Elder statesman Chris Eubank Jr. happy he's still swinging
It was late November in 2014 and, not for the first time, Chris Eubank Jr. was at a press conference completely alone.
He was 25 years old and only a few days away from the 19th outing of his professional career, an anticipated grudge match with Billy Joe Saunders.
It had raised eyebrows when the man from Brighton, wearing a t-shirt that read ‘Born to Win’, bowled into the room at the Grosvenor Hotel in London without a single member of his team, barely said a word to anyone and simply took his seat at the top table.
Saunders, whose raison d’etre that day was to wind his opponent up, suggested that Eubank’s famous father was waiting outside for him in the car. He wasn’t.
It was becoming increasingly apparent to the British boxing public that Eubank the son was an outlier. His emergence was of course underpinned by his famous surname but from the outset he was happy to do things differently and cared little about what anyone said.
One particular quirk of his camps in the early days is that Eubank insisted he did not need a traditional trainer to guide him to victory. “I do what I want,” he said that day. “Nobody tells me what to do in a fight, I have my own plans.”
Saunders’ coach, the vastly experienced Jimmy Tibbs, fired back: “If you don’t need a trainer, you must be one in a million”. Without missing a beat, Eubank replied: “That’s right. That’s exactly what I am; one in a million.”
In the 11 years that have followed, throughout a unique career which is yet to glean a world title, Eubank has proved himself to be exactly that. To this day, he remains a one-off and it is unlikely the sport in this country will house anyone quite like him again.
But the renegade kid who rocked up to press conferences alone is gone and replaced by one of the 'elder statesmen' of British boxing. He wears designer clothes and exclusively drives supercars these days and it was suggested by Eddie Hearn that Saturday night’s rematch with Conor Benn at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium could well be the final fight of his career.
Whether or not that is the case, Benn, seven years his junior, knows it is almost certainly his second and final chance to claim a win for his family against a man called Eubank, a name at the forefront of British boxing for the best part of 40 years now.
“I’ve been here a long time,” Eubank tells The Ring. “It’s scary to think.
“I used to be that kid but now I’m 38 fights in and I’ve noticed the transition. I can’t even remember the 38 people that I fought over 14 years of being a professional. I’m telling you It’s scary, man.
“Where does the time go? But when I’m thinking about this, I’m just so appreciative and happy that I am still able to be here performing, still able to fight, still able to get through these training camps, still able to take the shots.
“There are plenty of other fighters who lose all of that with age. They lost that hunger and they lose that physical ability. But I haven’t lost that so I thank God for that, I appreciate it and I respect that.”
Their bruising first encounter at Spurs in April looked like the sort of fight that would age anyone and now, seven months on, the pair are ready to go again. Both have insisted they are better prepared this time around given the knowledge gained from those 12 absorbing rounds on the Seven Sisters Road.
Benn, boxing at middleweight for the second time in his career, says he will drop back down to his natural state at welterweight but the future is unclear for Eubank. A fight with Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez has always been on the radar while the emergence of Hamzah Sheeraz has provided him with another lucrative option.
The truth is that even a second successive victory over Benn, who he beat on points first time around, will not open the doors to many more potential fights despite his position as one of British boxing’s most recognisable figures. So how long will he go on for? “I’m going to keep going for as long as I can,” he says.
It is put to Eubank that many in his position may have chosen to walk away after his first victory over Benn. Given the emotional and physical strain of the build-up, the weight cut and the fight itself, there were suggestions that victory in such a grudge match would have provided the perfect high note on which to bow out. Eubank disagrees.
“Look, I don’t need this fight,” he says. “I’ve drawn a line under this rivalry by winning so I don’t need to beat him again.
“But now it’s about the fans. People want to see this fight again and the fact that Conor Benn can sit there talking like he should have won and he got robbed in the first fight. That he did this and that, he hurt me, he wobbled me like he should have won the fight.
“I need to stop this kid so that he fully understands you are not on my level. I do not want this fight to go 12 rounds.”
A few days after that press conference in 2014, Eubank was beaten on points by Saunders, also 25 at the time, at London’s Excel Arena. It was the first of the three defeats in Eubank’s career to date.
But while it is now four and a half years since Saunders last boxed, Eubank’s one-man show displays no signs of slowing down.
One in a million? He's not far off.
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Chris Eubank Jnr the subject of legal proceedings ahead of Conor Benn rematch
Chris Eubank Jnr is the subject of legal proceedings from the British Boxing Board of Control and Eddie Hearn’s Matchroom Boxing following comments made at the September press conference to promote Saturday’s rematch with Conor Benn.
Eubank alleged that the ambulance he was in after the first contest was held up at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium by more than 20 minutes by representatives of Matchroom. “They will screw over anyone, they will cut any corners, they will walk over anyone and break any rules to try and get ahead,” Eubank Jnr said in September. “They did everything they could to try and destroy me in the last fight.”
Last week, he posted a 10-second clip of his ambulance attempting to leave the soccer stadium amid chaotic scenes. Boxing Scene understands that the delay seen in the video was due to a communication breakdown between the ambulance bay and control in the stadium – and was nothing whatsoever to do with Hearn or the Board’s general secretary Robert Smith.
In September, Hearn reacted to the accusations. “There is a log of procedures for every fight, when ambulances arrived, when they left,” said the promoter. “What he accused us of is unforgettable. When we’re a company as serious as we are, trust me, we’ll deal with that.”
The time that elapsed between Eubank, the winner of the contest via unanimous 12-round decision, leaving the ring and arriving at Royal London Hospital, which is seven miles south of the stadium, was less than 45 minutes. Once there, Eubank was treated for severe dehydration and received stitches on a facial wound. He was discharged on Monday, April 18, two days after the fight.
The build-up to that first encounter was also marred by controversy and behind-the-scenes legal battles. Originally scheduled to take place in October 2022, it was cancelled two days beforehand when it emerged that Benn, 23-1 (14 KOs), had twice tested positive for banned substance clomifene. It would take Benn, now 29, more than two years to be cleared to such a degree that he could fight in the UK again.
Eubank, meanwhile, never wasted an opportunity to remind his rival of those failed tests, even smashing an egg into the face of Benn in reference to an early WBC hearing that concluded increased egg consumption might have resulted in the presence of clomifene. For that, Eubank was fined the sum of £100,000 by the BBBoC.
Eubank, 35-3 (25 KOs), lost further money on the eve of the bout when he failed to make the middleweight limit of 160lbs by 0.05lbs. That failure cost Eubank a reported $500,000 (£375,000) as per the contract between the fighters. He did, however, make the agreed 170lbs weight on the morning of the fight but only after posting footage of himself in heat suits with suggested use of a sauna, which is against BBBoC rules. The Board would later fine Eubank £10,000 for ‘misuse of social media’ regarding the images he posted.
Saturday’s sequel, again at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, will see the same weight stipulations in play for the 12-rounder.
Chris Eubank Jnr is the subject of legal proceedings from the British Boxing Board of Control and Eddie Hearn’s Matchroom Boxing following comments made at the September press conference to promote Saturday’s rematch with Conor Benn.
Eubank alleged that the ambulance he was in after the first contest was held up at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium by more than 20 minutes by representatives of Matchroom. “They will screw over anyone, they will cut any corners, they will walk over anyone and break any rules to try and get ahead,” Eubank Jnr said in September. “They did everything they could to try and destroy me in the last fight.”
Last week, he posted a 10-second clip of his ambulance attempting to leave the soccer stadium amid chaotic scenes. Boxing Scene understands that the delay seen in the video was due to a communication breakdown between the ambulance bay and control in the stadium – and was nothing whatsoever to do with Hearn or the Board’s general secretary Robert Smith.
In September, Hearn reacted to the accusations. “There is a log of procedures for every fight, when ambulances arrived, when they left,” said the promoter. “What he accused us of is unforgettable. When we’re a company as serious as we are, trust me, we’ll deal with that.”
The time that elapsed between Eubank, the winner of the contest via unanimous 12-round decision, leaving the ring and arriving at Royal London Hospital, which is seven miles south of the stadium, was less than 45 minutes. Once there, Eubank was treated for severe dehydration and received stitches on a facial wound. He was discharged on Monday, April 18, two days after the fight.
The build-up to that first encounter was also marred by controversy and behind-the-scenes legal battles. Originally scheduled to take place in October 2022, it was cancelled two days beforehand when it emerged that Benn, 23-1 (14 KOs), had twice tested positive for banned substance clomifene. It would take Benn, now 29, more than two years to be cleared to such a degree that he could fight in the UK again.
Eubank, meanwhile, never wasted an opportunity to remind his rival of those failed tests, even smashing an egg into the face of Benn in reference to an early WBC hearing that concluded increased egg consumption might have resulted in the presence of clomifene. For that, Eubank was fined the sum of £100,000 by the BBBoC.
Eubank, 35-3 (25 KOs), lost further money on the eve of the bout when he failed to make the middleweight limit of 160lbs by 0.05lbs. That failure cost Eubank a reported $500,000 (£375,000) as per the contract between the fighters. He did, however, make the agreed 170lbs weight on the morning of the fight but only after posting footage of himself in heat suits with suggested use of a sauna, which is against BBBoC rules. The Board would later fine Eubank £10,000 for ‘misuse of social media’ regarding the images he posted.
Saturday’s sequel, again at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, will see the same weight stipulations in play for the 12-rounder.
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'I just want a dad' - how the Eubanks saved their relationship
Chris Eubank Jr has spent his entire life seeking the approval of his father and former world champion Chris Eubank Sr.
But in the days before the biggest fight of his career against Conor Benn - a revival of the family feud which started with their fathers 35 years ago - Eubank Jr cut an isolated figure.
At the final news conference before that grudge match at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in April, Eubank Jr spoke about the "pain" of no longer having a relationship with his dad.
They had, at that point, been estranged for several years with Eubank Sr criticising the match-up.
Eubank Sr also publicly called his son a "disgrace" after slapping Benn with an egg during a face-off.
"I'm going to stand in your corner? You must be mad," Eubank Sr said.
"I will never be in your corner."
A reunion between the pair looked impossible as the bout drew closer until Eubank Sr made the first move - reaching out via text message just 24 hours before the fight.
"I called him and he wanted to see me, I told him 'I can't take any negativity'," Eubank Jr said.
"He said 'no, I have nothing negative to say, I want to be next to you'.
"Regardless of what has been said and done, I'm always going to greet him with open arms."
Eubank Sr had seen his son come under verbal attack - with his father's absence used as a weapon - and felt he needed to act.
The pair met that night and kept their reconciliation under strict wraps.
The first anyone knew of it was when Eubank Sr emerged out of a taxi backstage- and elevator for those watching on TV - beside his son. The boxing world at ringside and at home witnessing a now famous sporting moment.
"You didn't have any support, that was a very dangerous fight and I'm so glad that I cut off and away from you for so long and that I said there was no way I'm coming to that fight," Eubank Sr said.
"I turned up at the last minute to give you the last piece of energy."
The presence of his father on fight night clearly had a positive impact as Eubank Jr won by unanimous decision.
Eubank Sr will be back by his son's side for the rematch on Saturday.
"Him in my corner gave me that boost, that extra per cent to get the job done," Eubank Jr said.
"When it truly counted, he was there for me."
In a new BBC film, both men open up about their split and very public reconciliation, and what their mended relationship looks like now.
'Passing of my brother separated us even more'
Their relationship first became strained in 2019, shortly after losing a middleweight title fight against George Groves, when Eubank Jr wanted to "walk his own path" as he reached a crossroads in his career.
Eubank Sr, who had trained and mentored his son at each and every turn, was "deeply hurt" by the decision to part ways.
"That caused us to separate and it shouldn't have," Eubank Jr said.
"Boxing and father and son should be two separate things."
They grew further apart in 2021 when Eubank Sr's son, Sebastian, died after a heart attack.
"It consumed my father and it affected me deeply, but I think I was able to deal with it a lot better," Eubank Jr said.
"Everybody grieves in a different way, for him the passing of my brother it widened the gap and separated us even more.
"He wasn't able to figure out how to deal with that loss and still have a working relationship with the rest of his children.
"We didn't talk for a long time."
Sebastian had become a father just a month before his passing in Dubai and Eubank Jr quickly assumed a father-like role to his nephew Raheem, having met for the first time at the funeral.
"All I have to do is pick up my phone, look at a picture of Raheem and I just light up and I'm happy for the rest of the day. I don't know why," Eubank Jr said.
"He's my brother's son so now he is my son."
Fatherhood and friendship - Eubank Jr looks to future
After beating Benn in an enthralling contest, Eubank Jr was taken to hospital for what his promoter Ben Shalom called "precautionary checks".
Eubank Sr spent "two nights and three days" by his side.
"He doesn't leave the hospital and he was sleeping in the hallway," Eubank Jr said.
"Was I expecting that? To be completely honest, no.
"We'd been estranged for four years and when I saw that I knew 'Ok, he still loves me. He's still my dad'."
In the aftermath of such a gruelling bout, Eubank Sr asked his son to consider retirement, but Eubank Jr isn't ready to hang the gloves up yet as he prepares for a new chapter.
In a poignant moment in the film, Eubank Jr tells his father he will soon be a grandfather to twin boys.
Eubank Jr says he wants to do things differently to his father.
"I want to be the type of father that my kids can come to and talk about anything. I couldn't do that with my old man. He was too strict, he was too disciplinarian," Eubank Jr said.
For now, talk of boxing is off limits for the pair as they look to focus on rebuilding their relationship as father and son.
"What I want from him as a father is friendship," Eubank Jr said.
"I want to be able to go to the cinema, go to an event or sit at a restaurant and talk about anything but boxing.
"I just want a dad."
Watch The Eubanks: Like Father, Like Son on BBC Three and BBC iPlayer at 21:00 GMT on Tuesday.
Chris Eubank Jr has spent his entire life seeking the approval of his father and former world champion Chris Eubank Sr.
But in the days before the biggest fight of his career against Conor Benn - a revival of the family feud which started with their fathers 35 years ago - Eubank Jr cut an isolated figure.
At the final news conference before that grudge match at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in April, Eubank Jr spoke about the "pain" of no longer having a relationship with his dad.
They had, at that point, been estranged for several years with Eubank Sr criticising the match-up.
Eubank Sr also publicly called his son a "disgrace" after slapping Benn with an egg during a face-off.
"I'm going to stand in your corner? You must be mad," Eubank Sr said.
"I will never be in your corner."
A reunion between the pair looked impossible as the bout drew closer until Eubank Sr made the first move - reaching out via text message just 24 hours before the fight.
"I called him and he wanted to see me, I told him 'I can't take any negativity'," Eubank Jr said.
"He said 'no, I have nothing negative to say, I want to be next to you'.
"Regardless of what has been said and done, I'm always going to greet him with open arms."
Eubank Sr had seen his son come under verbal attack - with his father's absence used as a weapon - and felt he needed to act.
The pair met that night and kept their reconciliation under strict wraps.
The first anyone knew of it was when Eubank Sr emerged out of a taxi backstage- and elevator for those watching on TV - beside his son. The boxing world at ringside and at home witnessing a now famous sporting moment.
"You didn't have any support, that was a very dangerous fight and I'm so glad that I cut off and away from you for so long and that I said there was no way I'm coming to that fight," Eubank Sr said.
"I turned up at the last minute to give you the last piece of energy."
The presence of his father on fight night clearly had a positive impact as Eubank Jr won by unanimous decision.
Eubank Sr will be back by his son's side for the rematch on Saturday.
"Him in my corner gave me that boost, that extra per cent to get the job done," Eubank Jr said.
"When it truly counted, he was there for me."
In a new BBC film, both men open up about their split and very public reconciliation, and what their mended relationship looks like now.
'Passing of my brother separated us even more'
Their relationship first became strained in 2019, shortly after losing a middleweight title fight against George Groves, when Eubank Jr wanted to "walk his own path" as he reached a crossroads in his career.
Eubank Sr, who had trained and mentored his son at each and every turn, was "deeply hurt" by the decision to part ways.
"That caused us to separate and it shouldn't have," Eubank Jr said.
"Boxing and father and son should be two separate things."
They grew further apart in 2021 when Eubank Sr's son, Sebastian, died after a heart attack.
"It consumed my father and it affected me deeply, but I think I was able to deal with it a lot better," Eubank Jr said.
"Everybody grieves in a different way, for him the passing of my brother it widened the gap and separated us even more.
"He wasn't able to figure out how to deal with that loss and still have a working relationship with the rest of his children.
"We didn't talk for a long time."
Sebastian had become a father just a month before his passing in Dubai and Eubank Jr quickly assumed a father-like role to his nephew Raheem, having met for the first time at the funeral.
"All I have to do is pick up my phone, look at a picture of Raheem and I just light up and I'm happy for the rest of the day. I don't know why," Eubank Jr said.
"He's my brother's son so now he is my son."
Fatherhood and friendship - Eubank Jr looks to future
After beating Benn in an enthralling contest, Eubank Jr was taken to hospital for what his promoter Ben Shalom called "precautionary checks".
Eubank Sr spent "two nights and three days" by his side.
"He doesn't leave the hospital and he was sleeping in the hallway," Eubank Jr said.
"Was I expecting that? To be completely honest, no.
"We'd been estranged for four years and when I saw that I knew 'Ok, he still loves me. He's still my dad'."
In the aftermath of such a gruelling bout, Eubank Sr asked his son to consider retirement, but Eubank Jr isn't ready to hang the gloves up yet as he prepares for a new chapter.
In a poignant moment in the film, Eubank Jr tells his father he will soon be a grandfather to twin boys.
Eubank Jr says he wants to do things differently to his father.
"I want to be the type of father that my kids can come to and talk about anything. I couldn't do that with my old man. He was too strict, he was too disciplinarian," Eubank Jr said.
For now, talk of boxing is off limits for the pair as they look to focus on rebuilding their relationship as father and son.
"What I want from him as a father is friendship," Eubank Jr said.
"I want to be able to go to the cinema, go to an event or sit at a restaurant and talk about anything but boxing.
"I just want a dad."
Watch The Eubanks: Like Father, Like Son on BBC Three and BBC iPlayer at 21:00 GMT on Tuesday.
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Re: Chris Eubank Jr. vs. Conor Benn II | PPV - 15 November 2025
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Re: Chris Eubank Jr. vs. Conor Benn II | PPV - 15 November 2025
Chris Eubank Jr. trainer 'BoMac': Connor Benn is 'already beat'
Chris Eubank Jr.'s trainer Brian "BoMac" McIntyre believes Conor Benn is "already beat" and is backing his fighter to go 2-0 against his rival.
Eubank Jr. and Benn will clash for a second time at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on Saturday [9.30 p.m. GMT, DAZN PPV], seven months after their first encounter, which turned out to be an instant classic, with Eubank winning via unanimous decision.
Benn caused some damage in the fight and had success in the early rounds, with Eubank forced to spend time in hospital in the aftermath with severe dehydration.
However, McIntyre told ESPN he doesn't see anything but a Eubank victory in the rematch and expects his fighter to improve.
"I think he's [Benn] already beat. He's already beat," McIntyre said.
"I think, personally, he might be in it for the money. I'm sure they're making good money for it. After what Chris done to him all the way up until now, some fighters can't come back from that. We'll see though.
"Chris will be prepared for whatever he brings to the table."
McIntyre and Eubank first connected following the Brit's knockout defeat to Liam Smith in January 2023.
Eight months later in the rematch after working with McIntyre, Eubank had his revenge, winning with a Round 10 knockout himself.
Having guided the career of Terence Crawford -- ESPN's No. 1 pound-for-pound fighter -- as well as former WBO lightweight world champion Keyshawn Davis, "BoMac" is one of the most highly regarded trainers in boxing.
He said the timing was not right to assist Eubank in April, but he jumped at the chance to be there for the rematch.
"They gave me a call and asked me to think about it, it was a no brainer," McIntyre said.
"I couldn't make it to the first one because Keyshawn [Davis] was preparing for his first title fight ... But when he called this time, time permitted that we could be back together.
"It's a big event. 60,000 plus, that's amazing. The production that Riyadh Season will put behind it, I've been to two or three of them already so that's how you're supposed to promote a boxing event.
"I will tell you it was a good fight, he [Eubank] pulled away with the win. Obviously, he can do better but I'm not going to tell you [how]."
Chris Eubank Jr.'s trainer Brian "BoMac" McIntyre believes Conor Benn is "already beat" and is backing his fighter to go 2-0 against his rival.
Eubank Jr. and Benn will clash for a second time at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on Saturday [9.30 p.m. GMT, DAZN PPV], seven months after their first encounter, which turned out to be an instant classic, with Eubank winning via unanimous decision.
Benn caused some damage in the fight and had success in the early rounds, with Eubank forced to spend time in hospital in the aftermath with severe dehydration.
However, McIntyre told ESPN he doesn't see anything but a Eubank victory in the rematch and expects his fighter to improve.
"I think he's [Benn] already beat. He's already beat," McIntyre said.
"I think, personally, he might be in it for the money. I'm sure they're making good money for it. After what Chris done to him all the way up until now, some fighters can't come back from that. We'll see though.
"Chris will be prepared for whatever he brings to the table."
McIntyre and Eubank first connected following the Brit's knockout defeat to Liam Smith in January 2023.
Eight months later in the rematch after working with McIntyre, Eubank had his revenge, winning with a Round 10 knockout himself.
Having guided the career of Terence Crawford -- ESPN's No. 1 pound-for-pound fighter -- as well as former WBO lightweight world champion Keyshawn Davis, "BoMac" is one of the most highly regarded trainers in boxing.
He said the timing was not right to assist Eubank in April, but he jumped at the chance to be there for the rematch.
"They gave me a call and asked me to think about it, it was a no brainer," McIntyre said.
"I couldn't make it to the first one because Keyshawn [Davis] was preparing for his first title fight ... But when he called this time, time permitted that we could be back together.
"It's a big event. 60,000 plus, that's amazing. The production that Riyadh Season will put behind it, I've been to two or three of them already so that's how you're supposed to promote a boxing event.
"I will tell you it was a good fight, he [Eubank] pulled away with the win. Obviously, he can do better but I'm not going to tell you [how]."
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Re: Chris Eubank Jr. vs. Conor Benn II | PPV - 15 November 2025
Appreciate all the work your putting in on this one Ruthie, but the interest from our esteemed posters is probably about where I'm at, and in one word- meh 
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Re: Chris Eubank Jr. vs. Conor Benn II | PPV - 15 November 2025
What else is on this card by the way? Ruthless you oughta know. You got all the scoops 
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Re: Chris Eubank Jr. vs. Conor Benn II | PPV - 15 November 2025
November 15: London (DAZN PPV)
Chris Eubank Jr. vs. Conor Benn, 12 rounds, middleweights
Adam Azim vs. Kurt Scoby, 10 rounds, junior welterweights
Jack Catterall vs. Ekow Essuman, TBA rounds, welterweights
Sam Gilley vs. Ishmael Davis, 12 rounds, for vacant British and Commonwealth junior middleweight titles
Richard Riakporhe vs. Tommy Welch, TBA rounds, heavyweights
Mikie Tallon vs. Fezan Shahid, TBA rounds, junior bantamweights
Re: Chris Eubank Jr. vs. Conor Benn II | PPV - 15 November 2025
I like the Catterall vs Essuman fight a little, and I'll always take a Heavyweight bout on any card so I'm down for that. Not much else to be excited about there, but I'll watch anyhow.
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Re: Chris Eubank Jr. vs. Conor Benn II | PPV - 15 November 2025
Finally! the rematch no one wanted is upon us!
But Is there enough coke in N17 to supply the fans? Otherwise how are they expected to stay awake through diazepam Jack catterall’s fight? And 45 renditions of sweet Caroline?! Adam aziz v scooby doo could be good.
But Is there enough coke in N17 to supply the fans? Otherwise how are they expected to stay awake through diazepam Jack catterall’s fight? And 45 renditions of sweet Caroline?! Adam aziz v scooby doo could be good.
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Re: Chris Eubank Jr. vs. Conor Benn II | PPV - 15 November 2025
Chris Eubank Jnr-Conor Benn II: What more is there left to see?
If you didn’t know that Chris Eubank Jnr and Conor Benn are fighting again this weekend in London, England, consider yourself both forgiven and now reminded.
For whatever reason this rematch has gone under the radar, quite unlike their first encounter in April. One minute it was being threatened and the next it was here, like a jump scare. It will of course, now that it’s here, receive the customary fight-week build-up, and presumably come to life, yet still it is tough to shake the feeling that the British public have had their fill of Eubank Jnr and Benn and finally grown tired of them.
After all, if it wasn’t enough to hear the names Benn and Eubank conjoined throughout the 1990s, the British public have now had to watch these same two names get reattached and repeated 30 years later. Not only that, the ongoing rivalry between Eubank Jnr and Benn, a beast of its own, has become one dragged and stretched out over a period of three years. Endlessly long, it began with a proposed fight in October 2022 – scuppered when Conor Benn failed two tests for a performance-enhancing drug – but not until April 2025 did the pair finally produce something tangible: a fight, and a good one at that.
The problem is, for as good as that April fight turned out to be, there was little left on the plate afterwards. Meaning, we, the audience, had eaten everything and were now full. We had seen the sons of two UK legends share a ring and give it their all for 12 rounds and we had seen one of them, Chris Eubank Jnr, receive a deserved decision victory at the fight’s conclusion. There was, in the view of most, no controversy on that front, nor, despite the exciting nature of the fight, a great desire to see these two famous sons do it all again.
Worse, the two men involved had played every trick, said every line, and used every nugget of nostalgia. It didn’t matter how good fight one turned out to be, the biggest stumbling block when it came to revisiting the rivalry was the difficulty of now coming up with a fresh angle or storyline for the next instalment.
Think about it. The first two scheduled dates – October 8, 2022, and April 26, 2025 – had it all, if you’re into that kind of thing. The first one had the novelty factor combined with the nostalgia factor. Then, during the week of the fight, there was even some controversy thrown into the mix as a result of those two failed drugs tests. That, for a few days, made the fight headline news and ramped up the interest before eventually common sense prevailed, the fight was called off, and we were all left wondering whether Benn, the promoters, or boxing itself would ever recover from the mess that had been made.
The second date, meanwhile, had everything the first date had only with the added ingredients of time, anticipation and some bubbling animosity. It also had subplots aplenty. Take the will-he-won’t-he element provided by Chris Eubank Snr and the mystery surrounding his absence from all pre-fight events and promotional material. Consider, too, the wonderful meme potential and weaponizing of the innocent egg; the food item linked to Benn’s positive drugs tests for clomiphene and the object with which Eubank Jnr used to beat Benn whenever in his presence.
Indeed, by the time Eubank Jnr quite literally beat Benn with an egg during one of their pre-fight face-offs, it was a sure thing, the fight. Now everybody was talking about it and wanting to understand the significance of the egg and, in turn, the fight. It wasn’t just your dad, who knew their dads, and it wasn’t just your son/younger brother who follows Eddie Hearn on socials. Now the others were asking questions about it, too: mums, uncles, aunts, grandparents; people who have better things to be doing on a Saturday night.
Even those within the sport who fought the temptation to rubberneck had now started to buckle, spin around. It was hard not to. By the time Eubank Jnr and Benn were making their way to Tottenham Hotspur Stadium that night in April, it had become a must-watch event. Throw in the fact that Chris Eubank Snr ended up travelling to the fight and emerged like a WWE wrestler from the same car as his son hours before first bell and now even those who were on the fence, or watching something else, were inclined to park their reservations and check out what craziness might happen next.
As for what did happen next, all you got was the fight – a very good one. It was not the bona fide classic the commentators portrayed it as – it was too low on quality to ever be that – but it was certainly better than it had any right to be given the limitations of the two boxers involved. It was also thoroughly entertaining, with both men going beyond the call of duty and resisting the option to cruise, relax, or think only about the money they were making for one night’s work. In fact, at a time when it is easy to question what is real, the best thing about Eubank Jnr vs Benn in April was that we came away from it under no illusions about the authenticity of their rivalry. This, rest assured, was no fake thing, we learned. Even if it had once been manufactured and forced upon us, which it had been, the weight difference between them was in the end negligible on account of how badly both wanted to win.
Perhaps, six-and-a-half months on, that hunger to impress remains the same; perhaps it is even greater on the part of Benn, the one who lost. But the big question is this: will the hunger to watch the fight still be the same from the audience’s point of view? Is it even possible to make the conclusion of a multi-generational, familial rivalry function as a spin-off rivalry in its own right? Should they have instead stopped at one and thanked their lucky stars that they got away with it?
These questions will all be answered on Saturday night, of course, but in the meantime it’s worth pondering the ways in which Eubank Jnr vs Benn II might surprise us. If now it lacks the drama of the cracked egg and the sight of Eubank Snr stepping out of a car with his boy, one has to ask: what can it offer instead?
1) They know each other now
Though many will point to nervous energy as the reason for the frenetic, action-packed start in April, it could also be said that the nervous energy experienced by both men was to blame for some of the messier moments and lack of quality in the fight. This time around, with the getting-to-know-you process already done, it is easier to imagine Eubank Jnr and Benn acting more calmly in one another’s company and trading quantity for quality on the night. Should they both do that, there is then a greater chance that one of the two will win this rematch decisively and perhaps not have to rely on three judges at the end of it all.
2) Desperate measures
Although it might contradict point one, there can be no denying that the desperation to win has only increased with the passing of time. In the case of Benn, he cannot stomach the thought of losing twice to Eubank Jnr, whereas for Eubank Jnr winning is no less vital, though the feeling, for him, is not so much desperation in the traditional sense as something closer to panic. He knows, at the age of 36, that he doesn’t have too many fights left and would hate for Father Time to tap him on the shoulder while in the ring with the opponent he dislikes more than any other.
3) A better Benn
You can claim it was all his own doing, but Benn clearly lacked activity and momentum ahead of that first fight with Eubank Jnr. In fact, Benn had had just two fights in three years prior to April’s bout and those were against Rodolfo Orozco and Peter Dobson, two relative unknowns. Not only that, they were opponents designed for Benn to beat and represented a level of competition way beneath the level at which Benn was winning prior to his two failed drugs tests. It would have come as no surprise, therefore, if he felt a little rusty in the ring against Eubank Jnr, or simply out of practice. It would have explained his lack of timing and any lapse in concentration or defence, as well as any moment in which Benn felt winded as the fight entered its second half. Expect him to be much sharper next time, in other words.
4) An increased focus
For as much as it helped to sell fight one, could it not be argued that the history and pantomime surrounding April’s encounter served to distract the two boxers from what was really important? Perhaps, on Saturday, they will both feel liberated to be focusing on just a fight, rather than a story, and will be all the better for it. The egg stuff, the drug stuff, the dad stuff, that’s all done, a thing of the past. Now Eubank Jnr and Benn should be able to just stand alone and do what they do best: fight. It may not make the event more popular than the one they staged back in April, but this increased focus on the part of both could end up making the fight itself better.
5) The Eubanks are back together
While their separation was a talking point ahead of fight one, how nice it is to know that this time the rematch can be promoted with the Eubanks, father and son, in harmony. This time there will be no big reveal on the night, nor will Nigel Benn, Conor’s father, be left wondering why he should be the sole representative of the original Benn-Eubank blockbusters in the 1990s. Instead, Eubank Snr will presumably make an appearance ahead of Saturday’s fight – at either the press conference or the weigh-in – and there will even be a BBC 3 documentary, The Eubanks: Like Father, Like Son, aired on Tuesday at 9pm. Maybe now, with everybody cooperating and pulling together for the greater good, we can get this Benn-Eubank rivalry put to bed once and for all. Wouldn’t that be nice?
If you didn’t know that Chris Eubank Jnr and Conor Benn are fighting again this weekend in London, England, consider yourself both forgiven and now reminded.
For whatever reason this rematch has gone under the radar, quite unlike their first encounter in April. One minute it was being threatened and the next it was here, like a jump scare. It will of course, now that it’s here, receive the customary fight-week build-up, and presumably come to life, yet still it is tough to shake the feeling that the British public have had their fill of Eubank Jnr and Benn and finally grown tired of them.
After all, if it wasn’t enough to hear the names Benn and Eubank conjoined throughout the 1990s, the British public have now had to watch these same two names get reattached and repeated 30 years later. Not only that, the ongoing rivalry between Eubank Jnr and Benn, a beast of its own, has become one dragged and stretched out over a period of three years. Endlessly long, it began with a proposed fight in October 2022 – scuppered when Conor Benn failed two tests for a performance-enhancing drug – but not until April 2025 did the pair finally produce something tangible: a fight, and a good one at that.
The problem is, for as good as that April fight turned out to be, there was little left on the plate afterwards. Meaning, we, the audience, had eaten everything and were now full. We had seen the sons of two UK legends share a ring and give it their all for 12 rounds and we had seen one of them, Chris Eubank Jnr, receive a deserved decision victory at the fight’s conclusion. There was, in the view of most, no controversy on that front, nor, despite the exciting nature of the fight, a great desire to see these two famous sons do it all again.
Worse, the two men involved had played every trick, said every line, and used every nugget of nostalgia. It didn’t matter how good fight one turned out to be, the biggest stumbling block when it came to revisiting the rivalry was the difficulty of now coming up with a fresh angle or storyline for the next instalment.
Think about it. The first two scheduled dates – October 8, 2022, and April 26, 2025 – had it all, if you’re into that kind of thing. The first one had the novelty factor combined with the nostalgia factor. Then, during the week of the fight, there was even some controversy thrown into the mix as a result of those two failed drugs tests. That, for a few days, made the fight headline news and ramped up the interest before eventually common sense prevailed, the fight was called off, and we were all left wondering whether Benn, the promoters, or boxing itself would ever recover from the mess that had been made.
The second date, meanwhile, had everything the first date had only with the added ingredients of time, anticipation and some bubbling animosity. It also had subplots aplenty. Take the will-he-won’t-he element provided by Chris Eubank Snr and the mystery surrounding his absence from all pre-fight events and promotional material. Consider, too, the wonderful meme potential and weaponizing of the innocent egg; the food item linked to Benn’s positive drugs tests for clomiphene and the object with which Eubank Jnr used to beat Benn whenever in his presence.
Indeed, by the time Eubank Jnr quite literally beat Benn with an egg during one of their pre-fight face-offs, it was a sure thing, the fight. Now everybody was talking about it and wanting to understand the significance of the egg and, in turn, the fight. It wasn’t just your dad, who knew their dads, and it wasn’t just your son/younger brother who follows Eddie Hearn on socials. Now the others were asking questions about it, too: mums, uncles, aunts, grandparents; people who have better things to be doing on a Saturday night.
Even those within the sport who fought the temptation to rubberneck had now started to buckle, spin around. It was hard not to. By the time Eubank Jnr and Benn were making their way to Tottenham Hotspur Stadium that night in April, it had become a must-watch event. Throw in the fact that Chris Eubank Snr ended up travelling to the fight and emerged like a WWE wrestler from the same car as his son hours before first bell and now even those who were on the fence, or watching something else, were inclined to park their reservations and check out what craziness might happen next.
As for what did happen next, all you got was the fight – a very good one. It was not the bona fide classic the commentators portrayed it as – it was too low on quality to ever be that – but it was certainly better than it had any right to be given the limitations of the two boxers involved. It was also thoroughly entertaining, with both men going beyond the call of duty and resisting the option to cruise, relax, or think only about the money they were making for one night’s work. In fact, at a time when it is easy to question what is real, the best thing about Eubank Jnr vs Benn in April was that we came away from it under no illusions about the authenticity of their rivalry. This, rest assured, was no fake thing, we learned. Even if it had once been manufactured and forced upon us, which it had been, the weight difference between them was in the end negligible on account of how badly both wanted to win.
Perhaps, six-and-a-half months on, that hunger to impress remains the same; perhaps it is even greater on the part of Benn, the one who lost. But the big question is this: will the hunger to watch the fight still be the same from the audience’s point of view? Is it even possible to make the conclusion of a multi-generational, familial rivalry function as a spin-off rivalry in its own right? Should they have instead stopped at one and thanked their lucky stars that they got away with it?
These questions will all be answered on Saturday night, of course, but in the meantime it’s worth pondering the ways in which Eubank Jnr vs Benn II might surprise us. If now it lacks the drama of the cracked egg and the sight of Eubank Snr stepping out of a car with his boy, one has to ask: what can it offer instead?
1) They know each other now
Though many will point to nervous energy as the reason for the frenetic, action-packed start in April, it could also be said that the nervous energy experienced by both men was to blame for some of the messier moments and lack of quality in the fight. This time around, with the getting-to-know-you process already done, it is easier to imagine Eubank Jnr and Benn acting more calmly in one another’s company and trading quantity for quality on the night. Should they both do that, there is then a greater chance that one of the two will win this rematch decisively and perhaps not have to rely on three judges at the end of it all.
2) Desperate measures
Although it might contradict point one, there can be no denying that the desperation to win has only increased with the passing of time. In the case of Benn, he cannot stomach the thought of losing twice to Eubank Jnr, whereas for Eubank Jnr winning is no less vital, though the feeling, for him, is not so much desperation in the traditional sense as something closer to panic. He knows, at the age of 36, that he doesn’t have too many fights left and would hate for Father Time to tap him on the shoulder while in the ring with the opponent he dislikes more than any other.
3) A better Benn
You can claim it was all his own doing, but Benn clearly lacked activity and momentum ahead of that first fight with Eubank Jnr. In fact, Benn had had just two fights in three years prior to April’s bout and those were against Rodolfo Orozco and Peter Dobson, two relative unknowns. Not only that, they were opponents designed for Benn to beat and represented a level of competition way beneath the level at which Benn was winning prior to his two failed drugs tests. It would have come as no surprise, therefore, if he felt a little rusty in the ring against Eubank Jnr, or simply out of practice. It would have explained his lack of timing and any lapse in concentration or defence, as well as any moment in which Benn felt winded as the fight entered its second half. Expect him to be much sharper next time, in other words.
4) An increased focus
For as much as it helped to sell fight one, could it not be argued that the history and pantomime surrounding April’s encounter served to distract the two boxers from what was really important? Perhaps, on Saturday, they will both feel liberated to be focusing on just a fight, rather than a story, and will be all the better for it. The egg stuff, the drug stuff, the dad stuff, that’s all done, a thing of the past. Now Eubank Jnr and Benn should be able to just stand alone and do what they do best: fight. It may not make the event more popular than the one they staged back in April, but this increased focus on the part of both could end up making the fight itself better.
5) The Eubanks are back together
While their separation was a talking point ahead of fight one, how nice it is to know that this time the rematch can be promoted with the Eubanks, father and son, in harmony. This time there will be no big reveal on the night, nor will Nigel Benn, Conor’s father, be left wondering why he should be the sole representative of the original Benn-Eubank blockbusters in the 1990s. Instead, Eubank Snr will presumably make an appearance ahead of Saturday’s fight – at either the press conference or the weigh-in – and there will even be a BBC 3 documentary, The Eubanks: Like Father, Like Son, aired on Tuesday at 9pm. Maybe now, with everybody cooperating and pulling together for the greater good, we can get this Benn-Eubank rivalry put to bed once and for all. Wouldn’t that be nice?
Re: Chris Eubank Jr. vs. Conor Benn II | PPV - 15 November 2025
That sums it up perfectly, there is no point to this, it's not like a title is at stake or there was a robbery in the first one. The first one was a novelty, there was some intrigue and I bought the PPV but I won't be touching this with a bargepoleRuthless-RKO wrote: ↑12 Nov 2025, 04:51 Chris Eubank Jnr-Conor Benn II: What more is there left to see?
If you didn’t know that Chris Eubank Jnr and Conor Benn are fighting again this weekend in London, England, consider yourself both forgiven and now reminded.
For whatever reason this rematch has gone under the radar, quite unlike their first encounter in April. One minute it was being threatened and the next it was here, like a jump scare. It will of course, now that it’s here, receive the customary fight-week build-up, and presumably come to life, yet still it is tough to shake the feeling that the British public have had their fill of Eubank Jnr and Benn and finally grown tired of them.
After all, if it wasn’t enough to hear the names Benn and Eubank conjoined throughout the 1990s, the British public have now had to watch these same two names get reattached and repeated 30 years later. Not only that, the ongoing rivalry between Eubank Jnr and Benn, a beast of its own, has become one dragged and stretched out over a period of three years. Endlessly long, it began with a proposed fight in October 2022 – scuppered when Conor Benn failed two tests for a performance-enhancing drug – but not until April 2025 did the pair finally produce something tangible: a fight, and a good one at that.
The problem is, for as good as that April fight turned out to be, there was little left on the plate afterwards. Meaning, we, the audience, had eaten everything and were now full. We had seen the sons of two UK legends share a ring and give it their all for 12 rounds and we had seen one of them, Chris Eubank Jnr, receive a deserved decision victory at the fight’s conclusion. There was, in the view of most, no controversy on that front, nor, despite the exciting nature of the fight, a great desire to see these two famous sons do it all again.
Worse, the two men involved had played every trick, said every line, and used every nugget of nostalgia. It didn’t matter how good fight one turned out to be, the biggest stumbling block when it came to revisiting the rivalry was the difficulty of now coming up with a fresh angle or storyline for the next instalment.
Think about it. The first two scheduled dates – October 8, 2022, and April 26, 2025 – had it all, if you’re into that kind of thing. The first one had the novelty factor combined with the nostalgia factor. Then, during the week of the fight, there was even some controversy thrown into the mix as a result of those two failed drugs tests. That, for a few days, made the fight headline news and ramped up the interest before eventually common sense prevailed, the fight was called off, and we were all left wondering whether Benn, the promoters, or boxing itself would ever recover from the mess that had been made.
The second date, meanwhile, had everything the first date had only with the added ingredients of time, anticipation and some bubbling animosity. It also had subplots aplenty. Take the will-he-won’t-he element provided by Chris Eubank Snr and the mystery surrounding his absence from all pre-fight events and promotional material. Consider, too, the wonderful meme potential and weaponizing of the innocent egg; the food item linked to Benn’s positive drugs tests for clomiphene and the object with which Eubank Jnr used to beat Benn whenever in his presence.
Indeed, by the time Eubank Jnr quite literally beat Benn with an egg during one of their pre-fight face-offs, it was a sure thing, the fight. Now everybody was talking about it and wanting to understand the significance of the egg and, in turn, the fight. It wasn’t just your dad, who knew their dads, and it wasn’t just your son/younger brother who follows Eddie Hearn on socials. Now the others were asking questions about it, too: mums, uncles, aunts, grandparents; people who have better things to be doing on a Saturday night.
Even those within the sport who fought the temptation to rubberneck had now started to buckle, spin around. It was hard not to. By the time Eubank Jnr and Benn were making their way to Tottenham Hotspur Stadium that night in April, it had become a must-watch event. Throw in the fact that Chris Eubank Snr ended up travelling to the fight and emerged like a WWE wrestler from the same car as his son hours before first bell and now even those who were on the fence, or watching something else, were inclined to park their reservations and check out what craziness might happen next.
As for what did happen next, all you got was the fight – a very good one. It was not the bona fide classic the commentators portrayed it as – it was too low on quality to ever be that – but it was certainly better than it had any right to be given the limitations of the two boxers involved. It was also thoroughly entertaining, with both men going beyond the call of duty and resisting the option to cruise, relax, or think only about the money they were making for one night’s work. In fact, at a time when it is easy to question what is real, the best thing about Eubank Jnr vs Benn in April was that we came away from it under no illusions about the authenticity of their rivalry. This, rest assured, was no fake thing, we learned. Even if it had once been manufactured and forced upon us, which it had been, the weight difference between them was in the end negligible on account of how badly both wanted to win.
Perhaps, six-and-a-half months on, that hunger to impress remains the same; perhaps it is even greater on the part of Benn, the one who lost. But the big question is this: will the hunger to watch the fight still be the same from the audience’s point of view? Is it even possible to make the conclusion of a multi-generational, familial rivalry function as a spin-off rivalry in its own right? Should they have instead stopped at one and thanked their lucky stars that they got away with it?
These questions will all be answered on Saturday night, of course, but in the meantime it’s worth pondering the ways in which Eubank Jnr vs Benn II might surprise us. If now it lacks the drama of the cracked egg and the sight of Eubank Snr stepping out of a car with his boy, one has to ask: what can it offer instead?
1) They know each other now
Though many will point to nervous energy as the reason for the frenetic, action-packed start in April, it could also be said that the nervous energy experienced by both men was to blame for some of the messier moments and lack of quality in the fight. This time around, with the getting-to-know-you process already done, it is easier to imagine Eubank Jnr and Benn acting more calmly in one another’s company and trading quantity for quality on the night. Should they both do that, there is then a greater chance that one of the two will win this rematch decisively and perhaps not have to rely on three judges at the end of it all.
2) Desperate measures
Although it might contradict point one, there can be no denying that the desperation to win has only increased with the passing of time. In the case of Benn, he cannot stomach the thought of losing twice to Eubank Jnr, whereas for Eubank Jnr winning is no less vital, though the feeling, for him, is not so much desperation in the traditional sense as something closer to panic. He knows, at the age of 36, that he doesn’t have too many fights left and would hate for Father Time to tap him on the shoulder while in the ring with the opponent he dislikes more than any other.
3) A better Benn
You can claim it was all his own doing, but Benn clearly lacked activity and momentum ahead of that first fight with Eubank Jnr. In fact, Benn had had just two fights in three years prior to April’s bout and those were against Rodolfo Orozco and Peter Dobson, two relative unknowns. Not only that, they were opponents designed for Benn to beat and represented a level of competition way beneath the level at which Benn was winning prior to his two failed drugs tests. It would have come as no surprise, therefore, if he felt a little rusty in the ring against Eubank Jnr, or simply out of practice. It would have explained his lack of timing and any lapse in concentration or defence, as well as any moment in which Benn felt winded as the fight entered its second half. Expect him to be much sharper next time, in other words.
4) An increased focus
For as much as it helped to sell fight one, could it not be argued that the history and pantomime surrounding April’s encounter served to distract the two boxers from what was really important? Perhaps, on Saturday, they will both feel liberated to be focusing on just a fight, rather than a story, and will be all the better for it. The egg stuff, the drug stuff, the dad stuff, that’s all done, a thing of the past. Now Eubank Jnr and Benn should be able to just stand alone and do what they do best: fight. It may not make the event more popular than the one they staged back in April, but this increased focus on the part of both could end up making the fight itself better.
5) The Eubanks are back together
While their separation was a talking point ahead of fight one, how nice it is to know that this time the rematch can be promoted with the Eubanks, father and son, in harmony. This time there will be no big reveal on the night, nor will Nigel Benn, Conor’s father, be left wondering why he should be the sole representative of the original Benn-Eubank blockbusters in the 1990s. Instead, Eubank Snr will presumably make an appearance ahead of Saturday’s fight – at either the press conference or the weigh-in – and there will even be a BBC 3 documentary, The Eubanks: Like Father, Like Son, aired on Tuesday at 9pm. Maybe now, with everybody cooperating and pulling together for the greater good, we can get this Benn-Eubank rivalry put to bed once and for all. Wouldn’t that be nice?
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Re: Chris Eubank Jr. vs. Conor Benn II | PPV - 15 November 2025
Not fussed by this one. The first fight was a thriller and the hype was huge with all the sub plots. Both fighters delivered.
The rematch I would have been interested in is Eubank Jnr without the dangerous rehydration clause vs Benn.
The rematch I would have been interested in is Eubank Jnr without the dangerous rehydration clause vs Benn.
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Re: Chris Eubank Jr. vs. Conor Benn II | PPV - 15 November 2025
After Las Vegas Success, Mikie Tallon Ready For Showcase On Eubank-Benn II Bill
This past September, boxing’s biggest names gravitated to Las Vegas to watch Terence Crawford stun Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez and become the undisputed super middleweight champion at a packed Allegiant Stadium but a young flyweight from Liverpool got the week off to a flying start.
On the Wednesday before Crawford outboxed Canelo and around four miles from the cavernous stadium, Mikie Tallon grabbed his own chance to impress with both hands and beat Mexico's Christian Robles.
It would have been easy for the Joe Gallagher-trained Tallon to get lost in the hype and noise that surrounds a legitimate superfight but his exciting decision victory over Robles made some important people sit up and take notice.
Tallon's reward was a spot on the undercard of this weekend's massive rematch between Chris Eubank Jnr and Conor Benn. The 20-year-old Liverpudlian will fight Fezan Shahid (4-2-2) at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, live on DAZN pay-per-view.
“Joe was winding me up loads, saying I'm like a big superstar over there,” Tallon (10-0, 1 KO) told The Ring with a laugh as he remembered his time in Las Vegas.
“You had like Devin Haney, Teofimo Lopez, Ryan Garcia and all that but people were coming over to me for photos. I was like to Joe, 'What do I do? I don't know what to say.'”
Tallon dropped the solid Robles twice and put in a mature display of smart boxing and aggressive counter punching. His performance was all the more noteworthy given his rushed preparation.
Tallon’s flight were confirmed at the very last minute and Gallagher - who recently announced that he has won a near year-long, brutal battle with stage four cancer - was cleared to fly to Las Vegas just 48 hours before lift-off.
Instead of having a week-long acclimatisation period, Tallon stepped off an 11-hour long flight and directly into a whirlwind of fight week obligations and responsibilities.
“The few days before building up was just like chaos with trying to sort stuff out. From visas to seeing if Joe was able to fly and then we got our flights on the morning we flew. I woke up to a message, I think 6.30am in the morning, saying we had to be at the airport at 8 or 9am so I had to rush and get ready fast,” he said.
“In fight camp, I only had a week and a half of sparring. We landed on the Saturday and fought on the Wednesday so to get over the jet lag and perform like that, I think it just felt like muscle memory. Everything that I've trained all my life for, all the moments in Gallagher's Gym with the lads, it's like everything just fell into place and came together on the night.”
That Tallon was able to hold his focus and perform so well against his career-best opponent speaks volumes to the work he and Gallagher have put in over the past couple of years.
Tallon is one of a number of promising young fighters Gallagher has been quietly developing away from the bright lights. Ring Magazine’s 2015 Trainer of the Year is a constant presence on small hall shows and has concentrated on getting his latest crop of talent invaluable but unglamorous learning rounds against tough, hardened journeymen.
Slowly but surely, these fighters are beginning to break through onto major televised events. Whilst the grander surroundings and extra attention and scrutiny may take some getting used to, they have been perfectly prepared to control whatever happens between the ropes.
“As Joe says in our gym nowadays, it's not about stopping people early on in your career and blasting them out in a round because you don't learn nothing from it,” Tallon said.
“He wants us to get the hard rounds in so that when it comes to these big moments, we can sit there and be confident in ourselves that it's not going to be a struggle.
“I'm never really a nervous person when it comes to fights and stuff like that so I think keeping my cool and not letting any of the pressure get to me helped. It was one of the best moments in my life so far, if not the best.”
This past September, boxing’s biggest names gravitated to Las Vegas to watch Terence Crawford stun Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez and become the undisputed super middleweight champion at a packed Allegiant Stadium but a young flyweight from Liverpool got the week off to a flying start.
On the Wednesday before Crawford outboxed Canelo and around four miles from the cavernous stadium, Mikie Tallon grabbed his own chance to impress with both hands and beat Mexico's Christian Robles.
It would have been easy for the Joe Gallagher-trained Tallon to get lost in the hype and noise that surrounds a legitimate superfight but his exciting decision victory over Robles made some important people sit up and take notice.
Tallon's reward was a spot on the undercard of this weekend's massive rematch between Chris Eubank Jnr and Conor Benn. The 20-year-old Liverpudlian will fight Fezan Shahid (4-2-2) at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, live on DAZN pay-per-view.
“Joe was winding me up loads, saying I'm like a big superstar over there,” Tallon (10-0, 1 KO) told The Ring with a laugh as he remembered his time in Las Vegas.
“You had like Devin Haney, Teofimo Lopez, Ryan Garcia and all that but people were coming over to me for photos. I was like to Joe, 'What do I do? I don't know what to say.'”
Tallon dropped the solid Robles twice and put in a mature display of smart boxing and aggressive counter punching. His performance was all the more noteworthy given his rushed preparation.
Tallon’s flight were confirmed at the very last minute and Gallagher - who recently announced that he has won a near year-long, brutal battle with stage four cancer - was cleared to fly to Las Vegas just 48 hours before lift-off.
Instead of having a week-long acclimatisation period, Tallon stepped off an 11-hour long flight and directly into a whirlwind of fight week obligations and responsibilities.
“The few days before building up was just like chaos with trying to sort stuff out. From visas to seeing if Joe was able to fly and then we got our flights on the morning we flew. I woke up to a message, I think 6.30am in the morning, saying we had to be at the airport at 8 or 9am so I had to rush and get ready fast,” he said.
“In fight camp, I only had a week and a half of sparring. We landed on the Saturday and fought on the Wednesday so to get over the jet lag and perform like that, I think it just felt like muscle memory. Everything that I've trained all my life for, all the moments in Gallagher's Gym with the lads, it's like everything just fell into place and came together on the night.”
That Tallon was able to hold his focus and perform so well against his career-best opponent speaks volumes to the work he and Gallagher have put in over the past couple of years.
Tallon is one of a number of promising young fighters Gallagher has been quietly developing away from the bright lights. Ring Magazine’s 2015 Trainer of the Year is a constant presence on small hall shows and has concentrated on getting his latest crop of talent invaluable but unglamorous learning rounds against tough, hardened journeymen.
Slowly but surely, these fighters are beginning to break through onto major televised events. Whilst the grander surroundings and extra attention and scrutiny may take some getting used to, they have been perfectly prepared to control whatever happens between the ropes.
“As Joe says in our gym nowadays, it's not about stopping people early on in your career and blasting them out in a round because you don't learn nothing from it,” Tallon said.
“He wants us to get the hard rounds in so that when it comes to these big moments, we can sit there and be confident in ourselves that it's not going to be a struggle.
“I'm never really a nervous person when it comes to fights and stuff like that so I think keeping my cool and not letting any of the pressure get to me helped. It was one of the best moments in my life so far, if not the best.”
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Re: Chris Eubank Jr. vs. Conor Benn II | PPV - 15 November 2025
I love the fight, looking forward to it, I've just zero interest in the build up, undercard is shite as well
Re: Chris Eubank Jr. vs. Conor Benn II | PPV - 15 November 2025
I don't really watch fight week build up anymore , busy all week so it goes quickly and before you know now it the main card is starting haha
Re: Chris Eubank Jr. vs. Conor Benn II | PPV - 15 November 2025
Haven't watched a press conference in years. Probably not even caught any clips for any in a long long time either. My brain ignores most promos as shit ads. The "build-up" is almost entirely for casuals or those that want the emotional aspect of a fight rather than the sporting or competitive one.
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Re: Chris Eubank Jr. vs. Conor Benn II | PPV - 15 November 2025
I tend to think I won't buy a PPV and then get FOMO about an hour before and cave in, having missed most of the undercard.
I am basically a casual!
I am basically a casual!
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Re: Chris Eubank Jr. vs. Conor Benn II | PPV - 15 November 2025
Media work outs
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Re: Chris Eubank Jr. vs. Conor Benn II | PPV - 15 November 2025
Yh the first fight was good. So as long as we get a good fight again. I’m good.handsofstone wrote: ↑12 Nov 2025, 12:43 I love the fight, looking forward to it, I've just zero interest in the build up, undercard is shite as well
Even though we didn’t need to see it
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Re: Chris Eubank Jr. vs. Conor Benn II | PPV - 15 November 2025
It is poor isn't it. I guess the main event will sell itself. But because I'm an addict, I'll watch it all.handsofstone wrote: ↑12 Nov 2025, 12:43 I love the fight, looking forward to it, I've just zero interest in the build up, undercard is shite as well
Re: Chris Eubank Jr. vs. Conor Benn II | PPV - 15 November 2025
Shame we never got CBS vs opetaia, that would have been a great co main event. even if Opetaia smashed CBS would be better than watching Catterall go 12 rounds in front of casuals just chatting to each other or on their phones.
Open works outs are so boring as well
Open works outs are so boring as well
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Re: Chris Eubank Jr. vs. Conor Benn II | PPV - 15 November 2025
Happy Conor Benn plans to return to 147lbs post-Chris Eubank Jnr
Conor Benn said the hangover of emotion from two failed drugs tests carried into his April fight with Chris Eubank Jnr and made him less of a fighter.
Now Benn says he is firing ahead of the Saturday rematch back at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium as they run back their thrilling war.
At tonight’s public workouts, Benn did some light work with trainer Tony Sims and then did some light-hearted shadowboxing with his dad, British boxing legend Nigel.
“I was still healing,” Benn told DAZN of the first bout.
“A weak body can carry a strong body but a strong body can’t carry a weak mind. It’s all up here [pointing to his head]. It’s all mental. I felt 100 per cent; [but] I weren’t right… A lot of hatred, a lot of bitterness, a lot of anger, a lot of spite. Waking up in the morning that was what fuelled me. I’d wake up in the morning angry and go to bed angry. I don’t feel that way now… I’m an emotional guy.”
Benn, 29, said his changes had come through therapy and asking for help.
“I was a broken man, but my priority was to get back in the ring because that was the place that I found peace and it was just hard,” he added. “Mentally, I look back now and I think, ‘Cor, I was in no condition to fight.’”
The fighter, who lost on all three cards in April, was in a jovial mood.
“I feel happy. I might get in there on Saturday and start dancing,” he continued.
Benn said he had learned plenty about himself the first time, including that he could box 12 rounds at a hot pace.
“If I can close the show, I’ll close the show,” Benn added. “Ultimately, I know I can go 12 rounds with a much bigger man but not only throw double the amount of punches, but I was back in the gym on the Sunday. If you look at the damage done in the fight, it felt like I barely took any damage. I didn’t have no DOMs [delayed onset muscle soreness], I weren’t sore, I was ready to go again. I was shouting on the phone to my team, ‘Let’s go again. When can we go again.’ For me, this is my last fight at 160 and then I can’t wait for this [rivalry] to be done, never have to see his face again, never have to hear him again. I can drop down to 147 and pursue the goal me and my trainer and my team set out to achieve, and that was winning the world title.”
Benn has long coveted the WBC belt and said that, should he win on Saturday, he knows there will be calls for a trilogy. But he also acknowledged that another six months at middleweight would hurt his chances of ever seeing 147lbs again.
“I’m set for life. Could I fight again and do the trilogy for greed, or could I fight for a world title? And I don’t think I can live with myself if I pass up on a world title forever,” he said.
In typical “Destroyer” fashion, Benn signed off: “I feel like I took part of his soul that night [in April]. I’m going to take what’s left of it on Saturday."
Conor Benn said the hangover of emotion from two failed drugs tests carried into his April fight with Chris Eubank Jnr and made him less of a fighter.
Now Benn says he is firing ahead of the Saturday rematch back at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium as they run back their thrilling war.
At tonight’s public workouts, Benn did some light work with trainer Tony Sims and then did some light-hearted shadowboxing with his dad, British boxing legend Nigel.
“I was still healing,” Benn told DAZN of the first bout.
“A weak body can carry a strong body but a strong body can’t carry a weak mind. It’s all up here [pointing to his head]. It’s all mental. I felt 100 per cent; [but] I weren’t right… A lot of hatred, a lot of bitterness, a lot of anger, a lot of spite. Waking up in the morning that was what fuelled me. I’d wake up in the morning angry and go to bed angry. I don’t feel that way now… I’m an emotional guy.”
Benn, 29, said his changes had come through therapy and asking for help.
“I was a broken man, but my priority was to get back in the ring because that was the place that I found peace and it was just hard,” he added. “Mentally, I look back now and I think, ‘Cor, I was in no condition to fight.’”
The fighter, who lost on all three cards in April, was in a jovial mood.
“I feel happy. I might get in there on Saturday and start dancing,” he continued.
Benn said he had learned plenty about himself the first time, including that he could box 12 rounds at a hot pace.
“If I can close the show, I’ll close the show,” Benn added. “Ultimately, I know I can go 12 rounds with a much bigger man but not only throw double the amount of punches, but I was back in the gym on the Sunday. If you look at the damage done in the fight, it felt like I barely took any damage. I didn’t have no DOMs [delayed onset muscle soreness], I weren’t sore, I was ready to go again. I was shouting on the phone to my team, ‘Let’s go again. When can we go again.’ For me, this is my last fight at 160 and then I can’t wait for this [rivalry] to be done, never have to see his face again, never have to hear him again. I can drop down to 147 and pursue the goal me and my trainer and my team set out to achieve, and that was winning the world title.”
Benn has long coveted the WBC belt and said that, should he win on Saturday, he knows there will be calls for a trilogy. But he also acknowledged that another six months at middleweight would hurt his chances of ever seeing 147lbs again.
“I’m set for life. Could I fight again and do the trilogy for greed, or could I fight for a world title? And I don’t think I can live with myself if I pass up on a world title forever,” he said.
In typical “Destroyer” fashion, Benn signed off: “I feel like I took part of his soul that night [in April]. I’m going to take what’s left of it on Saturday."