​Ryan Garcia is set to face one of British boxing’s biggest stars.Garcia will defend his WBC welterweight title against Conor Benn, son of International Boxing Hall of Famer Nigel Benn, on Sept. 12 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. The fight will air on Paramount+ and DAZN.AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementIt will be Garcia’s first defense of his 147-pound belt, which he claimed with a win over Mario Barrios in February.The bout had long been rumored for this fall, with Garcia (25-2, 20 KOs) previously confirming his plans to face Benn during a May appearance on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon.More: Floyd Mayweather’s June exhibition fight called off amid legal trouble”He’s talking a lot. He actually confronted me at an awards show two years ago. My wife was there and he just pressed up on me, grabbed me. So it’s a little personal,” Garcia said on The Tonight Show. “We’ll be ready to go get him.”AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementThe bout was officially announced on July 15 by Zuffa Boxing founder Dana White, locking in the title clash between two of boxing’s most boisterous stars.Garcia claimed the WBC welterweight belt, his first career world title, on Feb. 21 in Las Vegas as he defeated the reigning champion Barrios by unanimous decision in what many believed to be a career-best performance. In the fight prior, Garcia suffered a defeat to Rolly Romero, the current WBA welterweight champion, in his first fight back from a year-long suspension stemming from a positive PED test.Benn will drop down to welterweight for the first time since 2022 to challenge Garcia. In April 2025, he suffered his first career defeat as he took on Chris Eubank Jr. in a middleweight grudge match, before later avenging the defeat with a unanimous decision victory that November.In his most recent bout this past April, contested at a 150-pound catchweight, Benn took down former world champion Regis Prograis by unanimous decision.AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementHarrison Campbell covers boxing for The Tennessean and high school sports for The Daily Herald. Email him at hcampbell@usatodayco.com and follow him on X (formerly Twitter) @hccamp.This article originally appeared on Nashville Tennessean: Ryan Garcia set for world title defense against Conor Benn in September