King Ryan Too Good for Benn
5 Live Boxing with Steve Bunce

King Ryan Too Good for Benn

B1IntermediateSeptember 13, 202633 min
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How did Ryan Garcia make it look so easy? Richie Woodhall joins Buncey to break down Garcia’s devastating two-round stoppage of Conor Benn in Las Vegas. They look at what made Garcia so dominant from the opening bell, whether Benn could have approached the fight differently and where it all went wrong for the Brit. Plus, they assess what the defeat means for Benn and ask what comes next for both fighters.

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This BBC podcast is supported by ads outside the UK. This is 5 Live Boxing. In the end, Ryan Garcia finished it clinically in the second round. Connor Bed was never, as they say in the trade, at the races.

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It was still a dramatic night at the T-Mobile in Las Vegas. I'm Steve Bunce and this is 5 Live Boxing. So, a spectacular night in Las Vegas, but I'm going to start today's pod with a quote from Don King.

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Now he told me this quote in 1993 in Mexico City when I was at a restaurant with him, just before Julio Cesar Chavez fought Greg Haugen in front of 140 odd thousand people. It was quite late at night and Don said to me, you know this boxing business? So I looked at him and he said, this is a quote, you don't get what you deserve, you

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