Benn has not stopped an opponent since his second-round win over Chris van Heerden in April 2022. His five subsequent fights have covered 56 rounds, producing four decision wins and one decision loss. He dropped Chris Eubank Jr twice in the final round of their rematch, showing that he can hurt an opponent, but the fight still reached the scorecards.

That record supports Malignaggi’s boxing argument without proving anything about the testing case. Benn carries enough power to get an opponent’s attention, but Malignaggi does not consider it heavy enough to compensate for the difference in skill or prevent Garci