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Chris Eubank Jr., Conor Benn come face to face on fight week after promising brutal beatings
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Manouk Akopyan
Manouk Akopyan
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Chris Eubank Jr., Conor Benn come face-to-face on fight week after promising brutal beatings
Chris Eubank Jr. and Conor Benn clashed in a Fight of the Year contender in April, and it was Eubank who emerged as the winner by scoring a unanimous decision win.

Eubank (35-3, 23 KOs) and Benn (23-1, 14 KOs) will meet once more on November 15 when they headline The Ring’s “Unfinished Business” card at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London on DAZN PPV.

The grudge match was supposed to take place a couple of months earlier, but alas, the second-generation stars are set to meet for the sequel and settle a score and a rivalry that started when their fathers first squared off over 35 years ago.

To ramp up the rematch, Eubank and Benn, who met at the rooftop of London's Stratford Hotel for a face-to-face to kick off fight week on Monday, exchanged verbal jabs in a separate face-off discussion for DAZN to promote the second fight.




“I decided that I didn’t want to fight on September 20, because you did,” said Eubank. “I thought, ‘This kid wants to fight on September 20 so, you know what – we’re not going to do it.’ I don’t give a damn when this kid wants to fight. We’re gonna fight when I want to fight. I won. I don’t have to march to the beat of these people.

“My mindset going into that fight was, it doesn’t matter what this kid does, it doesn’t matter what he may or may not be capable of, I am not going to stop until I am pulled off of this guy. That was my mentality. It will be the same on November 15 … I guess I have to be more vicious, more ferocious, and even more steadfast in my ability and my mindset.”

Both fighters have the tough task of topping their first fight – a feat their fathers couldn’t. Chris Eubank Sr. stopped Nigel Benn in 1990, and the 1993 rematch was scored a split draw.

During the modern-day, all-action war, which featured over a combined 1,500 punches thrown, the busier Eubank Jr. outlanded Benn 367 to 215, and Eubank was awarded scores of 116-112 across the board.




Eubank stated that he was unhappy with his initial victory, despite labeling it as a “convincing, comprehensive beating,” and that he's determined to score a stoppage against Benn in the sequel.

“After I dispatch this kid again, for sure we’re looking at the world titles,” said Eubank.

Benn is boasting he can score a more definitive result in the rematch.

“I thought I was gonna have you face down on the canvas,” said Benn. “I’m going to systematically beat you on November 15 … I respect you, Chris. I think you are a good guy, a nice guy. You're obviously the people's champ now. Personally, I think you are a bit of an [expletive] and I don't really like you. But I respect you.”

Manouk Akopyan is The Ring’s lead writer. Follow him on X and Instagram: @ManoukAkopyan.


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