Conor Benn Handed Next Two Fight Dates

By Elliot Foster

Conor Benn has been handed his next two fight dates.

The Ilford super lightweight, who is the son of former two-weight world champion Nigel, made a successful start to his pro career earlier this month and his promoters, Eddie Hearn and Matchroom Sport, have already informed him of the dates for his next assignments.

Benn, 19, stopped Ivailo Boyanov in just 127 seconds on his debut on April 9 as part of the Sky Sports Box Office-televised undercard of Anthony Joshua’s IBF heavyweight title win against Charles Martin at London’s O2 Arena.

And Benn will be heading back to the scene of his maiden paid victory on June 25 when he will feature on same bill as the Olympic gold medal-winning world champ again.

Joshua faces undefeated Dominic Breazeale, whose nickname is ‘Trouble’, in the first defence of his crown, but an opponent for Benn has yet to be set down.

George Groves is also on the pay-per-view card in the summer in a defence of his WBA International super middleweight title against Martin Murray, with further undercard fights and championship contests for the card to be confirmed.

However, Benn must first get past his next opponent, who is set to be Luke Keleher over four rounds, when he fights on May 28 at the SSE Hydro in Glasgow on the ‘History In The Making Card', which is headed by Ricky Burns as he looks to become a three-weight world champion against Michele Di Rocco of Italy, with the pair contesting the vacant WBA super lightweight title.