Conor Benn desperate to swap shopping trips for hard rounds after spending splurge during injury lay-off
Dad Nigel Benn admitted to being a sex addict but son Conor is far more cautious between the sheets
CONOR BENN can’t wait to get back fighting to stop him spending all his hard-earned cash hand over heavy fist.
A jaw injury has kept the son of British middleweight legend Nigel out of the ring for six months – by far his longest rest since turning pro in April 2016.
The 20-year-old squeezed six fights into an eight-month period - pocketing a nice few quid – but he has been sidelined since December, spending money more than energy.
The welterweight – who is against his 53-year-old dad returning to the ring – does not waste his money on partying but he has a costly taste for the finer things in life.
Benn said: "Not training was the worst feeling ever, it shows how much a massive part it plays in your life.
"I was training three-times-a-day, five-times-a-week and running on Saturday. What do you do without training?
"There is only so much shopping you can do before the money starts running out as well.
"I’ve spunked a few quid, don’t remind me how much money I’ve spent. I don’t party, just on clothes, cars, watches.
“I don’t think I do too much of anything. That way you can’t really go wrong.
"I’ve reeled it in a lot, not by choice, but because I have had to.”
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Benn snr – who is returning for a third fight with Celtic Warrior Steve Collins – is a man of god in middle age, after a wild youth of drug use and casual sex.
Cannabis, ecstasy and groupies were his addictions, making it incredible he had such an impressive middleweight career.
For his all-action displays, Conor is now starting to receive the money and adulation his dad earned with fights against the likes of Chris Eubank, Gerald McClellan and Collins.
But he has witnessed first-hand the devastating effects sleeping around can cause and is keeping it in his trousers – mostly.
Benn, who fights Danny Little on July 1, said: “As a kid, my dad confessed to 16-years of affairs to my mum
"It was heartbreaking to me as a kid. I never wanted to be anything like that.
“When I found out about all the problems and the money he had to dish out for his kids, that’s my biggest fear.
“Don’t get me wrong, I ain’t a virgin, obviously.
"But I’ve got good judgement of character and I know people’s intentions, male or female.”
Benn is undefeated going into his seventh paid fight and he has vowed to be a better boxer than the sometimes erratic, always exciting puncher we saw in his first half-dozen fights.
The Essex lad has spent weeks in the gym focusing on technique and quality over quantity and is promising a whole new Benn when the bell chimes.
Benn now accepts that he might not be unbeaten and understands that defeat might come at some point in his career.
He said: “It’s completely different, I can’t even think I’m half the person I was before. I take my time and enjoy it now.
“It can all be gone tomorrow, I just enjoy every minute, forget the pressure, all the rubbish that comes with it, train, enjoy fighting, if you win you win, if you lose you lose.
“That’s the mentality I have got to have. If I go in, saying I’ve got to win, got to win, got to win and then I lose, then I’ve got to pack up boxing.
“I know I’m going to win as I work too hard to lose, but you win you win, you lose you lose, I’ve got to have that mentality to take it calm and easy.
“It’s also about how I perform as well, the pressure of performing, making sure I do this right and do that right, it’s all learning.”