‘Who ya like buddy?’ It’s the most asked question in casino-ville as the hours tick down to this Saturday’s world title fight between two angry young men.One, America’s extravagantly gifted but troubled world welterweight champion. The other, the ever-persistent English challenger who never stops throwing punches whether they connect or not. As if in manic obsession with defeating not only opponents but also his demons and a sceptical outside world.So, Ryan Garcia or Conor Benn?When the denizens of this neon gambling Strip in the Nevada desert ask that question they don’t’ want to know which of these two combatants you like personally more than the other. It is their way of trying to find out who you might be betting on to prevail in the atmospheric T-Mobile Arena.Their inquiries are even more numerous than usual on such occasions as this. Because neither the Americans nor the Mexicans who are thronging here in support of their blood brother by heredity know very much about Benn. Other than the fact he is the son of a fabled icon of the British ring.On his two previous US visits Benn Jr made hard work of beating men who looked more like nightclub bouncers than professional boxers. Of his exploits back home only the pair of fights against Chris Eubank Jr evoked any interest whatsoever on either side of this border.What they are aware of is the two positive tests for performance enhancing drugs and the protracted legal battle to technically clear his name which kept him out of the ring for months. Just as they know about Garcia’s conviction and suspension for a similar finding. Conor Benn is locked in the battle of boxing’s most unlikeable stars in Las Vegas Benn is lining up a $10m payday after burning his bridges with promoter Eddie HearnSo, what’s to like?There can be no doubting Benn’s work ethic. He trains like a dervish to manufacture the maximum possible out of however much natural-born ability he inherited from Nigel the Dark Destroyer. Nor does he ever give up. Eubank Jr had to go beyond the normal limits of even this battle-hardened business to inflict the only defeat of Conor’s career thus far. A loss he avenged, albeit in partly contrived and contentious circumstances.Eubank the Younger was perilously drained in the rematch by a clause in the contract which prevented him rehydrating fully after struggling to cut poundage to meet the agreed catchweight.What goes around comes around. If not in a full measure of the irony. Benn has had to sweat and strain down by almost a stone from middleweight to make the welterweight championship limit of 147 lbs. As he puts it: ‘Five weeks in hell.’To say his body looks shredded is putting it mildly. But he has not been subjected to rehydration limitations following his Friday morning visit to the scales.Eubank was handsomely rewarded to put his health on the line, and now Benn has been lured into similar jeopardy by the fortune – some reports say ten million dollars – he is receiving from UFC boss Dana White to be one of the first poster boys for his venture into boxing.Benn tells it otherwise: ‘I’m doing this because I relish challenges. Have always wanted to strap on the same green WBC belt my dad was so proud to wear. To start getting the world titles that will leave a legacy for my kids. And to prove wrong everyone who doesn’t give me a chance of winning. That puts all the pressure on him, not me.’ Hearn backed the British fighter during his controversial doping ban saga Ryan Garcia stands in his way of the WBC title, who is the more talented of the fightersWhether or not Benn can take in sufficient liquids and pasta before entering the ring, the dangers to him are greater than those with which Eubank struggled. Garcia, one year the younger at 28 but the riper in championships experience, has authentic one-hit-knockout power.Benn goes into his first world championship fight reliant on the cumulative effect of his non-stop output. The problem with this is that King Ry is probably the best counterpuncher in the world right now and Benn’s headlong style will likely suit him nicely, thank you.To complicate the evaluation, both have blotted their copybooks as people. Garcia, the handsome heartthrob, burnished his bad-boy rock-star image by trashing a five-star hotel room. He also needed his family’s help with overcoming mental problems aggravated by a passing fancy for social drugs and booze.Benn invited mockery for claiming initially that he failed his drugs tests because of eating enough eggs to fill the shelves of all the Tescos in London. Then, in order to collect his bonanza from Mister UFC, he unceremoniously dumped his long-time promoter Eddie Hearn who had bankrolled his hefty legal costs and loaned him half a million quid to help sustain his flamboyant lifestyle through that crisis.Not much to like there.So, when it comes to the fight, who ya like? The answer is not Conor Benn’s to give. Because the real question is which Ryan Garcia turns up.If it is the narcissist whose arrogant complacency has cost him a couple of big fights, it may not be totally beyond the bounds of possibility that Conor could pull off one of the major upsets by a British boxer abroad.If it is King Ry fully prepared and ready to unfurl all the majesty then we can only hope the son of Nigel is not seriously hurt.