Promoter Eddie Hearn says the April struggle between Chris Eubank Jr. and Conor Benn can be held at 160 lbs. The welterweight Benn (23-0, 14 KOs) can be shifting up two weight divisions to take the struggle with the 35-year-old middleweight contender Eubank Jr. (34-3, 25 KOs).
PPV Pricetag: Value It?
Turki Al-Sheikh could have a troublesome time making an attempt to promote the Eubank Jr. vs. Benn struggle on DAZN PPV to followers exterior the UK, however possibly he doesn’t care if the occasion loses cash. Within the early mornings, he stated on X that he’d promote the occasion for 19.99 on PPV. That gained’t go over nicely with followers who view these two fighters as faux hype jobs. They’ve zero notable wins on their resumes and no hopes of ever getting any.
You throw Eubank Jr. in with IBF and WBO middleweight champion Janibek Alimkhanuly, and he’s not going to final greater than 4 rounds. The identical with Conor Benn going up in opposition to IBF welterweight champion Jaron ‘Boot’s Ennis. He gained’t see the fourth spherical. Benn and Eubank Jr. are barren of expertise, however the Brits nonetheless love them for some odd motive that followers exterior of the nation won’t ever perceive.
Hearn says that Eubank Jr. wouldn’t give in, and this was the one manner the struggle may get made. That’s dangerous for Benn, 28, but it surely won’t matter. Eubank Jr. is outdated, has misplaced quite a bit from his recreation from the fighter that he was a decade in the past, and was by no means a high-level man, even in his prime.
We’re domestic-level right here, and never a extremely bold particular person in Eubank Jr. Benn can win simply on youth, aggression, and a superior pedigree, due to his well-known dad, Nigel. The kryptonite for Eubank Jr. is aggression, and that’s what Conor Benn has going for him. He’s not an awesome expertise both, purely home degree as nicely, however he’s all fallacious for an outdated underchiever like Eubank Jr.
Middleweight Territory
“The burden is at 160, which is Chris Eubank’s weight; it’s a a lot better hydration for him this time than it was final time,” Eddie Hearn stated to the Stomping Floor concerning the weight for the April conflict between Chris Eubank Jr. and Conor Benn on DAZN PPV.
“Conor’s arising two weight courses, Conor’s a welterweight, he’s coming as much as struggle a middleweight. Nothing is unreasonable within the contract. Each fighters have life-changing alternatives. We’ve [Benn] received the best deal ever.
“The promotional plans he [Turki Al-Sheikh] has for this struggle will blow your thoughts. You’re going to have an awesome, nice build-up. This struggle has every part. It’s going to be a monster. He’s undefeated fighter, he’s received goals of happening.
“The one motive this struggle is 50-50 is as a result of he’s [Conor Benn] stepping as much as middleweight. If this had been two guys in the identical weight class, I feel Conor can be an enormous favourite. He’s a younger savage with a killer’s mindset, and he desires to take this man’s head off his shoulders,” Hearn stated about Benn’s perspective going up in opposition to the 35-year-old Eubank Jr.
“He simply has to manage his emotion through the construct up and the struggle. That is huge for British boxing. It’s going to be electrical. We’ve received to construct the narrative, construct the historical past,” stated Hearn.
