Conor Nigel Benn was born on 28 September 1996 and is a British professional boxer.
37 Facts About Conor Benn
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Conor Benn is the son of former two-division world champion of boxing Nigel Benn.
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Conor Benn spent time in Australia where he boxed as an amateur before starting his professional career.
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Conor Benn has been trained by Tony Sims since his professional debut, with his father, Nigel, having known and sparred with Tony since both of their respective boxing careers.
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Conor Benn made his professional debut in April 2016 aged 19 at The O2 Arena in London defeating Bulgarian Ivailo Boyanov by technical knockout in the first round.
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Conor Benn followed this with a points victory over Luke 'The Nuke' Keleher at The SSE Hydro in Glasgow in May, and a knockout of Lukas Radic in June On 10 September 2016, Benn was due to fight Silvije Kebet on the undercard of Gennady Golovkin vs Kell Brook.
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Conor Benn scored two knockdowns in round 1 and won the fight via knockout.
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Conor Benn stopped Mike Cole after knocking him down following a left hook in round 3, recording his fifth stoppage victory.
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Conor Benn remained undefeated knocking out Nathan Clarke in the first round.
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Promoter Eddie Hearn stated that Conor Benn's next fight would be in the United States.
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Conor Benn scored his fifth consecutive knockout win, dropping Sanudo in round 2 with a left hook to the body.
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Conor Benn next fought at the York Hall in London on 13 December 2017 against French boxer Cedrick Peynaud.
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Conor Benn was dropped twice in the opening round, which was the first time he was knocked down as a professional.
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Conor Benn beat the count both times and managed to drop Peynaud down in round 5 and 6.
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Hearn later stated that Conor Benn wanted to rematch Peynaud, likely for July 2018.
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Conor Benn dropped Peynaud three times, boxing his way to a 10-round unanimous decision victory.
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Peynaud started the fight swinging aiming to land big shots, however Conor Benn used his feet to move around the ring and sensibly box.
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Peynaud managed to land clean shots on Conor Benn, without doing too much damage.
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Conor Benn was able to go the 10 round distance for the first time in his professional career.
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Conor Benn would go on to defend his WBA Continental title multiple times: his first defence came against Finnish veteran Jussi Koivula at York Hall on 21 June 2019.
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Koivula started strongly in the first round, but Conor Benn was able to catch him with a strong left hook in the second round, sending Koivula to the canvas, and winning by second-round technical knockout shortly afterwards.
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Conor Benn's next fight against Belgian veteran Steve Jamoye on the undercard of Regis Prograis vs Josh Taylor on 26 October 2019 resulted in a technical knockout victory for Benn, this time in the fourth round.
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Conor Benn had a point deducted in the fourth round for a low blow, shortly before he dropped and stopped Jamoye.
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On 21 November 2020, Conor Benn defeated former IBO welterweight champion Sebastian Formella by unanimous decision at the SSE Arena in Wembley, London.
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Conor Benn was able to dominate the veteran over the course of 10 rounds.
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Conor Benn returned to the ring on 10 April 2021 to face Samuel Vargas at the Copper Box Arena.
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However, the fight lasted just 80 seconds, as Conor Benn landed two right-left combinations which rocked Vargas, followed by a barrage of punches and a hard uppercut on the ropes that saw the bout stopped.
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On 14 June 2021, it was announced that Conor Benn had signed a new five-year deal with Matchroom Sport, and that he would be facing Adrian Granados on 31 July as part of Fight Camp in Brentwood, Essex.
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However, the fight was postponed after Conor Benn tested positive for COVID-19.
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Granados had seemingly been content to just stay in the fight and make no real attempt at winning, and by the final round had become so passive that Conor Benn shouted at him, dropping his hands and banging his legs in an invitation for Granados to stand and fight.
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Conor Benn dominated Van Heerden en route to scoring a second round TKO and retaining his title.
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Conor Benn voluntarily relinquished his boxing licence with the British Boxing Board of Control after he tested positive for the banned substance clomifene in two separate Voluntary Anti-Doping Association tests.
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On 23 September 2023, after 525 days out of the ring, Conor Benn fought his comeback fight in Orlando, Florida against the Mexican Rodolfo Orozco.
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On February 3,2024 in Las Vegas, Conor Benn defeated Peter Dobson by unanimous decision after 12 rounds.
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In January 2025, it was reported that Conor Benn was set to face Chris Eubank Jr.
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On 6 November 2024, Conor Benn had his provisional suspension lifted after an independent NADP panel ruled it was "not comfortably satisfied" that it had been proved he had committed an anti-doping rule violation.
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Conor Benn portrayed his father Nigel in the 2019 film Rise of the Footsoldier: Marbella and 2021 film Rise of the Footsoldier: Origins.