Garcia defends WBC welterweight title against Benn Rivals collide at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas Send Bryan an email with your thoughts on the fightHere’s how Garcia and Benn measure up ahead of tonight’s main event. Garcia is the younger man by a year and brings the heavier hands on paper, with 20 knockouts in 25 victories compared with Benn’s 14 in 25.
Both men came in comfortably below the welterweight limit on Friday: Benn weighed 146lb, his lightest since June 2019, while Garcia tipped the scales at 145.5lb, his lightest since facing Devin Haney in April 2024. Garcia enters with a 25-2 record and the WBC title, while Benn is 25-1 and fighting at 147lb for the first time in more than four years.A quick word on tonight’s order of play.
Heavyweight prospect Da’Mazion Vanhouter has just stopped Raphael Akpejiori in the first round of the second-to-last undercard fight before tonight’s main event. The 21-year-old appeared to injure his left shoulder during an awkward tangle in which his arm was caught, leaving him in obvious discomfort.
Somehow he fought on … and only seconds later flattened Akpejiori for the stoppage. Continue reading…
