{"id":224522,"date":"2025-06-29T17:25:10","date_gmt":"2025-06-29T17:25:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/224522\/"},"modified":"2025-06-29T17:25:10","modified_gmt":"2025-06-29T17:25:10","slug":"chris-eubank-jr-and-conor-benn-agree-september-rematch-in-london","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/224522\/","title":{"rendered":"Chris Eubank Jr and Conor Benn agree September rematch in London"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\"><b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Chris Eubank Jr will fight fellow Briton Conor Benn in a rematch in London on 20 September.<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Eubank beat Benn by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/boxing\/articles\/cjwvpq5q58jo\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">unanimous decision<\/a> after a thrilling bout at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in April, though the venue for their second meeting has yet to be confirmed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;Spurs is contracted &#8211; it&#8217;s a fantastic stadium and it worked extremely well the first time,&#8221; Matchroom promoter Eddie Hearn earn told Ring magazine.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;Obviously, it was sold out and this fight&#8217;s even bigger, so you could possibly look at Wembley to increase the capacity.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The April fight took place 35 years after their legendary fathers &#8211; Chris Eubank Sr and Nigel Benn &#8211; first fought, and garnered huge attention despite no title being on the line.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">All three judges scored it 116-112 in favour of Eubank, who extended his record to 35 wins in 38 fights.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;Experience gained, lessons learned,&#8221; said Benn in a post on social media after September&#8217;s fight was confirmed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">There had been a controversial and at times chaotic build-up to their first fight, fuelled by the intense rivalry between their fathers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The pair were scheduled to face each other in 2022 but the fight was cancelled because Benn failed a drugs test.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Benn denied intentional doping and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/boxing\/articles\/cdxvvee2vx7o\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">was cleared to fight<\/a> by anti-doping authorities two years later.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">But at an extraordinary media conference in February, Eubank <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/boxing\/articles\/c2417nj5zzqo\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">slapped Benn across the face with an egg<\/a> during a head-to-head, with the pair exchanging foul-mouthed insults throughout.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The stunt was an apparent reference to an independent report that said the failed drugs test could have been caused by a &#8220;highly elevated consumption&#8221; of eggs. Eubank was fined \u00a3100,000 for the slap.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The day before the fight, Eubank <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/boxing\/articles\/c62g5e87y39o\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">was fined \u00a3375,000<\/a> for missing weight at the first weigh-in.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Eubank is the bigger of the two men and normally fights two weight classes above Benn, who is a natural welterweight.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">On the day of the fight, Eubank arrived at the stadium with his father by his side, despite the pair having apparently been estranged for a number of years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Chris Eubank Jr will fight fellow Briton Conor Benn in a rematch in London on 20 September. 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