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tony1234 wrote: ↑24 Feb 2025, 15:40

Ruthless-RKO wrote: ↑24 Feb 2025, 13:16 CHRIS EUBANK JR VS. CONOR BENN: ‘FATAL FURY: CITY OF THE WOLVES' - PRESS CONFERENCES THIS WEEK!

Chris Eubank Jr and Conor Benn will come head-to-head this week when they meet for TWO separate news conferences to promote Ring Magazine’s first-ever boxing card titled ‘FATAL FURY: City of the Wolves’, in association with Matchroom and Boxxer.

The fight, which takes place on April 26 at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London will be part of a special collaboration with SNK Games, creators of the FATAL FURY gaming series.

Eubank Jr and Benn's clash will come 35 years after their fathers Chris Sr and Nigel, two legends of British boxing, fought two gruelling middleweight and super-middleweight title battles in the 1990s.

The first of this week's two press conference events will take place TOMORROW - Tuesday, February 25 at Manchester Central in Manchester. The event will be open to the public, with 500 fans welcome on a first come, first served basis. To attend, simply join the queue.

The second event will take place at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London on Thursday, February 2025.

Both pressers will be streamed live by Ring Magazine, DAZN, Matchroom and Boxxer on all social channels from 6pm GMT/1pm ET.

Fans who pre-order ‘FATAL FURY: City of the Wolves’ will get priority access to tickets for Eubank Jr-Benn. The game, available on PlayStation, Xbox and PC, is scheduled for an April 24 release, with those who pre-order benefitting from early access on April 21.

As well as Eubank Jr and Benn's 160-pound duel, there's a cracking undercard to boot.

Light-heavyweight rivals Anthony Yarde and Lyndon Arthur will complete in a trilogy fight, following their 2020 and 2021 clashes in which they traded victories.

Former world champion Liam Smith returns to action against unbeaten rising star Aaron McKenna, while ex-WBO cruiserweight champion Chris Billam-Smith takes on American hard-hitter Brandon Glanton.

In another cruiserweight fight, undefeated Viddal Riley will do battle with Cheavon Clarke, who will seek to bounce back from his first career defeat in December.

Full Eubank Jr vs. Benn card

Chris Eubank Jr v Conor Benn
Anthony Yarde vs Lyndon Arthur
Liam Smith vs Aaron McKenna
Chris Billam-Smith vs Brandon Glanton
Viddal Riley vs Cheavon Clarke

That is a shockingly bad card for a PPV, not one title on the line or anything of any note except some manufactured grudge to sell tickets

mickey1975 wrote: ↑25 Feb 2025, 08:51 With Sky backing this could be the biggest ppv in years.

tony1234 wrote: ↑25 Feb 2025, 10:07

mickey1975 wrote: ↑25 Feb 2025, 08:51 With Sky backing this could be the biggest ppv in years.

I thought they weren't interested in it ?

mickey1975 wrote: ↑25 Feb 2025, 08:51 With Sky backing this could be the biggest ppv in years.

tony1234 wrote: ↑25 Feb 2025, 10:07

mickey1975 wrote: ↑25 Feb 2025, 08:51 With Sky backing this could be the biggest ppv in years.

I thought they weren't interested in it ?

CaptainSpacerod wrote: ↑25 Feb 2025, 10:21

mickey1975 wrote: ↑25 Feb 2025, 08:51 With Sky backing this could be the biggest ppv in years.

A sad state of affairs really

A past his best fringe world level Eubank against an area level Benn for no title with nothing on the line other than their dads didn't like each other once upon a time

Boxerbeetle wrote: ↑25 Feb 2025, 14:19 Think I'll save myself 20 quid on this one...

Ruthless-RKO wrote: ↑25 Feb 2025, 14:08 How many eggs has Benn eaten today?

1. None
2. 1
3. 5
4. 50
5. 100