Welterweight contender Conor Benn returns to the ring against Peter Dobson on Saturday afternoon in Las Vegas.
CONOR BENN (22-0, 14 KOs)
VS. PETER DOBSON (16-0, 9 KOS)
- Date: Saturday, Feb. 3
- Time: 3 p.m. ET / noon PT (main event later in show)
- Where: The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas, Las Vegas
- TV/Stream: DAZN
- Division: Junior middleweight (151-pound catchweight)
- Weights: Benn 150.6, Dobson 150.6
- At stake: No major titles
- Pound-for-pound: None
- Odds: Benn 8-1 favorite (average of multiple outlets)
- Also on the card: Austin Williams vs. Connor Coyle, middleweights; Johnny Fisher vs. Dmytro Bezus, heavyweights
- Background: Benn, a 147-pound contender, will be fighting for the second time since he tested positive for a banned substance and was suspended in the lead up to his now-canceled showdown with rival Chris Eubank Jr. last year. The 27-year-old from Essex has yet to regain his boxing license in the U.K. He returned in September from a 17-month layoff, easily outpointing Rodolfo Orozco in Florida. Dobson, 33, is an unbeaten New Yorker who will be stepping up in class when he faces Benn. And he is returning from a long layoff. Dobson last fought in June 2022, when he outpointed journeyman Rodrigo Damian Coria in an eight-round 154-pound fight.
- Prediction: Benn UD
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