Conor Benn

The catchweight fight set to take place later this year marks another chapter in the Eubank vs Benn family rivalry, following on from fathers Chris and Nigel ...

This fight is for the legacy and was an opportunity I felt I couldn’t pass up. If he can beat me, his name will be made, and he will never walk in his father’s shadow again. could this now be Conor Benn? We will find out. I know his struggle. ‘He has walked the same path as I have. The Eubank Jr and Benn fight will take place on Saturday, October 8 at the O2 Arena in London.

Conor Benn and Chris Eubank Jr will finally settle one of British boxing's biggest feuds in a catchweight fight later this year.The sons of boxing leg.

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Details of one of the most highly-anticipated fights in British boxing have finally been confirmed, with Chris Eubank Jr and Conor Benn announcing they will ...

He has held the WBA Continental welterweight title since July 2018 and most recently knocked out South African southpaw Chris van Heerden in Manchester in April. “This fight is for the legacy and was an opportunity I felt I couldn’t pass up,” Benn said. “In terms of anticipation, legacy and hype, it’s the biggest fight of my career. Since turning professional 11 years ago, Eubank Jr has a record consisting of 32 wins (23 by knockout) and two losses. Living in the shadow of a legend and trying to break out of that shadow and make his own name,” he said. Three years later the pair clashed again, this time at Old Trafford, and the fight ended in a draw after judges were unable to split the evenly matched pair.

Chris Eubank Jr and Conor Benn will settle “unfinished business between our families” when they renew one of the greatest rivalries in British boxing in ...

Benn has produced a series of impressive performances since turning professional in 2016 and is unbeaten in his 21 fights. Benn said: “To me, this fight is personal — it’s more than titles and rankings, this is unfinished business between our families! Their sons have fought at different weights and the contest is expected to be at a catchweight of 156lb. If he can beat me, his name will be made, and he will never walk in his father’s shadow again. We have always been associated and I’ve always been asked if we’d ever fight, and now I can’t wait for the world to be able to watch us make that happen. Living in the shadow of a legend and trying to break out of that shadow and make his own name.

Those shadows were cast by Chris Eubank and Nigel Benn, and they have endured across decades, colouring the careers of the fighters' sons. Eubank Jr and Benn ...

Benn may be the slightly more talented fighter, but Eubank Jr is the bigger man and has the greater experience. Remove the two-weight world title accolades that apply to both Chris Eubank and Nigel Benn; Eubank Jr (32-2, 23 knockouts) and Conor Benn (21-0, 14 KOs) are fine, fine boxers. There is a subtext here that this is a kind of endgame for each fighter, though Benn in particular has many years ahead of him. Those shadows were cast by Chris Eubank and Nigel Benn, and they have endured across decades, colouring the careers of the fighters’ sons. It is unclear how the result of this catchweight contest, between welterweight Benn and former IBO super-middleweight champion Eubank Jr, will influence Chris Eubank’s 1990 stoppage win over Nigel Benn, or the pair’s split draw three years later. You wonder whether, as children, Chris Eubank Jr and Conor Benn were more afraid of the dark than the other kids.