Garcia-Benn preview: Don’t hate the players, hate the game

Ryan Garcia and Conor Benn have all the ingredients for a Las Vegas blockbuster. Their paths to this fight also expose everything that remains broken about boxing

It’s 25-1 versus 25-2. It’s a 29-year-old against a 28-year-old. It’s a snarling Essex son of a legend against a pretty-boy darling of California. It’s speed against strength, finesse against grit.

It’s everything you want from a big fight in Las Vegas.

But there’s a hitch when it comes to this WBC welterweight title fight.