I was a bit hard on him, but it was hard love.

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Left hand from the start. My dad just chucked me in the ring with anyone. So, it was sort of sink or swim. Next thing you know, I was 16 years old and fighting these grown men. When you're a kid fighting these guys,

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you got no power. You got to hit and not get hit. I was just training, fighting, and trying [music] to win. I just want to be good at boxing. Now I feel like I'm on the right path to becoming the best.

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Everyone's sacrificed for this, not just me, my dad, my family. Who am I to waste that?

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[music] I don't know who's overlooking him cuz I'm not. This guy's trying to take what's mine. I'm taking this very serious. I got no clue what his game plan is, but I'm preparing for war. Jay, he's a world champion, [music] too.

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He can fight technical. He can take a punch. I wouldn't call myself [music] a veteran, but I think I'm more experienced. There's a strategy for every season, so I'm pretty sure [music] my hand will be raised. I'm expecting a

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half. September 12th, my hand has to be raised. Whatever it takes. You know what is coming your way on September 12th, live from the fight capital of the world, the year's biggest [music] night of boxing.

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Ryan Garcia and Connor Ben go to war. Throughout the history of boxing, Mexican Independence Day weekend has always been one of the dates on the calendar where the biggest fights happen. On September 12th on Paramont Plus, Ryan Garcia defends his belt

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versus Conor Ben. This fight is going to be awesome. Lightning fast hands, a devastating left.

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If he defends his title in spectacular fashion, this kid's going to be the face of boxing. It's the reason he has 10 million social media followers.

Speaker C

This is where I'm supposed to be. After I win, I'll prove myself as one of the greats.

Speaker D

But Connor Ben is a destroyer, son of UK boxing legend Nigel B.

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If Conor Ben can beat Ryan Garcia, he is the next big superstar in the UK.

Speaker F

That is my legacy. I have to give everything I got. I'm going to knock [music] this guy out.

Speaker F

He needs to be careful to step in that room with me. I'm going to destroy him.

Speaker F

This is going to be something [music] you do not want to miss. The best 200 lb boxer on the planet is back.

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Gio Paya and Nellian, they do battle at 200 [music] lb. Gio Bataya is an absolute monster. 30-0, undefeated with 23 knockouts, [music] and he has backed down from nobody.

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There's only one best in the world, and that's [ __ ] me.

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But non is also a world champion. He is determined to hand Opaya [music] his first loss.

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Two world champions are colliding. And if the winner of this fight will be the number one cruel weight,

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I promise you this not be a 12 round [music] war. He's not good enough. I'll come over here and smack them glasses straight off your face.

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[music] Now there's nothing [music] left to say. Only the fight remains.

Topics:Ryan GarciaConor BennboxingWBC welterweight titlecruiserweight championshipJai OpetaiaNoel Malianboxing rivalryMexican Independence weekendT-Mobile Arena

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