Paulie Malignaggi expects Ryan Garcia to knock out Conor Benn when they meet on September 12 in Las Vegas. He sees too large a difference in speed, skill, and boxing ... continue Benn’s Lack Of Real P
Boxing News 24 · August 29, 2026

“I think he knocks him out. Conor’s a tough kid. He’s not good, though, and so I don’t see how he avoids eventually getting knocked out," said Malignaggi to Fight Hub TV. "Ryan’s not the kind of guy who will assault you, but he will put hands on you, and he’ll hit you with a sneaky shot you don’t see because he’s got that kind of speed.
“Conor just doesn’t have the skills to be in there. He doesn’t hit hard enough. He wants to hit hard enough, but I’ll say it, bro. Ever since the whole steroid scandal and whatnot, yeah, I know he was cleared, but the guy wasn’t hitting hard before that, and he hasn’t been hitting hard after that. So it’s kind of self-explanatory in some ways, right, if you really want to generate a pretty strong opinion of that.
“Ryan, streamer and all, is still a kid with about 200 amateur fights and is world class. If he’s motivated, he can fight, and he can punch.”
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