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

[mickey1975]

What is up with Carl Froch speaking his mind these days?
He just drops all the truth bombs you need to know about this fight in one minute.

Tbf to Jr, when he fought BJS he was very raw and in his first 12 round fight but still gave the more experienced BJS a real scare in the 2nd half of the fight. A split decision loss isn’t being “found out” as Froch puts it.

Nor is losing to a naturally bigger man in Groves. Even though George had a handy lead, jr kept at it and again gave his opponent a scare late on when George’s shoulder popped out.

I’m not saying Eubank’s elite or anything, just that he’s not looked out of his depth at world level. It’s poor from Froch to just parrot the Conor line that eubank’s been found out whenever he’s stepped up.

If Carl truly is a man of the people who tells it how it is he’ll presumably tell Conor he’s an area level fighter living off his dads name who boosted his profile by knocking out naturally smaller veterans while juiced to the gills.

I have my doubts whether he’ll do that.

He's changed his style his then. The guy with the iron chin who threw multiple uppercut combos walks through Benn inside 4 rounds.

[MasterG]

What is up with Carl Froch speaking his mind these days?
He just drops all the truth bombs you need to know about this fight in one minute.

Tbf to Jr, when he fought BJS he was very raw and in his first 12 round fight but still gave the more experienced BJS a real scare in the 2nd half of the fight. A split decision loss isn’t being “found out” as Froch puts it.

Nor is losing to a naturally bigger man in Groves. Even though George had a handy lead, jr kept at it and again gave his opponent a scare late on when George’s shoulder popped out.

I’m not saying Eubank’s elite or anything, just that he’s not looked out of his depth at world level. It’s poor from Froch to just parrot the Conor line that eubank’s been found out whenever he’s stepped up.

If Carl truly is a man of the people who tells it how it is he’ll presumably tell Conor he’s an area level fighter living off his dads name who boosted his profile by knocking out naturally smaller veterans while juiced to the gills.

I have my doubts whether he’ll do that.

I agree with all of this. It baffles me how anyone can look at the form lines and think Benn has any kind of chance.

You have to consider that these 2 bafoons are only wanting the money. Let's not forget this could well be a money heist from 2 boxers who cannot compete with anything higher than British level, in Conors case, area level.

Are they both making schmuks out of the public?

[Frostieballs]

Tbf to Jr, when he fought BJS he was very raw and in his first 12 round fight but still gave the more experienced BJS a real scare in the 2nd half of the fight. A split decision loss isn’t being “found out” as Froch puts it.

Nor is losing to a naturally bigger man in Groves. Even though George had a handy lead, jr kept at it and again gave his opponent a scare late on when George’s shoulder popped out.

I’m not saying Eubank’s elite or anything, just that he’s not looked out of his depth at world level. It’s poor from Froch to just parrot the Conor line that eubank’s been found out whenever he’s stepped up.

If Carl truly is a man of the people who tells it how it is he’ll presumably tell Conor he’s an area level fighter living off his dads name who boosted his profile by knocking out naturally smaller veterans while juiced to the gills.

I have my doubts whether he’ll do that.

I agree with all of this. It baffles me how anyone can look at the form lines and think Benn has any kind of chance.

You have to consider that these 2 bafoons are only wanting the money. Let's not forget this could well be a money heist from 2 boxers who cannot compete with anything higher than British level, in Conors case, area level.

Are they both making schmuks out of the public?

Eubank has proved he is above British level.

[TheLeprechaun]

Everyone involved will want to get three fights out of this if they can...

[MasterG]

I agree with all of this. It baffles me how anyone can look at the form lines and think Benn has any kind of chance.

You have to consider that these 2 bafoons are only wanting the money. Let's not forget this could well be a money heist from 2 boxers who cannot compete with anything higher than British level, in Conors case, area level.

Are they both making schmuks out of the public?

Eubank has proved he is above British level.

No shit

[Frostieballs]

You have to consider that these 2 bafoons are only wanting the money. Let's not forget this could well be a money heist from 2 boxers who cannot compete with anything higher than British level, in Conors case, area level.

Are they both making schmuks out of the public?

Eubank has proved he is above British level.

No shit

You stated above that maybe the two of them couldn’t compete above British level, unless I’m reading it incorrectly.

[Ruthless-RKO]

[smiling assassin]

[margaret thatcher]

lol eubank masterful so far at trolling benn

[Taansend]

Anyway, back to this fight. I think Eubank wins within 3 rounds but I'd rather the other way around.

You want Benn to win?

Lol

Yeah, I suppose I do. I'm not THAT bothered either way but having a 27 year old Welter stop a Middleweight would be a better story than the other way around.

[MasterG]

Eubank has proved he is above British level.

No shit

You stated above that maybe the two of them couldn’t compete above British level, unless I’m reading it incorrectly.

Eubank is far better on paper than Benn. Eubank is British level , Benn area level. Imo

[Controversial]

How much do people think the rehydration clause will affect Eubank? His last 4 fights have been at MW so he clearly can make the weight. Anyone know what he weighed by the time he got in the ring the last few times?

[Cask]

Guy who "paid his dues" ,,good fighter vs guy who is drug cheating son of a good fighter who has done nothing, worst PPV ever







Older, but bigger, stronger, faster , nastier

[Ruthless-RKO]

[Frostieballs]

I thought there was 130k people just in the Spurs pre-sale queue?

[margaret thatcher]

benn get a nose job or something ? whats with the bandage in the photo

[Ruthless-RKO]

[MasterG]

Has Eubank and his dad had a family fallout?

[Syntax Error]

Has Eubank and his dad had a family fallout?

I get that impression.

Sr was everywhere in the beginning but not at all much now.

In fact, all I see these days is Sr on YouTube talking about his son as if he's never met Jr.

His Eggcellency said as much during the press conference, but Jr has a good poker face, so he didn't give anything a way.

[Ruthless-RKO]

He was quite vocal after Benn failed his test

[smiling assassin]

Let’s have it right Eubank Jr got a start off his dads name but he has fought his way to not be living off his dad’s coattails and his name holds enough weight in boxing for him and his abilities alone. Benn on the other hand is where he is at now still off his dads name (and eggs), so it’s only fitting that Eubank jr is at the press conferences alone and Benn is there with his dad

[Twinkle Toes]

Has Eubank and his dad had a family fallout?

He talks about here, and confirmed his old man wasn't in his life at that time. Interview was 3 monhts ago so it may have improved. I hope it has or does at some point.

[Controversial]

In the post fight interview after Harlem beat McKenna, Eubank Sr said the Benn Jr and Eubank Jr fight won’t
go ahead and Benn should fight Harlem instead.

[goose 5]

Eubank Jr. said he has been rehydrating to 174 and will either drop 4 pounds on the morning of the second weigh-in or simply not fully rehydrate until after the second weigh-in.

[Ruthless-RKO]

Applying for British boxing licence allows Conor Benn to leave past ‘at the door’

Eddie Hearn envisages there being no issue with Conor Benn being licenced by the British Boxing Board of Control ahead of his fight with Chris Eubank Jnr on April 26.

Having relinquished his licence in 2023, Benn seems set to reapply to the Board and to box under a British licence once more.

Benn’s past two fights have been in America, where he has boxed with a licence from the Texas State Athletic Commission, and they came after he twice submitted samples that contained adverse findings for clomiphene ahead of when the fight with Eubank Jnr was first scheduled scheduled.

Despite the efforts of organisers to proceed with the show, it was pulled at the 11th hour but it has since been rescheduled – and is bigger than ever, contributing to more than 60,000 tickets being sold for their fight at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.

Hearn expects the process of Benn again being licenced by the Board to prove “pretty straightforward”

He also said that, through the fight’s promotional tour, during which Eubank Jnr slapped an egg in his face in Manchester before a final face off at Tottenham, Hearn and Robert Smith, the Board’s general secretary, spent time discussing the issue.

Once the 35-year-old Eubank Jnr shoved that egg into Benn’s face, Smith called Hearn ahead of the second face-off.

“One of the blessings of the last three days was I got a chance to talk to Robert Smith, because, obviously, Robert called me after and said, listen, ‘What’s the plan for Thursday? Because we can’t have this again’,” the promoter told BS. “I said, ‘No, you’re right. Look, we’re going to have security between them. They will not be able to get anywhere near each other…’

“And he was like, ‘I really feel like he should apply to us. I really feel like any British fighter that fights in this country should have a British Boxing Board of Control licence’, which I have said in every interview. Then, I called Conor after my conversation with Robert Smith, and I said, ‘Listen, Conor’s a bit of a hothead.’”

Benn, 28, has maintained his innocence throughout, and he has also vigorously asserted that his treatment has been different from other fighters who have failed drugs tests, but Hearn has advised him to reapply for his licence with the British Boxing Board of Control and move on.

“I said to him, ‘Look, I have to be honest with you, as your promoter and your mate, I really think you should apply for your British Board of Control license,’” Hearn said. “‘I’m not doing my job if I don’t give you my honest opinion. You won, right? And it ain’t a case of who won and who lost, but the reality is, you’ve had your hearing. It’s over. You should be fighting under a British Boxing Board of Control licence, and to be honest with you, I think it's a good look. If you’re not… I know the media will never stop asking questions. You’ve got to be bigger than that sometimes, and it’s never going to stop the questions, but it’s going to say, look, we’re moving forward. And the Board are acknowledging that.’”

Hearn said Benn’s ego was stopping him from applying, but he was confident the situation would be resolved and he believes that that will be the end of the matter that has, for two years, dominated chatter about performance enhancing drugs in boxing.

The NADP (National Anti-Doping Panel), who have cleared Benn to fight, and UKAD (UK Anti-Doping) will no longer stand in Benn’s way.

“I just think as well, for Conor, it’s kind of like the final little leave there at the door – it’s over,” said Hearn.