Conor Benn dominates Peter Dobson, wins lopsided decision

Today, Conor Benn, son of two-division champion Nigel Benn, will put his unbeaten record to the test against another unbeaten talent, Peter Dobson. Benn has been taking his fists on the road lately, the by-product of having two failed drug tests. And while the National Anti-Doping Panel found he did not intentionally ingest the clomifene found in the aforementioned drug tests, the UK Anti-Doping Agency (UKAD) and British Boxing Board of Control (BBB of C) appealed the decision from the NADP, ensuring Benn cannot get licensed to fight in the UK.

After his fight with Chris Eubank, Jr. was called off, Benn was suspended until this past July. In September, after being inactive for 525 days, Conor fought Rodolfo Orozco, whom he dominated en route to a unanimous decision victory. That brings us to his current foe, Peter Dobson, who is the heavy underdog here. Dobson gave a recent interview where he registered a fair amount of surprise at how wide the margins were, in some cases, 7 to 1. That seems like a pretty massive gulf. Let’s take a look at how their facts and figures stack up.

Preview

Conor Benn

• Age: 27
• Record: 22-0 (14 KOs)
• Last opponent: Rodolfo Orozco
• Pro debut: 2016
• Stance: orthodox
• Height: 5’8

Peter Dobson

• Age: 33
• Record: 16-0 (9 KOs)
• Last opponent: Rodrigo Damian Coria
• Pro debut: 2014
• Stance: orthodox
• Height: 5’10

Conor Benn vs. Peter Dobson live play-by-play

Round 1

Benn with a one two, gets answered by an uppercut from Dobson. Benn with a nice right upstairs. The men tie up and their heads clash. Ref intervenes briefly to break them up. Benn with a nice 3-punch combo. Dobson looks much slower than Benn. Dobson with a glancing left. Benn with a big right up top.

Gorgeous left-right combo for Benn. Left to the solar plexus by Benn. Dobson with a jab to the shoulder. Benn with a triple jab followed by a big right hook. Conor is just walking him down and cornering him every chance he gets. Dobson offering very little. Round over.

Round 2

Benn with a nasty left to start the round. Dobson with a jab that lands to Benn’s chin. Dobson with the double jab as Benn lands a big right to the gut. Benn feints then lands the jab up top. Left up top for Benn as Dobson ties up.

Benn is just walking him down and peppering him with hard jabs. They tie up in the corner. Benn with a double right to the ribs. Uppercut for Benn. Dobson lands a good combo up top followed by a right to the gut. Benn answer with a huge straight right. Benn with a right over the top that glances off Dobson’s back. Round over.

Round 3

Benn extends the left to start the round. He backs Dobson into the corner and begins teeing off. Benn with a big right but Dobson eats it well. Benn with a fast combo to the body. Dobson with a left up top and a right to the ribs. Benn targeting the body then pops a left hook to the jaw.

Benn with another crisp combo to the body followed by a shot to the jaw. Benn has Dobson back in the corner. Dobson gets out of the corner only to get blasted by a four-punch combo. Dobson with a surprise combo that looked like the last punch, a big right, may have rattled Benn. Round over.

Round 4

Dobson with the jab up top. Benn answers with a one-two. Dobson with a right over the top. Benn works his way around and spins Dobson back into the corner. Dobson works his way out and lands a nice one to the body. Benn with a big right over Dobson’s jab.

Dobson is working his jab more and staying in the center. Dobson whiffs on a big right. Benn with a body shot gets answered by a really nice right from Dobson. Benn answers with a right of his own. Dobson working the jab and then lands another big right. Benn pops him with a left up top then one to the body. Dobson has no answer for the next body-head combo as the bell sounds.

Round 5

Benn leads with a hard left to the gut, then an overhand right. Dobson peppering the jab up top then one to the body. Nice right over the top by Dobson who seems much more relaxed and is picking up the pace now. Dobson has Benn against the ropes and is working the body. Benn spins out then starts working the body but Dobson lands another right over the top.

Dobson with another right but Benn goes low and peppers his body. Dobson gets through again with the right over the top. Benn is beginning to eat shots now. Benn with a good right up top then one to the chest. Dobson is steady working the jab and the right. The bell sounds. Best round so far.

Round 6

Dobson lands first now with a left. Benn answers with a one-two to the body. Dobson with a right hook to the ribs. Benn with a big left up top then one to the body. Benn working the jab and walking him down to the corner. Dobson with a double jab then one to the body. Dobson with a straight left.

Dobson forcing Benn to the corner. They tie up. Dobson with a straight left again. That shot is finding its mark more. Benn is landing well too. Dobson with a right uppercut. Ref steps in to warn Benn about head clashing. Conor comes in and clashes heads again, drawing another warning from the ref as the bell sounds.

Round 7

Benn leads the round with a shot to the body. Benn with a big one-two to the body. He pressures Dobson in the corner with a flurry, forcing him to cover and work out to center ring. Dobson with the slowest punch in human history to the ribs. They tie up in the corner.

Dobson pins Benn to the ropes but doesn’t do much there. Benn with a gorgeous jab followed by a right hook. They tie up, ref separates. Benn working the body then sneaks a right up top. Dobson with a right gets answered by a hard combo from Benn. Dobson with a right then they tie up. Dobson with a good jab then a one-two. They tie up as the round ends.

Round 8

Benn leads with a hard right to the ribs then works up top with a huge flurry of hard shots. Dobson with two lefts up top but they barely grazed Conor. Dobson clearly slowing now. Nice right to the ribs by Dobson as Benn works up top with the jab and an uppercut. They’re in close but the heads keep coming together.

Dobson with a glancing right up top. They’re in close again as Benn works the body. Benn with a hard left to the body as Dobson glances with a right. Dobson complaining about the head butts now. Dobson rushes Benn with a body-head combo. Dobson with a two-punch combo. Benn working the body then a huge right hook to end the round.

Round 9

Dobson gets the first punch, a left jab up top. Benn works him into the corner and starts working the body. Dobson works his way out and lands a nice right to the body. Benn landing the jab pretty much at will right now and every one is hard. They tie up. Dobson with a double jab followed by a right up top.

Dobson with a nice uppercut. Dobson ties up then spins Benn into the corner. Benn uses the opportunity to work his own jabs to the body. They get back to the center and Dobson lands a nice overhand right that puts Benn on the back foot. Benn looks like he’s resting up a little in this round. Dobson with a huge left to the body and another to the jaw as the bell sounds.

Round 10

Dobson lands a short left to start the round by Benn was already coming in with a rib shot. Benn has Dobson in the corner and worked a good body combo followed by a nice right hook. Dobson with a left-right up top. They tie up. Benn narrowly escapes a right-left combo. Dobson back in the corner again, getting peppered with left hooks and body shots.

Benn with a beautiful left straight followed by two quick left hooks. Benn with the right down the center. Benn lands a hard shot to the ribs and two more up top. Dobson rushes in with a straight right then ties up. Straight left jab by Dobson but Benn gets away. Dobson misses with a jab as the bell sounds.

Round 11

Left to the body and one up top by Benn to start the round. They tie up. Dobson with a nice jab but Benn answers with a triple jab. Dobson misses with a left up top. They tie up. Nice one-two by Dobson. Benn with a double left up top. Benn working the left jab.

Dobson with a short left. Benn lands two big rights and Dobson barely did anything to move away or defend. Benn working inside at the body then up top. His flurries are coming more frequently now and is making this like target practice. Dobson lands a right then tries to smother Benn as the round ends.

Round 12

Benn with a double jab up top. They immediately tie up. Benn with a hard combo up top. Dobson with a one-two of his own. Dobson with a hard right then a hook. An uppercut by Dobson lands. Then a right hook. Benn with a right then a left. They are going to town in the center of the ring.

Huge right by Benn. Benn has Dobson in the corner. They tie up. Dobson has Benn on the back foot. Now Benn comes in to the body. Dobson grabs his head. Benn with a big one-two. Dobson works Benn into the corner. They are back in the center and are going for broke. They tie up. Benn with a big right. Dobson with one of his own. Round over.

Official Decision

Conor Benn def. Peter Dobson via unanimous decision (119-109, 118-110×2)

Conor Benn vs. Peter Dobson Quick Results

Main card

• – Conor Benn (22-0) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 vs. Peter Dobson (16-0) 🇺🇸; junior middleweight
• – Austin Williams (15-0) 🇺🇸 vs. Armel Mbumba-Yassa (10-0) 🇩🇪; middleweight
• – Johnny Fisher (10-0) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 vs. Dmytro Bezus (10-1) 🇺🇦; heavyweight
• – Khalil Coe (7-0-1) 🇺🇸 vs. Gerardo Osuna (14-0) 🇲🇽; light heavyweight

Undercard

• – George Liddard (5-0) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 vs. Andrew Buchanan (3-0-1) 🇺🇸; middleweight
• – Jimmy Sains (0-0) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 vs. Alejandro Avalos (1-2) 🇺🇸; middleweight

Start date and time

Conor Benn vs. Peter Dobson goes down on Sat., Feb. 3, live from The Chelsea at the Cosmopolitan in Las Vegas, Nevada. The undercard starts at 2 p.m. ET | 11 a.m. PT, while the main card follows at 3 p.m. ET | 12 p.m. PT.

Ringwalks for Benn vs. Dobson are expected around 5 p.m. ET | 2 p.m. PT.

Live streams

The undercard of Conor Benn vs. Peter Dobson streams on the official YouTube channel of Matchroom Boxing. The main card airs exclusively on DAZN. You can sign up for the streaming service here. Prices for DAZN start at $19.99 USD | $24.99 CAD | £9.99 GBP | $13.99 AUD per month. 

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Stephie Haynes has been covering MMA since 2005. She has also worked for MMA promotion Proelite and apparel brand TapouT. She hosted TapouT’s official radio show for four years before joining Bloody Elbow in 2012. She has interviewed everyone there is to interview in the fight game from from Dana White to Conor McGregor to Kimbo Slice, as well as mainstream TV, film and music stars including Norman Reedus, RZA and Anthony Bourdain. She has been producing the BE podcast network since 2017 and hosts four of its current shows.

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