Ryan Garcia believes Conor Benn could be as heavy as 175lbs in the ring

Ryan Garcia continues to exude confidence as he goes from media outlet to media outlet promising the same thing: Conor Benn is going to get the beating of his career on Saturday night.

Also doing the rounds on fight week, ahead of the Las Vegas showdown for Garcia’s WBC welterweight title, is the notion that Conor Benn has found stripping down to 147lbs so difficult he will be drained by the time they step into the ring.

Benn, whose career-best win came in November when he revenged Chris Eubank Jnr up at middleweight, will be competing in the welterweight division for the first time in four years.

Furthermore, he’s never fought anyone as proven as Garcia.

The American champion, 25-2-1NC (20 KOs), can boast victories over Mario Barrios, Luke Campbell, Javier Fortuna, Oscar Duarte and, before it was switched to a no-contest due to two failed tests, Devin Haney.

He also shared the ring with Gervonta “Tank” Davis, losing in seven rounds after a rehydration clause was imposed on Garcia.

Speaking about Benn’s much-publicised ‘weight drain’, Garcia said: "You can read between the lines. It's a little bit weird. His dad [Nigel Benn] is being contradictory by saying that Conor is a small welterweight, and then Conor is saying he is going to the pits of hell.

"Calm down, everybody has got to cut weight. It's not a big issue. It would have been an issue if I put a rehydration clause on him, like ‘Tank’ put it on me.

"I don't want to hear any of that cry-baby shit. You can go up to 170lbs-175lbs [on fight night]. When I fought Tank Davis, I had to go to 136lbs, and I could only be 146lbs.”

Benn is known for his come-forward aggressive style.

Garcia will welcome such an approach from the 25-1 (14 KOs) Englishman.

"Come get this work, come and bring the fight," Garcia urged while in conversation with TalkSport.

"We never really run, so you already know what type of fight this is going to be.

"The experience, the speed, the timing, it's all going to be too much for him, and we're going to get him out of there.

"You're going to see me whip Conor Benn's arse really badly. To the point where you are going to have to turn away and probably grimace at all the shots.”