Conor ‘The Destroyer’ Benn (20-0, 13 KOs) will defend his WBA Continental welterweight title against Chris Van Heerden (28-2-1, 12 KOs) at the AO Arena in Manchester on Saturday April 16, live worldwide on DAZN (excluding New Zealand and Australia as usual).
The undercard sees European cruiserweight champion Chris Billam-Smith (14-1, 10 KOs) rematch Tommy McCarthy (18-3, 9 KOs) following their battle at the Matchroom HQ last summer. Also, super featherweight contender Zelfa Barrett (27-1, 16 KOs) challenges European champion Faroukh Kourbanov (19-3, 3 KOs), cruiserweight talent Jordan Thompson (12-0, 10 KOs) faces TBA, lightweight Campbell Hatton (6-0, 2 KOs) quickly returns to action after fighting last month, and super middleweight “Little Lever’s Meat Cleaver” Jack Cullen (20-3-1, 9 KOs) faces TBA.
I like the way they’re bringing Benn up gradually rather than rushing him into a one-time payday. The kid has upside.
Not sold on Benn, doesn’t impress me, when I compare him to the other Welterweight elite and prospects; time will tell.
poor Van Heeden hes become that guy now but yes good to see the management team bringing up Benn the old school way no crying hes the greatest after 3 pro fights wanting a championship fight calling out champions aka clout chasing lol
Not gonna even try and make a comparison, but you know that Tito Trinidad was already a champ by the time he was 21 years old with the same amount of fights!! I was really hoping for someone like Broner at this time?!