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Eubank-Benn Lands At Tottenham On April 26: Main Undercard Revealed

Ring Magazine's first UK card is now official for April 26 at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.

Turki Alalshikh, owner of The Ring and head of Riyadh Season, took to social media to announce the media outlet's first UK card of 2025.

The event will be called Fatal Fury: City of The Wolves - as part of a collaboration between Ring Magazine and SNK Games. The Fatal Fury game, which is scheduled to be released on April 21, is available for pre-order on Playstation and Xbox. Fans who pre-order the game will get first crack at tickets for Ring Magazine's April event.

Headlining the card is a grudge match between Chris Eubank Jr. and Conor Benn - which takes place in the middleweight division. Their fight was initially scheduled to take place in October of 2022, but it was called off after Benn tested positive for a banned substance.

Light heavyweights Anthony Yarde and Lyndon Arthur will collide in a trilogy fight. Arthur won an upset twelve round decision over Yarde in 2020. Their rematch, which took place a year later, saw Yarde get revenge with a knockout victory in four rounds.

Since their encounters, Yarde was unsuccessful in his world title challenge against Artur Beterbiev, while Arthur was unable to unseat Dmitry Bivol.

A crossroads fight at middleweight, as former world champion Liam Smith will return to the ring in his first bout since signing a new promotional deal with Matchroom Boxing. He will face uneaten rising contender Aaron McKenna. Smith will aim to bounce back from his knockout loss to Eubank Jr. in September of 2023.

Former cruiserweight world champion Chris Billam-Smith will restart his campaign to another world title as he battles dangerous hitter Brandon Glanton.

Billam-Smith lost his WBO cruiserweight belt last November when he collided with Gilberto Ramirez in a unification clash. Glanton has won his last three - all by knockout.

A crossroads battle at cruiserweight, with undefeated Viddal Riley taking a step up in class against Cheavon Clarke, who attempts to recover from his first career defeat, a decision loss to Leonardo Mosquea from December.

Poor for Mr Turki this .

Turki has been sold a pup. I can't believe he has watched 1 and 2 or knows the background.

Lyndon has an effective style and is a likeable lad and I'm glad he's getting a pay day on a personal level but it's a very easy night for Yarde. Yarde had an awful Covid period with the loss of close family. He wasn't fight ready in 1, simple as that. 2 was easy. 3 will be easier. Not a good fight.

Jimmy2025 wrote: ↑23 Jan 2025, 17:54 Turki has been sold a pup. I can't believe he has watched 1 and 2 or knows the background.

Lyndon has an effective style and is a likeable lad and I'm glad he's getting a pay day on a personal level but it's a very easy night for Yarde. Yarde had an awful Covid period with the loss of close family. He wasn't fight ready in 1, simple as that. 2 was easy. 3 will be easier. Not a good fight.

The way i see it.. it’s just an undercard fight

They’re 1-1.. they’ll sell it based on that.

But people are gonna buy the main event.

It's a under card fight at the York Hall. Not a stadium show.. zero interest in this fight.

Just why??

This is the worst card of the Saudi era. Which is good, cause I can happily stream it low quality and not support a drug cheat.

gregregegg wrote: ↑24 Jan 2025, 06:10 This is the worst card of the Saudi era. Which is good, cause I can happily stream it low quality and not support a drug cheat.

It's one for the boring nostalgics and unsophisticated.

Good job selling this one, rotten undercard, seen better on normal SKY or TNT, maybe as it's not in Saudi the cash isn't there for better ?

tony1234 wrote: ↑24 Jan 2025, 08:56 Good job selling this one, rotten undercard, seen better on normal SKY or TNT, maybe as it's not in Saudi the cash isn't there for better ?

Casuals will buy this card only for the main event.

Unbelievable !!!

Waste of time fight

Ruthless-RKO wrote: ↑24 Jan 2025, 09:11

tony1234 wrote: ↑24 Jan 2025, 08:56 Good job selling this one, rotten undercard, seen better on normal SKY or TNT, maybe as it's not in Saudi the cash isn't there for better ?

Casuals will buy this card only for the main event.

I hope it falls apart, has to be one of the worse PPV of all time

tony1234 wrote: ↑24 Jan 2025, 12:52

Ruthless-RKO wrote: ↑24 Jan 2025, 09:11

tony1234 wrote: ↑24 Jan 2025, 08:56 Good job selling this one, rotten undercard, seen better on normal SKY or TNT, maybe as it's not in Saudi the cash isn't there for better ?

Casuals will buy this card only for the main event.

I hope it falls apart, has to be one of the worse PPV of all time

You can’t be serious.

seems like Lyndon is looking for his final payday .

Ruthless-RKO wrote: ↑24 Jan 2025, 12:56

tony1234 wrote: ↑24 Jan 2025, 12:52

Ruthless-RKO wrote: ↑24 Jan 2025, 09:11

Casuals will buy this card only for the main event.

I hope it falls apart, has to be one of the worse PPV of all time

You can’t be serious.

It will probably sell okay but it is an absolutely dire PPV in real boxing terms. It's a badly matched domestic dust-up.

Ruthless-RKO wrote: ↑24 Jan 2025, 12:56

tony1234 wrote: ↑24 Jan 2025, 12:52

Ruthless-RKO wrote: ↑24 Jan 2025, 09:11

Casuals will buy this card only for the main event.

I hope it falls apart, has to be one of the worse PPV of all time

You can’t be serious.

Not one proper title on the line, a main event more suited to WWE and a cheap undercard in a stadium holding 60K

tony1234 wrote: ↑24 Jan 2025, 15:58

Ruthless-RKO wrote: ↑24 Jan 2025, 12:56

tony1234 wrote: ↑24 Jan 2025, 12:52

I hope it falls apart, has to be one of the worse PPV of all time

You can’t be serious.

Not one proper title on the line, a main event more suited to WWE and a cheap undercard in a stadium holding 60K

Look at the poster in the above tweet.. that was the original undercard. On PPV what Matchroom and Wasserman were giving us.

Turki needs to get Shannon Courtney on

Coco wrote: ↑24 Jan 2025, 20:30 Turki needs to get Shannon Courtney on

On what ?

tony1234 wrote: ↑25 Jan 2025, 12:13

Coco wrote: ↑24 Jan 2025, 20:30 Turki needs to get Shannon Courtney on

On what ?

the card?

tony1234 wrote: ↑25 Jan 2025, 12:13

Coco wrote: ↑24 Jan 2025, 20:30 Turki needs to get Shannon Courtney on

On what ?

On EastEnders again....

Coco wrote: ↑25 Jan 2025, 12:32

tony1234 wrote: ↑25 Jan 2025, 12:13

Coco wrote: ↑24 Jan 2025, 20:30 Turki needs to get Shannon Courtney on

On what ?

On EastEnders again....

Boxing saved Shannon

Yarde did not expect to be fighting Arthur again I bet. Good fight though, I enjoy watching Arthur. I thought Cameron beat him as well. Cameron will be going through a lot btw, his partner just got an 8-stretch for dealing

Given that Fatal Fury: City of The Wolves is a collaboration between Ring Magazine and SNK Games,Retro Bowl are there any special promotional events or crossover content planned between the game and the boxing event?

I hope Lyndon wins, gave a good interview to Aky at Boxing Now this week, was really good. He was funny responding to Yarde saying it's personal, Yarde saying it's two people fighting and it's not personal. His best trait might also be a downfall as he is soooo laid back. He said he dropped 3 stone in 3 weeks to crash the weight for the Bivol fight. He was open at not prepping in the past, it did not come across as making excuses more being honest that he should be more professional. I do envy that level of laid back, his anxiety levels must be so low.