Chris Eubank Jr. vs. Conor Benn | PPV - 26 April 2025

[maverick23]

There is an air of desperation from Benn's side, they must be down lot of money with inactivity and getting 'reports' trying to explain his test results, it just looks like he's trying to secure a big pay day with any big name to get rich quick.

Benn and Eddie aren’t the only ones gunning for this. Kalle is too and I’d imagine Eubank Jr is too.

Kalle doesn’t have a board license (Nisse does) and may well look to do the fight through the PBA. I’d be surprised if there’s another fight for Eubank that does half as much business as Benn.

Whilst I think Benn has played this whole thing poorly I also think it’s not really fair on him to be stuck in limbo as he is now. He went through the process and got off on a technicality. The board/UKAD are appealing but it shouldn’t take as long as it is to have that appeal heard. In the mean time, in my opinion, he’s free to fight.

I get people saying that his drug case should be heard through UKAD but I also think that if I were accused of something and regardless or whether I did it or not, if I had the option to get off on a technicality rather than go through a process of risk in being found guilty then I’d go back he technicality route. As I think most of would.

[Twinkle Toes]

Initially Benn didn't want to play ball with the board, and now he's here waiting on the board. It's all his own fault.

[CaptainSpacerod]

Well played Robert Smith

[Deserter]

I can see Benn/Matchroom have set their legal dogs onto Boxing News over technicalities; https://boxingnewsonline.net/boxing-new ... -article/0

Tells you all you need to know about these people and hope there aren't significant financial penalties for BN as a result.

[jwfg]

Well played Robert Smith

I agree, but he shouldn't be talking about it openly on the radio.

[polecateddy]

I can see Benn/Matchroom have set their legal dogs onto Boxing News over technicalities; https://boxingnewsonline.net/boxing-new ... -article/0

Tells you all you need to know about these people and hope there aren't significant financial penalties for BN as a result.

Yes, news flash to Benn/Matchroom - proper British boxing fans like Boxing News an awful lot more than they like them! What a low blow threatening that publication with legal action. Hopefully it was just a nasty solicitor’s letter and it’s done and dusted now.

[Twinkle Toes]

I can see Benn/Matchroom have set their legal dogs onto Boxing News over technicalities; https://boxingnewsonline.net/boxing-new ... -article/0

Tells you all you need to know about these people and hope there aren't significant financial penalties for BN as a result.

This is the second time Tebbut and co have done this. First one was here:

https://boxingnewsonline.net/clarificat ... s-article/

To add Hearn was quizzed on it the first time and said boxing news went to press without asking Matchroom for a statement else it would have been avoided.

[maverick23]

I can see Benn/Matchroom have set their legal dogs onto Boxing News over technicalities; https://boxingnewsonline.net/boxing-new ... -article/0

Tells you all you need to know about these people and hope there aren't significant financial penalties for BN as a result.

Should Benn/Matchroom just leave it if there were factual inaccuracies in there?

[Deserter]

I can see Benn/Matchroom have set their legal dogs onto Boxing News over technicalities; https://boxingnewsonline.net/boxing-new ... -article/0

Tells you all you need to know about these people and hope there aren't significant financial penalties for BN as a result.

Should Benn/Matchroom just leave it if there were factual inaccuracies in there?

you and i both know there are ways to address this without legal recourse. This is symptomatic of the combative and aggressive stance that Matchroom has taken against any journalists brave enough to do their job properly and not just take the incessant pr spin at face value.

[maverick23]

I can see Benn/Matchroom have set their legal dogs onto Boxing News over technicalities; https://boxingnewsonline.net/boxing-new ... -article/0

Tells you all you need to know about these people and hope there aren't significant financial penalties for BN as a result.

Should Benn/Matchroom just leave it if there were factual inaccuracies in there?

you and i both know there are ways to address this without legal recourse. This is symptomatic of the combative and aggressive stance that Matchroom has taken against any journalists brave enough to do their job properly and not just take the incessant pr spin at face value.

Eddie’s a promoter so will always do PR spin.

Boxing News is a reputable magazine and stated things as fact that were incorrect hence having to do 2 retractions of articles relating to Benn. If Benn/Matchroom then I’d imagine one or both wouldn’t have been happy so probably got a lawyer to send over what was incorrect.

How else should they have dealt with it? Just let it slide?

[polecateddy]

Should Benn/Matchroom just leave it if there were factual inaccuracies in there?

you and i both know there are ways to address this without legal recourse. This is symptomatic of the combative and aggressive stance that Matchroom has taken against any journalists brave enough to do their job properly and not just take the incessant pr spin at face value.

Eddie’s a promoter so will always do PR spin.

Boxing News is a reputable magazine and stated things as fact that were incorrect hence having to do 2 retractions of articles relating to Benn. If Benn/Matchroom then I’d imagine one or both wouldn’t have been happy so probably got a lawyer to send over what was incorrect.

How else should they have dealt with it? Just let it slide?

Friendly email? I don’t really see how you can be a British boxing fan and not love that magazine.

[Deserter]

Should Benn/Matchroom just leave it if there were factual inaccuracies in there?

you and i both know there are ways to address this without legal recourse. This is symptomatic of the combative and aggressive stance that Matchroom has taken against any journalists brave enough to do their job properly and not just take the incessant pr spin at face value.

Eddie’s a promoter so will always do PR spin.

Boxing News is a reputable magazine and stated things as fact that were incorrect hence having to do 2 retractions of articles relating to Benn. If Benn/Matchroom then I’d imagine one or both wouldn’t have been happy so probably got a lawyer to send over what was incorrect.

How else should they have dealt with it? Just let it slide?

I'm not sure if you're being deliberately obtuse, but if you genuinely think legal action is the automatic first step then you don't understand how 99% of the media works.

[leejonesjnr]

It's madness, there could be snow on the ground .

What does that matter, there won’t be snow in the ring will there?

I don’t get this notion they can’t fight if it’s cold. People sit outdoors in winter to watch every other sport, why not boxing?

It will grossly affect numbers willing to go and stand in the cold .
Perhaps ask yourself why they never do outdoor stadium fights in the middle of winter, because they very rarely do .

Because football is on.

[Boxerbeetle]

I can see Benn/Matchroom have set their legal dogs onto Boxing News over technicalities; https://boxingnewsonline.net/boxing-new ... -article/0

Tells you all you need to know about these people and hope there aren't significant financial penalties for BN as a result.

Was that apology as loud as the disrespect?!?

[maverick23]

you and i both know there are ways to address this without legal recourse. This is symptomatic of the combative and aggressive stance that Matchroom has taken against any journalists brave enough to do their job properly and not just take the incessant pr spin at face value.

Eddie’s a promoter so will always do PR spin.

Boxing News is a reputable magazine and stated things as fact that were incorrect hence having to do 2 retractions of articles relating to Benn. If Benn/Matchroom then I’d imagine one or both wouldn’t have been happy so probably got a lawyer to send over what was incorrect.

How else should they have dealt with it? Just let it slide?

Friendly email? I don’t really see how you can be a British boxing fan and not love that magazine.

They may well have sent a friendly email. Is it confirmed that they go their lawyers involved? I do love the magazine but I also get why someone wouldn’t want inaccuracies reported as fact.

[maverick23]

you and i both know there are ways to address this without legal recourse. This is symptomatic of the combative and aggressive stance that Matchroom has taken against any journalists brave enough to do their job properly and not just take the incessant pr spin at face value.

Eddie’s a promoter so will always do PR spin.

Boxing News is a reputable magazine and stated things as fact that were incorrect hence having to do 2 retractions of articles relating to Benn. If Benn/Matchroom then I’d imagine one or both wouldn’t have been happy so probably got a lawyer to send over what was incorrect.

How else should they have dealt with it? Just let it slide?

I'm not sure if you're being deliberately obtuse, but if you genuinely think legal action is the automatic first step then you don't understand how 99% of the media works.

I don’t think legal action is an automatic first step. I also don’t know whether lawyers were involved with it. I’d imagine though that someone like Matchroom has an in-house legal rep who’d deal with this kind of thing.

Ultimately if what Boxing News had said was factual then they’d have been able to push back so if it was a friendly call, their in-house lawyer sending an email or a 3rd party legal firm getting involved it would lead to the same result - a correction being published. I’ve seen Boxing News do several over the years with FWarren too.

[cormack]

the connor benn shit show rolls on and on .

FFS just take the medecine from the board and sort out your life

[margaret thatcher]

how to lose friends and alienate people

[handsofstone]

As much as I can't stand Benn , I can't help but root against the BBBC, they've made a hash out of this like every other failed case, he's the lesser of two evils

[margaret thatcher]

As much as I can't stand Benn , I can't help but root against the BBBC, they've made a hash out of this like every other failed case, he's the lesser of two evils

in this case? you're really cheering for the ped cheat who basically wants us to knee down and lick his arse clean, and then say thank you for the privlege may i have some more?

[handsofstone]

As much as I can't stand Benn , I can't help but root against the BBBC, they've made a hash out of this like every other failed case, he's the lesser of two evils

in this case? you're really cheering for the ped cheat who basically wants us to knee down and lick his arse clean, and then say thank you for the privlege may i have some more?

Can't help it, they're far from blameless in all this, they dithered when they found out about the initial test, they've dragged sh1t out far too long, no meetings or hearing, Robert Smith talking to talksport more than Benn',s team, I don't believe Benn but he has been cleared to fight ,WBC and UKAD believed him by all accounts, where's the transparency and urgency?

[maverick23]

As much as I can't stand Benn , I can't help but root against the BBBC, they've made a hash out of this like every other failed case, he's the lesser of two evils

in this case? you're really cheering for the ped cheat who basically wants us to knee down and lick his arse clean, and then say thank you for the privlege may i have some more?

Can't help it, they're far from blameless in all this, they dithered when they found out about the initial test, they've dragged sh1t out far too long, no meetings or hearing, Robert Smith talking to talksport more than Benn',s team, I don't believe Benn but he has been cleared to fight ,WBC and UKAD believed him by all accounts, where's the transparency and urgency?

For clarity, UKAD didn’t believe him. They haven’t reviewed the evidence as it was ruled they didn’t have jurisdiction over the tests. It’s this point that UKAD/the board have appealed.

[handsofstone]

in this case? you're really cheering for the ped cheat who basically wants us to knee down and lick his arse clean, and then say thank you for the privlege may i have some more?

Can't help it, they're far from blameless in all this, they dithered when they found out about the initial test, they've dragged sh1t out far too long, no meetings or hearing, Robert Smith talking to talksport more than Benn',s team, I don't believe Benn but he has been cleared to fight ,WBC and UKAD believed him by all accounts, where's the transparency and urgency?

For clarity, UKAD didn’t believe him. They haven’t reviewed the evidence as it was ruled they didn’t have jurisdiction over the tests. It’s this point that UKAD/the board have appealed.

Fair enough, I thought the jurisdiction angle was wrong, still fck the BBBC innit

[margaret thatcher]

As much as I can't stand Benn , I can't help but root against the BBBC, they've made a hash out of this like every other failed case, he's the lesser of two evils

in this case? you're really cheering for the ped cheat who basically wants us to knee down and lick his arse clean, and then say thank you for the privlege may i have some more?

Can't help it, they're far from blameless in all this, they dithered when they found out about the initial test, they've dragged sh1t out far too long, no meetings or hearing, Robert Smith talking to talksport more than Benn',s team, I don't believe Benn but he has been cleared to fight ,WBC and UKAD believed him by all accounts, where's the transparency and urgency?

ya, to me the biggest dickhead in this is still the ped user who spits on us, then wants us to suck his balls and thank him for the opportunity

you talk about transparency, but then get after the bbbc for talking about it. and it is benn's team that have constantly obfuscated and played the magic evidence incoming (but then never released) card

[SeanBrennan]

Hearn managing to keep a straight face in his interview today deserves credit, he must know he's parroting absolute garbage.