Conor Benn says he doesn’t blame Amir Khan for ducking him, claiming: “Who needs me in their life?”
Khan hastily backtracked on his bravado about facing Benn after watching the Destroyer live up to his nickname by demolishing Chris van Heerden in four minutes. Benn invited Khan into the ring at Manchester’s AO Arena in the hope he would challenge him only for the former world champion to say he was just there “as a fan” to prompt boos from the crowd.
The unbeaten Benn, who is now 21-0, understands his reluctance and says he would not want to face him if he were Khan. “I saw a few articles from him, saying he fancies the fight with me so I thought we would get him in the ring and if he said ‘yeah, I fancy it,’ it would be a done deal,” he said.
