Conor Benn has promised that he will stop Adrian Granados by stoppage and is ready to live up to his hype again.
The 'Destroyer' was set to face Granados in the main-event of the first week at Fight Camp, but was forced to withdraw from the contest as a result of a positive Covid-19 test as he entered the bubble during fight week.
With a well-documented rise up the welterweight division, Benn has vowed to continue his route to becoming world champion with some huge fights ahead against the likes of David Avanesyan providing he can progress once again.
And Benn is keen to show the "real" hype around his name but has insisted that five years of "hard work" have allowed to get into his position of promise domestically.
"It is either gonna be a ruck or someone is getting laid out and it isn’t gonna be me," Benn said at the press conference. “Confidence is a luxury for the working man and some people mistake it as arrogance, but none of you are with me when I get up to work in my silk pyjamas.
“When I work as hard as I do, I have the right to be confident which is a testament to my hard work and my team.
“All I have to do is beat the geezer up in the other corner, and if people don’t wanna believe the hype then I will show them.”
Benn's last contest was behind-closed-doors where he put on a scintillating first round display to dismiss Jessie Vargas and reiterate his intentions to entertain his growing fanbase.
But he opened up on how it has taken time to recover from the "devastating" blow of missing out on his Fight Camp main-event.
“I was devastated, I went home half not believing it. We did around eight tests. I was absolutely devastated. I worked extremely hard and had a blinding camp. It honestly pained me so much – I even shed a few tears," Benn said.
"I’m going to go through adversity again. It’s just how you react to it. What’s for me won’t pass me, so come September 4 in front of 20,000 I'll put on a show.
“I was quite worried about long Covid. A few people messaged me saying not to train too hard too soon. When I broke my jaw, and I had my first sparring session back, people were saying, ‘you’re going to be a bit hesitant’, and I thought, ‘no I’m not’.
"If it goes it goes. If my jaw goes it goes. I’m not going to have that at the back of my head."
Benn has previously delivered comparisons of his own welterweight world title charge to domestic star Kell Brook, but has admitted that he expects "heavyweight numbers" to tune into his upcoming fights with his reputation.
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