The noise started a long time ago, and it will only get louder in the hours before the first bell sounds to leave Conor Benn and Ryan Garcia in the ring on their own.
Benn and Garcia are not the two best welterweights in the world, but they are the two highest-profile welterweights in the world; Benn has his reputation as a relentless fighter, and Garcia holds the WBC welterweight title. They have both been at the centre of drug stories; in short, they are perfectly matched for a showdown in Las Vegas on Saturday.
