Muscle bulk does not track Ryan’s lightning hand speed. It will not teach Benn how to safely close distance without running face-first into Ryan’s pet left hook, nor will it provide an alternate strategy once the initial charge gets blown apart. Benn simply lacks the ring miles to solve an opponent he cannot physically bully.

Dropping back down to 147 pounds makes the assignment completely absurd. Benn has not seen the welterweight limit since April 2022. He spent recent years living comfortably up at middleweight against Chris Eubank Jr. and hanging around 150 against Regis Prograis.

Squeezing that thickened frame down to a division abandoned four years ago is a recipe for physical ruin. Strip away that much mass, and you strip away punch resistance, snap, and stamina. Ryan might be facing an opponent already hollowed out by the scale before the first bell even rings.

Ryan is hardly unbeatable. He gets lazy against the ropes, forgets defense exists, and relies almost exclusively on one weapon. Benn’s lone prayer is turning this into an immediate bar fight before his depleted gas tank catches fire. His assessment remains dead accurate. Chemical help cannot teach a novice how to box, and it will not put water back into a withered frame on fight night. Benn is completely out of his technical depth.