Conor Benn may not have fought at the welterweight limit for three years now, but The Destroyer still has plans to return to 147 pounds in search of world title gold once his fight with Chris Eubank Jr is out of the way.

Benn (23-0, 14 KOs) and Eubank Jr (34-3, 25 KOs) will take after their famous fathers and clash in a huge middleweight contest at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on April 26. The event will be put on by Ring Magazine, in association with SNK Games, creators of FATAL Fury: City of the Wolves, and will be streamed live on DAZN PPV.

Before Benn's rivalry began with Eubank Jr, however, he made a name for himself as a promising young fighter by scoring vicious knockout wins over the likes of Samuel Vargas, Chris Algieri and Chris van Heerden.

But since October 2022 when Benn and Eubank Jr were originally scheduled to fight, before their clash was cancelled due to two failed drug tests on the former's part, the Essex man has been in action just twice, against Rodolfo Orozco in September 2023 and Peter Dobson in February 2024, with both bouts held at 154 pounds.

If his social media posts are anything to go by, Benn looks to have filled into a 160-pound frame with aplomb, and a move back to welterweight could be well beyond his intentions in doing so.

Intend, he does, though, and a shot at WBC titleholder Mario Barrios, which was an option for Benn before the Eubank Jr fight came to fruition, is in his plans.

"I will knock Eubank out, and then I'll win the WBC title," Benn told the Matchroom YouTube channel.

"I've got a big point to prove to myself, I've got a massive chip on my shoulder. I'm a savage, it's elite all the way through and for me, if you need anyone to push you or motivate you in training then you're in the wrong game.

"I do my job every single time, 23 times out of 23 times I've done my job.

"The sort of fights [Chris Sr and Nigel] had, there was never that third fight, so it's a blessing that the sons get to finish it off."

Jaron Ennis, The Ring, IBF and IBF welterweight champion, may also be an option for Benn if he were to dispatch of Eubank Jr in emphatic fashion.

Ennis and Benn are both promoted by Matchroom and Eddie Hearn, so the fight would be an easy, marketable option for both, should the Philadelphia fighter not go on to unify with Barrios or WBO champion Brian Norman Jr.