This was Conor’s first fight at welterweight since Chris Van Heerden in 2022. The weight cut could have affected him more than he thought it would. Garcia landed 33.3 percent of his total punches, with all but 2 of those punches being power punches (Compubox).
After the win, Ryan called out Teofimo Lopez, who was in attendance; security did not allow Teo to come inside the ring for a potential face-off. Lopez attended the fight week festivities, crashing Thursday’s press conference disguised as Jack Hoffman, a DAZN representative, before revealing himself to Garcia and Benn.
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