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Benn: I cried then improved
- Updated: September 7, 2016
Conor Benn readily admits he shedded tears after being taken to points for the first time and then set about doing his skills more justice.
Much has been made of the 19-year-old’s arrival in professional boxing and his high-profile debut was draped in glory – a dance in the ring with his legendary father Nigel ‘The Dark Destroyer’ Benn following a brutal first-round stoppage victory.
The hype heightened, Benn was less efficient during a unanimous decision win over Luke Keleher in his second bout but having done some soul-searching in the changing room afterwards, returned from that with a far more composed destruction of Lukas Radic.
Reflecting on his improvement, Benn told Sky Sports: “With the Keleher fight, I went back to the changing room and I cried with disappointment and you know no-one knows that and …
