By Charles Brun: Conor Benn vs. Chris Algieri was simply introduced moments in the past for December eleventh in the principle occasion on DAZN on the Echo Area in Liverpool, England.
Matchroom Boxing promoter Eddie Hearn surprisingly is asking it a “large step up” for Conor Benn, however many followers would disagree with him. This battle isn’t a step up. It’s a NIGHTMARE. It’s nothing however smoke & mirrors with Benn, being put in with one other stiff to make him look higher than he truly is.
Charles Brun doesn’t view the previous his finest Chris Algieri as any sort of a step up, nevertheless it’s clearly an enormous step down from the final two over-the-hill journeymen that Benn fought.
The 37-year-old Algieri (25-3, 9 KOs) is clearly a step down from Benn’s final two opponents Adrian Granados and Samuel Vargas.
These guys are combating on a better stage than Algieri, who hasn’t achieved something along with his profession within the final seven years since briefly holding the WBO 140-lb title after beating Ruslan Provodnikov in 2014.
At this late stage in Algieri’s thirteen-year skilled profession, he’s extra of a commentator than a related fighter. This selection of an opponent for Benn confirms the view that many boxing followers have about Conor in that he’s being spoon-fed soft-washed up opposition to hold the gravy prepare going.
Benn is a money-maker, due to his final identify and well-liked dad, British boxing legend Nigel Benn.
So far as I can inform, the one factor Conor has in frequent along with his well-known dad Nigel is his final identify as a result of he has NONE of his skills. Nigel was mild years higher than what we’ve seen from Conor Benn to date.
“👀 Large step up for @ConorNigel as he faces former World Champ
@ChrisAlgieri Dec 11 in Liverpool reside on @daznboxing
🇬🇧 🇺🇸 🔥” stated Eddie Hearn on Twitter.
𝗗 𝗘 𝗦 𝗧 𝗥 𝗢 𝗬 𝗘 𝗥 😤@ConorNigel fights former World Champion @ChrisAlgieri in Liverpool, Dec 11 🔥 #BennAlgieri @DAZNBoxing pic.twitter.com/LpiAmgDBSY
— Matchroom Boxing (@MatchroomBoxing) November 7, 2021
“We anticipate Algieri to deliver his finest, however I need him deep within the trenches with me, I wish to use this chance to show my abilities and skill towards a high quality fighter to organize me and take one other step nearer to a World Title. A former World Champ vs. a really, very hungry contender, I can’t anticipate December 11,” stated Benn.
In different phrases, what Benn is saying is he desires a showcase opponent. Once you decode all of the blabber that Benn is saying above, what he’s saying is he desires a simple washed-up opponent to showcase.
Boxing followers wished to see Conor Benn step it up in an actual approach by combating certainly one of these high quality fighters:
- David Avanesyan
- Jaron Ennis
- Vergil Ortiz Jr
- Keith Thurman
- Danny Garcia
- Regis Prograis
I imply, is it asking an excessive amount of for Conor Benn to be matched towards Avanesyan, Vergil Ortiz Jr, or Jaron Ennis?
Algieri is a superb boxing commentator, however that’s about it. He’s achieved zero since his lopsided 12 spherical loss to Manny Pacquiao in November 2014.
That was a battle wherein Algieri was knocked down an unbelievable six occasions by Pacquiao, who batted him across the ring like a baseball.
What baffling about that battle is why referee Genaro Rodriguez didn’t halt the battle as a result of Algieri was dropped so many occasions that the battle appeared like a comedy.
Usually when a fighter is knocked down 3 times, the fights are usually stopped. However for Rodriguez to permit Algieri to get knocked down six occasions with out stopping the competition, it was a joke.
In Algieri’s subsequent battle after his loss to Pacquiao, he was soundly crushed by Amir Khan by a one-sided 12 spherical unanimous determination in Could 2015. A 12 months later, Errol Spence Jr. destroyed Algieri by a fifth spherical knockout in April 2016.
