Why Nigel Benn can’t walk away from Conor

Nigel Benn had insisted he was stepping away from his son’s career for good.

The 10,000-mile trips from Australia – where Nigel is based – were done, and Conor Benn was on his own after his grudge-match win over Chris Eubank Jr.

Yet in the build-up to Conor’s WBC welterweight world title challenge against Ryan Garcia in Las Vegas, the ‘Dark Destroyer’ was by his son’s side at the news conference and holding court at their Essex media day – as embedded as ever.

Ask Nigel why and he claims Conor “twisted my arm” into helping with one final hurdle.

“I don’t know if he was lying or if he believed it himself,” Conor says with a wry smile.

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