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- Updated: September 14, 2016
British youngster Conor Benn is navigating his way up a steep learning curve in style, says his manager Charlie Sims.
After only a handful of amateur fights, Benn turned professional in April at the age of 19. On a high-pressure debut, ‘The Destroyer’ ignited The O2 crowd with a first-round stoppage of Ivailo Boyanov before dancing in the ring with his legendary father Nigel Benn.
Things were not so easy for Benn on his second assignment when he was taken the distance by Luke Keleher but his two clinical stoppage victories since suggest he’s …