The conversation shifted toward Conor Benn’s future in the welterweight division soon after his satisfying, one-sided victory over Chris Eubank Jr. on Saturday night.

Benn believes he’ll beat every relevant welterweight now that the unburdened Brit handled his family’s business at a packed Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London. His promoter, Eddie Hearn, anointed Benn boxing’s biggest star in the 147-pound division, brighter than Devin Haney, Rolly Romero, Ryan Garcia, Brian Norman and Mario Barrios.

Benn unquestionably is a huge draw in the UK. The 29-year-old son of the legendary Nigel Benn boxed better than ever, too, while beating Eubank in their middleweight rematch.

What was nonetheless lost amid all the post-fight euphoria is the fact that Benn hasn’t squeezed down to 147 pounds in 3½ years. He hasn’t competed as an actual welterweight since he stopped South Africa’s Chris van Heerden in the second round of their April 2022 bout in Manchester, England.

When he is forced to do that for the right welterweight fight, will he look like the same fresh, ferocious fighter that dominated Eubank throughout their second bout? Or will Benn be depleted physically once he must lose that additional weight?

It’s well worth asking because Benn came in at a career-high 159¼ pounds Friday afternoon, slightly more than Eubank. It is typically very difficult to drop back down two weight classes once a fighter becomes accustomed to boxing in higher divisions.

That’s among the reasons Terence Crawford, whose circumstances are undoubtedly different, won’t consider moving back down to junior middleweight now that he beat former undisputed super middleweight champ Canelo Alvarez.

It would be rather ironic if a weight-drained Benn isn’t capable of performing against top welterweights the way he did while basically embarrassing a weakened Eubank.

That doesn’t diminish, mind you, what the smaller Benn accomplished.

Benn’s rival knew how much he’d sacrifice physically by getting down to 160 for the second time this year. The money made it worthwhile for Eubank (35-4, 25 KOs), thus there’s no faulting Benn (24-1, 14 KOs) for that decision.

Benn, while well-compensated, took considerable risks by fighting a much bigger opponent twice as well. He deserves praise for his ambition as much as his abilities to improve and adjust between their two 12-round fights.

But before they tout the unproven Benn as the man to clean out a weakened welterweight division, maybe they should consider how cutting a significant amount of weight might impact his performances. Just ask Eubank.

There’s no need following Benn’s decisive victory for the bitter British rivals to fight a third time.

Eubank is 36 and shouldn’t fight at 160 pounds again. Benn shouldn’t accommodate him, now that he has all the leverage, by considering a catchweight above the middleweight limit.

Benn has often stated that he won’t go above 160, but the combination of beating Eubank so easily and a lot of money might change his mind. Besides, Benn needs to move beyond this domestic family rivalry while he remains in his physical prime. Benn-Eubank III would test the generous spending limits of even the most supportive British boxing fans.

Like most undefeated fighters at his level, Vergil Ortiz probably wants to test himself — in his case against Jaron “Boots” Ennis.

His handlers have nevertheless made it obvious since he knocked out Erickson Lubin in the second round November 8 that they don’t want to match him versus Ennis next.

Whether it’s his promoter, Oscar De La Hoya, asking for a $10 million guarantee and calling Ortiz “the champion,” or manager Rick Mirigian suggesting Errol Spence should be the next opponent with Ennis facing Jermell Charlo in a doubleheader at Dallas Cowboys’ AT&T Stadium, Team Ortiz is doing whatever it can to take the focus off the fight most of the boxing world wants to see next.

It’s more than fair, of course, to blame Ennis for not fighting Ortiz to this point. Ennis did, after all, demand a junior middleweight bout before he opposed Ortiz once he gave up his Ring, IBF and WBA welterweight titles five months ago.

And De La Hoya and Mirigian wouldn’t be doing their jobs if they weren’t trying to secure as much money as they can for Ortiz if he were to face Ennis early in 2026.

Under no circumstances, though, should Spence be matched against Ortiz in a pay-per-view main event next. Spence, 35, hasn’t fought in over two years and was obliterated by Crawford in his last fight.

Considering everything Spence endured before Crawford dropped him three times and stopped him, how, exactly, could anyone seriously sell Ortiz-Spence as an appealing alternative to Ortiz-Ennis?

■ Now that the 6-foot-1 Rafael Espinoza annihilated Arnold Khegai on Saturday night, we need to see him face 5-3 Nick Ball in what would be a fascinating featherweight title unification fight. It’s not every day you see an undefeated champ face another unbeaten champ who is almost a foot shorter than him.

■ Gutsy underdog Gabriel Gollaz deserved better than a split-decision defeat to unbeaten Lindolfo Delgado on the Espinoza-Khegai undercard in San Luis Potosi, Mexico. A 12th-round knockdown of Delgado should’ve assured Gollaz an upset in their IBF junior welterweight elimination match. Instead, Delgado got the nod on the cards (114-113, 114-113, 113-114) and is in line for a mandated shot at Richardson Hitchins’ title. At 31, Mexico’s Gollaz will probably never find himself in that position again.

■ Emiliano Vargas got in 10 much-needed rounds by going the distance against Jonathan Montrel in the bout before Delgado-Gollaz. The developing 21-year-old junior welterweight didn’t box beyond the second round in any of his three previous fights, but the well-conditioned prospect appeared sharp all the way until the final bell.