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Garcia defends WBC welterweight title against Benn in Las Vegas clash
September 11, 2026 at 01:57 PM · Updated 35d ago
Coverage
5 reports · over 13 hours
BNBBC News
Garcia vs Benn: Conor Benn & Ryan Garcia both make weight for WBC title fight
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TGThe Guardian
Benn and Garcia turn past scandals into a $30m Las Vegas world title payday
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ESESPN
Can Ryan Garcia become this generation's face of boxing?
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BNBBC News
Garcia vs Benn: 'He lives through me' - why Nigel Benn can't walk away from Conor
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BNBBC News
Garcia vs Benn: Champion taunts Briton with an egg during a theatrical news conference
(opens the publisher’s site)Ryan Garcia defends his WBC welterweight title against Conor Benn on Saturday at the T-Mobile Arena, in a bout promoted by Dana White's Zuffa Boxing.
- Garcia, who won the belt against Mario Barrios in February, faces Benn at welterweight on Saturday in Las Vegas.
- Dana White, whose Zuffa Boxing promotes the fight, congratulated Garcia by FaceTime on a commercial that surpassed 17 million views in one week.
- Security confiscated a boiled egg Garcia had tucked into his pocket during Thursday's news conference in Las Vegas.
- Garcia said he will knock out Benn in less than five rounds on Saturday.
Latest developments
- Sep 11 — Each fighter is expected to earn roughly $15 million from Saturday's bout, for a combined $30 million payday.
- Sep 11 — Both boxers have overcome positive drug tests — Benn was cleared after a 2022 bout was halted by positive tests, and Garcia served a one-year suspension for ostarine.
- Sep 11 — Garcia has expressed doubt that Benn can make the 147lb weight limit, a weight Benn has not fought at for more than four years.