Nigel Benn needs to tell Conor to retire after brutal two-round demolition against Ryan Garcia, admits ex-world champ

CONOR BENN’S dad should tell him to retire after his brutal two-round demolition against Ryan Garcia – according to Anthony Crolla. The 39-year-old former lightweight world champion didn’t think the 29-year-old Brit’s welterweight world title fight on Saturday night would last more than three rounds. Ryan Garcia kept his WBC welterweight world title away from Conor Benn Credit: Getty Benn was dropped and stopped in the second round but made millions of pounds Credit: Getty And the Manchester hero was proved right when the 28-year-old American only needed a couple of sessions to drop and stop the beleaguered brawler. Benn still has four fights left of his mega-money deal with boxing upstarts Zuffa and talk of a tiresome third fight with Chris Eubank Jr – who was dangerously weight drained for their clashes – is already being pedalled, with the 2025 rivalry stuck at 1-1. Sign up for the Sport newsletter Thank you! But Crolla, who wisely walked away in 2019, hopes British ring legend Nigel Benn tells his boy to hang up the gloves. Million Dollar Crolla told SunSport’s Corner Talk show: “The money he has made – for the fights he has had – Conor has had boxing off. “If he was my son I would be telling him to get out of boxing. “Does anyone want to see Benn v Eubank 3? As a boxing fan I don’t. The second fight didn’t have the same feel as the first. “I am not saying this to dig out Conor Benn – because I know a lot of people are doing it – but his best win was against Eubank when he was shot to bits and weak at the weight.” The bookies saw the Las Vegas fight as a far closer contest than most of British boxing, including Crolla. Most read in Sport BEST FREE BETS AND BETTING SIGN UP OFFERS Nigel Benn has helped guide his son to generational wealth Credit: Getty But the Man United fan knows Benn has now made far more money than all the savvy people who backed Garcia all added together and times by ten. “It was insane,” he said about the odds. “There would have been a lot of people who made a fortune. “It went exactly how I thought, I was very confident it went inside three rounds. “It was very comfortable for Garcia, the shot was big and he looked devastating. “It comes to levels and Ryan Garcia is a far higher level than Conor Benn has ever boxed at.” The Home of Boxing in 2026 There's a massive year of boxing ahead! It has already been a blockbuster year inside the ring, and it is not going to stop anytime soon! All eyes are focused on when Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury will get in the ring, with the pair due to finally settle their decade-long rivalry. In his first world title fight, Conor Benn has been beaten in TWO ROUNDS by WBC champion Ryan Garcia. October’s action doesn’t stop either, with Fabio Wardley and Daniel Dubois facing off in the rematch of their thrilling fight in May, while Canelo Alvarez returns against Christian Mbili on Halloween. Here’s all the big fights coming up… September Sat 19 – Isaac Cruz vs Nestor Bravo – DAZN October Sat 3 – Ben Whittaker vs Conor Wallace – DAZN Sat 17 – Daniel Dubois vs Fabio Wardley 2 – DAZN Sat 31 – Canelo Alvarez vs Christian Mbili – DAZN *If you click a link in this boxout, we will earn affiliate revenue. British Olympic golden boy Luke Campbell had the same expert opinion, having lost to Garcia in a 2021 cracker The Hull hero went to Texas and dropped Garcia in the second round. But in his final professional fight, Campbell was eventually overpowered and stopped in round seven. Benn’s Saturday night effort was far less impressive, sending him to hospital, especially after he mocked Garcia in the build-up for suffering a knockdown against Campbell. Hull hero Luke Campbell gave Ryan Garcia a serious test in 2021 Credit: Getty So, while Manchester’s former lightweight hero doesn’t want to pile in on Benn, he’s backed Campbell’s right to the ruthless reply that Benn was way out of his depth. He explained: “Luke Campbell was class and that fight was the one that showed me Garcia was real. “He got up and then walked Luke down and beat him up. “I felt winded just watching the body shot that finished that fight, so I get the thing where Luke felt massively disrespected and rightly so.” Comment now