Comments Thread For: Conor Benn signs with Zuffa Boxing

[BoxingUpdates]

Conor Benn is the latest marquee fighter to sign with Zuffa Boxing, the nascent promotion announced on Friday.
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[rudy]

This is a joke !

[pun77]

Strange signing, is conor going to fight infront of a couple hundred people at the apex after doing 2 stadium fights in a row? Or is he just going to fight on the ring cards and fight the winner of this weekend for the WBC?
Dana white must've gave him the bag

[Moz_boxing]

That one is a harder slap in the face than Eubank slapping Benn with the egg. Eddie supported this C level cheater (for sure to get his money back but still) and now this?

I see Zuffas strategy but i really don't think it is smart it gets them attention but Benn is a low level fighter that wants a lot of money so Turki is overpaying him. I would rather see Zuffa keep signing guys like Kohlmatov. Guys that a clearly world level but don't get they deserved shot because they lost a fight and they not marketable. Two things true boxing fans are complaining after 1 loss you sometimes pushed to the side and especially if you not marketable.
So siging guys like Kholmatov or Edwin de la santos maybe Madrimov or Bakram would make sense and then telling everyone that these guys never got a second chance despite clearly being one of the best. This is the play they should make and it would actually support these fighters that are pushed to the side instead of giving a spoiled cheat another Turki bag.

[Moz_boxing]

Strange signing, is conor going to fight infront of a couple hundred people at the apex after doing 2 stadium fights in a row? Or is he just going to fight on the ring cards and fight the winner of this weekend for the WBC?
Dana white must've gave him the bag

Dana does pay fighter 50k to win 50k for the knockout or when you one of the biggest stars he gives you 10 percent of the total revenue. Turki is the one who pays for the big names like Opetaia and now Benn. I suspect many more to follow this year. And i predict in 10 years we all wish that TKO never moved into boxing. They will squezze out everything that is left in boxing make as much money possible and drop it.

[Boxing 112]

Huge L for Eddie who backed this drug cheat when everyone was against him. He also spent the week ripping Dana and (ironically) saying Turki is his daddy. Looks like he may have known this was coming. Zuffas here to stay. Frank Eddie etc got these huge fights with Saudi money that Saudi money is now going into ZUFFA

[BobbytoD]

I'm finding this very weird. Bam has not resigned with Matchroom yet.

[VislorTurlough]

Eddie backed this PED domestic level clown and this is his reward. No pity because it should have been clear he is disreputable

[BlackRobb]

This signing was to allow Con Man Benn to continue to avoid real smoke. Zuffa has no 147-154 fighters. Con Jan was afraid Eddie was gonna line him up for Boots. Coward move by a coward drug cheat.

[LG Motel 22]

Is Zuffa gonna do shows out of their little bubble as much as I can’t stand him it would be a damn shame to the UK fans if he doesn’t fight over there again