Ryan Garcia’s fight-ending right hand against Conor Benn was no accident. The step-back reset and lateral footwork made it a near-perfect counterpunch.
That big right hand did the main ending of the fight on Saturday night, Conor Benn never could come back from it.
Garcia literally just take a step back, planted his feet perfectly, and at the same time lured Benn in and detonated it on him.
Some notes on the shot and more;
- The knockout punch was an overhand right as Benn pulled back
- Garcia stepped back and reset his feet before launching, tough to do, and to time
- He recognized the moment to plant and throw
- The step-back creates space and leverage over the guard
- His footwork was a subtle lateral reset, not a dramatic pivot
- This is high-level counterpunching: punish the retreat
- The punch landed flush, causing an immediate knockdown
- Benn beat the count but was on unsteady legs
- Garcia generates power without loading up, making it unpredictable
- He has shown this technique before, but never with this consequence
The connection on the temple of Conor Benn disoriented him and left him all over the place, unable to get back into the contest.
There is lesson for young boxers in this Ryan Garcia overhand right that surely shall live long into the memory of young noble art students the planet over.
The Ryan Garcia foot movement had been very solid also.
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