Conor Benn

After some hurdles in the build-up, the fight between Chris Eubank Jr and Conor Benn takes place in London this month.

However, the fight is going ahead, with Eubank Jr appearing unconcerned about the conditions of the contest. Why would you not want to show elite standards, elite performance, elite behaviour? But again, it makes no difference to me because I’ll still prepare the same. The former IBO super-middleweight champion has been consistently posting videos to social media, following the '60% claim' and has thrown the fight in doubt with penalties for not making weight. Eubank Jr has will be expected to make a career low 157lbs for the fight as he takes on Benn for the catchweight contest having never gone below 160lbs throughout his entire career. I hope he got paid from it because he needs to start counting his pennies.

Chris Eubank Jr has continued his trolling of Conor Benn in the build-up to their fight on October 8.The sons of legends will meet in just over a week.

“I want to challenge for world titles within the next six-12 months, I can’t do that with a loss to Conor Benn. “Losing to a Conor Benn at this stage in my career, it means I’m not the fighter I thought I was or that I think that I am. [pulled out](https://talksport.com/sport/boxing/1193291/chris-eubank-jr-vs-conor-benn-absolutely-on/) of the bout due to concerns over the weight.

Eubank Jr will face Benn on 8 October, 29 years after his father's second fight with Nigel Benn.

“There’s a lot of pressure on me to not only win but to uphold the name, the family legacy that we have created. Since the latter defeat, Eubank Jr has won six fights in a row. [Terms of use,](https://www.independent.co.uk/service/user-policies-a6184151.html) [Cookie policy](https://www.independent.co.uk/service/cookie-policy-a6184186.html) and [Privacy notice.](https://www.independent.co.uk/service/privacy-policy-a6184181.html) “I’ve said it before, and this is the first time I’ve ever said it throughout my entire career: If I lose this fight, I retire. [Privacy policy](https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en) and [Terms of service](https://policies.google.com/terms?hl=en) apply. [Alex Pattle](/author/alex-pattle) Comments [Chris Eubank Jr](/topic/chris-eubank-jr) has doubled down on his claims that he will retire from boxing if he loses to [Conor Benn](/topic/conor-benn). I don’t want it to end, [but] losing to a Conor Benn at this stage in my career, it means I’m not the fighter that I thought I was – or that I think I am. Sign up now](https://prf.hn/click/camref:1011lfANh). Now, in one of the biggest British fights of this generation, the pair’s sons will go head to head. [Good Morning Britain](https://twitter.com/GMB/status/1575753466697367552) on Friday (30 September). [The Britons will face one another at London’s O2 Arena on Saturday 8 October](/sport/boxing/conor-benn-chris-eubank-jr-sold-out-b2144467.html), almost exactly 29 years after the fighters’ fathers clashed for the second time.

It would appear on paper that Chris Eubank Jr. has the advantage over Conor Benn heading into their all-British grudge match on Oct. 8 from the sold-out O2 ...

makes Conor Benn admission: "If I lose this fight, I retire"](/en-US/news/other/chris-eubank-jr-makes-conor-benn-admission-if-i-lose-this-fight-i-retire/99agfxavmh281fr2lw2m4rh0e) [Deontay Wilder on Oleksandr Usyk: 'I hold Usyk to be a man of his word' in regards to title shot](/en-US/news/other/deontay-wilder-on-oleksandr-usyk-i-hold-usyk-to-be-a-man-of-his-word-in-regards-to-title-shot/trr2jm9ot4so1m18s5rxkp41u) There wouldn’t be no fight all if it weren’t for their fathers." I’m going to step back and let the fathers do their due diligence because they are the reason this fight is happening. The fathers are the reason that the fight is even relevant. Eubank is the more experienced fighter, has been in bigger fights, and Benn is jumping up two weight classes. “If it was me and he asked me what he should do, I would’ve told him to do just that,” Jones said.

It would appear on paper that Chris Eubank Jr. has the advantage over Conor Benn heading into their all-British grudge match on Oct. 8 from the sold-out O2 ...

makes Conor Benn admission: "If I lose this fight, I retire"](/en-GB/news/other/chris-eubank-jr-makes-conor-benn-admission-if-i-lose-this-fight-i-retire/99agfxavmh281fr2lw2m4rh0e) [Deontay Wilder on Oleksandr Usyk: 'I hold Usyk to be a man of his word' in regards to title shot](/en-GB/news/other/deontay-wilder-on-oleksandr-usyk-i-hold-usyk-to-be-a-man-of-his-word-in-regards-to-title-shot/trr2jm9ot4so1m18s5rxkp41u) There wouldn’t be no fight all if it weren’t for their fathers." I’m going to step back and let the fathers do their due diligence because they are the reason this fight is happening. The fathers are the reason that the fight is even relevant. Eubank is the more experienced fighter, has been in bigger fights, and Benn is jumping up two weight classes. “If it was me and he asked me what he should do, I would’ve told him to do just that,” Jones said.