SEVENTEEN months after his final ring outing, and virtually 12 months after two failed performance-enhancing drug checks scrapped a money-spinning battle towards Chris Eubank Jnr, Conor Benn is about to make his return to motion this Saturday (September 23) in Orlando, Florida.
On a Matchroom invoice topped by a super-lightweight bout between Richardson Hitchins and Jose Zepeda, Benn will reportedly field in a scheduled 10-round super-welterweight battle towards Rodolfo Orozco.
Orozco, a 24-year-old from Sinaloa, Mexico, holds an expert document of 32-3-3 (24), although has but to battle outdoors his homeland. In a profession spanning eight years, he has misplaced 3 times – towards Abraham Lopez (over 4 rounds), Jose Quintero Velarde (over eight), and Isaias Lucero (over 10) – and has secured few wins of any notice. He did, nevertheless, flip skilled at the tender age of 16 (weighing simply 108 kilos), which suggests he has been studying on the job. Moreover, his peak is listed as 6’1, which, whereas not sufficient to win him fights, does no less than imply Orozco has stuffed out and will, towards Benn, have peak on his facet.
Benn, in the meantime, is at the moment 21-0 (14) as a professional and will each be keen to make up for misplaced time and hope that motion does certainly converse louder than phrases.
This battle, his first since April 2023, takes place at the Caribe Royale Orlando and will be proven dwell on DAZN.
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