Ryan Garcia is dangerous again, but how much did the Conor Benn fight actually prove?We start with Ryan Garcia’s second round stoppage of Conor Benn and go back to our predictions before the fight. What did we get right, what did we get wrong, and did Ryan look better than expected? Then there’s the post fight drama. Ryan called out Teofimo Lopez, Teo was in the building, but we never got the faceoff.Then we get into Jai Opetaia vs. Noel Mikaelian. Jai got the ninth round stoppage, but Mikaelian also landed some real shots and gave Opetaia problems along the way. So was this just a tough night against a quality opponent, or did we finally see some holes once Jai had somebody bringing real heat?David Benavidez entered the ring afterward and both men agreed they want the fight. We break down Benavidez vs. Opetaia, whether it realistically happens, who wins and why.We also run through the Garcia vs. Benn undercard, including Alexis Rocha’s win over José Ramírez, Andres Cortes beating Mark Magsayo and Da’Mazion Vanhouter’s first round knockout of Raphael Akpejiori. Then we touch on Abass Baraou’s majority decision win over Giovani Santillan.From there, we get into Turki Alalshikh’s seven fight wishlist: Tyson Fury vs. Anthony Joshua, Jai Opetaia vs. David Benavidez, Shakur Stevenson vs. Devin Haney, Naoya Inoue vs. Bam Rodriguez, Canelo Alvarez vs. Terence Crawford 2, Filip Hrgovic vs. Rico Verhoeven and Terence Crawford vs. Ryan Garcia. Which fights are realistic, and which ones actually have us interested?Then we get to the Crawford conversation.Ryan Garcia questioned Bud Crawford’s résumé, which brings up a bigger question: did Crawford really miss the best competition of his era, or was Bud frozen out of certain fights and simply beat the best opponents he could actually get?And finally, we get into Bud Crawford’s tweets. Crawford eventually explained what he was trying to prove, but did he actually make his point, or did the whole thing backfire?Ryan Garcia vs. Conor Benn, Terence Crawford, Teofimo Lopez, Jai Opetaia, David Benavidez, Turki Alalshikh and everything happening around boxing right now. We’re getting into all of it.Ryan Garcia, Conor Benn, Teofimo Lopez, Jai Opetaia, Noel Mikaelian, David Benavidez, Alexis Rocha, José Ramírez, Andres Cortes, Mark Magsayo, Da’Mazion Vanhouter, Raphael Akpejiori, Abass Baraou, Giovani Santillan, Turki Alalshikh, Tyson Fury, Anthony Joshua, Shakur Stevenson, Devin Haney, Naoya Inoue, Bam Rodriguez, Canelo Alvarez, Terence Crawford, Filip Hrgovic, Rico Verhoeven.
