Sims has been in Benn’s corner from the very start of his career and prepared him for his September 12 challenge for Ryan Garcia’s WBC welterweight title, in which Essex man was dropped and stopped in the second round.

In an interview with Sky Sports, Sims refused to use Benn’s well-publicized battle to make the 147-pound weight limit as an excuse for the defeat but did confirm that his days at welterweight are over.

"Without a shadow of a doubt,” Sims said. "He done well making the weight but it wasn't easy. But that magnitude of fight, that magnitude of money that was on the table, he wouldn't have got that anywhere else, fighting anybody else. So sometimes you've got to take risks.”

It's almost being taken for granted that a permanent move to middleweight or super middleweight would see Benn (25-2, 14 KOs) regain the explosiveness and power he demonstrated during his eye-catching wins over Chris Algieri and Chris van Heerden. However, Benn has spent much of the past four years since then campaigning above welterweight and hasn’t scored a stoppage win.

He was taken the distance by Rodolfo Orozco at junior middleweight and Pete Dobson in a 151-pound catchweight fight. He then stepped up to middleweight and split back-to-back 12-round battles with his bitter rival Chris Eubank Jr. before boxing to a dull win over a faded Regis Prograis at 150 pounds.

Not having to concentrate on the scales means Benn can spend time working on the technical flaws Garcia ruthlessly exposed but the 30-year-old does have plenty of work to do before mixing with the biggest names at 160 and 168 pounds.

Although it is questionable exactly how much appetite there is among British fight fans for a third fight with Eubank, it would provide Benn with a high-profile and winnable step back into the spotlight.

Sims acknowledges that a trilogy fight with Eubank will always remain an option but, for the time being, he wants Benn to have a break.

"I don't think you'll see Conor talking much about boxing for a little while yet," Sims said.

"I think he needs to have a rest from boxing completely at the moment. Don’t get me wrong, financially he's set up for life but I think he's burnt out as well at the same time, mentally and physically.”