A decades boxing rival between two families is scheduled for a Renaissance when Conor Benn faces Chris Euank JR in a grudge match that has bones for two years in creation.
British fighters will finally meet at the ring after their initial fight in 2022 was canceled in the midst of controversial circumstances.
Here is everything you need to know about the fight:
When is the Eank Jr vs Benn fight?
The fight is on Saturday, April 26.
Where is the Eank Jr vs Benn fight take place?
The Tottenham Hotspur stadium in London, the United Kingdom, will host the fight.
What is the start time of EANK JR vs Benn Fight?
The first fight is expected to begin at 18:00 GMT
How can I transmit and follow the fight live?
Al Jazeera Sport will provide live text updates and photographic coverage of the billboard and the main fight from 17:45 GMT.
The fight will be broadcast live payment by vision in Dazn.
Who is on the billboard?
- Anthony Yarde vs Lyndon Arthur – Semipesado Weight
- Liam Smith vs Aaron McKenna – Medium Weight
- Chris Billam-Smith vs Brandon Glanton-Cruiserweight
- Viddal Riley vs Cheagon Clarke – Cruise Weight
What is the fight bag?
Although the organizers have not revealed the figures, it is believed that the total bag is $ 23 million with a 60-40 division of the main fight towards Euank Jr.
Who is Chris Eank JR?
Son of the great British boxing and former medium -weight boxing champion Chris Eank, Eubank Jr, is a professional boxer from Hove, a southern coastal city in the United Kingdom.
Since he made his professional debut in 2011, the 35 -year -old is the current medium -weight champion of the International Boxing Organization (IBO) and has also previously had the medium weight title of IBO and the interim title of average weight of the World Boxing Organization.
Fighting with an orthodox posture, Eubank Jr is the best classified medium -sized boxer in the United Kingdom and the third in the world.
Who is Conor Benn?
Benn also has a boxing that flows through his blood, since his father Nigel Benn was a two -weight champion in the 1990s. Based in the suburb of eastern London in Ilford, the 28 -year -old player became a professional in 2016.
While Benn has not yet lost a professional fight, the boxer has faced a good amount of controversy, since a doping test in 2022 has failed.
The rising star of British boxing was suspended by the United Kingdom anti -doping agency to use Clomifene, a fertility medication considered prohibited. His suspension was in November 2024.
What is the history of the rivalry of Eank vs Benn?
Saturday’s fight is a battle of second generation contestants, which revived Benn V Eubank’s dispute in which the parents of the rivals fought in two fierce competitions in the early 1990s.
The couple’s first fight took place in November 1990, which Eubank won by total Knockout in the ninth round. A very anticipated rematch was established three years later and ended in a draw, which led both men withdrawing their respective belts.
Almost 22 years later, the progenies were destined to face until Benn’s doping rape dismissed the fight, which was titled, “Rivals born.”
Despite the story, the combatants insist that their parents have not urged the leg to relive the rivalry. Both upper fighters have been seen making cordial public appearances in recent years.
What is the Eank JR fight record?
- Affective: 37
- Win: 34 – By knockout: 25
- Losses: 3 – By knockout: 1
What is Benn’s fighting record?
- Peuts: 23
- WIN: 23 – By Knockout: 14
- Losses: 0
What is the controversy that is egg?
Eubank Jr broke an egg on Benn’s face, which hindered a press conference in February.
When the combatants met on stage, Eubank Jr took out an egg out of his pocket and broke it against Benn’s face, causing a fight while promoter Eddie Hearn and Benn’s father, Nigel, tried to reach Eank and his team.
Eubank JR, who was accumulated $ 129,000 by the British Boxing Control Board, had already made a reference to two drug tests that Benn failed in 2022, which led to a two -year battle with the anti -doping authorities.
“Apparently, the pollution of the egg was the reason for its two failed drugs tests. So I contaminated it with an egg,” Eubank Jr published in X.
He defended his actions two days later in a second media event and said: “Did I cross the line? Duration All this process, I think many lines have been crossed.”
Benn responded in X, saying: “That is the only shot that you will land … two rounds that you have finished.”
Eubank SR described his son as a “misfortune” for his pranks prior to the fight.
Why will both boxers adjust their weights for the fight?
Since the fight will be fought in the medium weight, 160 pounds (71.5 kg), Benn must move from its Welter weight division – 147 pounds (66 kg).
Meanwhile, Euank JR fights the medium weight, but since the boxers cannot weigh more than 170 pounds (77 kg) on the night of fighting, he will have to fall from his 180 pounds (81 kg).
What has Euank Jr said about the fight?
But Eubank JR has said that he will fight with the precision of a “matador” and treat Benn as a “bull” and has no intention of going back.
“This fight is not the size or weight, it is about skill and dedication, it is about experience and all those areas where I stand out. I have many years of experience about Conor Benn, and that will be the decisive factor at night,” he said Tuesday.
“I am a complete fighter. I have been doing this for so long, I have forgotten more things that Hey even knows, and that will be shown at night.
“The procedure will be parliamentary, everything will come out as I want me to go, I will be like a matador in the ring and Conor Benn will be the bull.”
What has Benn said about the fight?
Benn will deal with the fight as another opportunity to continue his undefeated streak.
“It’s always personal. People say it’s a business. This is not a business, it is never,” he said in the events of the media prior to the fight.
“If you are trying to put my hands and leave me unconscious, then it is not a business, and this is personal.”
Why do Eank SR want the fight to be canceled?
The former champion has distanced himself from the fight supported by the legacy of his rivalry with Benn Senior.
Eubank believes that the fight will put his child’s life at risk, especially, since he will have to move in the weight division.
“My probable son walks around 180 pounds [81.6kg]And you have to go down to 160 pounds [71.5kg]”He said in an interview with the British tabloid The sun Last week.
“People do not understand what it means to Junior to reach 160 pounds, at their age. They do not understand drying.
“I know what you feel. I know about the dehydration and damage it does to the fighters.”
The 58 -year -old man said he was “absolutely crazy” that his son agreed in the fight, which is promoted to revive the rivalry of decades.