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09th Apr 2016

Conor Benn makes memorable professional debut with first-round stoppage

Impressive

Matt Tate

Conor Benn launched his professional boxing in emphatic style at The 02 tonight, with father Nigel watching on with pride.

Benn looks to have adopted the all-action style of his three-time world champion dad, as he only needed two minutes and seven seconds to finish off the Bulgarian Ivailo Boyanov.

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Boyanov was overwhelmed from the word go, as “The Destroyer” blitzed him with non-stop body shots until the referee decided he’d seen enough.

The night was topped off with this very affectionate father-son embrace…

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