Chris Eubank Jr defeated Conor Benn in a long-awaited boxing match at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London on April 26, 2024. The fight, originally scheduled for 2022, finally took place after a two-and-a-half-year delay.
Eubank Jr, the 35-year-old former WBA Interim middleweight champion from Brighton, secured a unanimous decision victory over Benn. Following the bout, Eubank Jr underwent precautionary medical checks at a hospital but was discharged days later without any lasting damage.
The boxer's future plans are now a topic of discussion. A potential rematch with Billy Joe Saunders, who handed Eubank Jr his first professional loss in 2014, is on the table. There's also talk of a rematch with Conor Benn, tentatively targeted for September, though it's unclear if this will materialize.
In a recent interview on The Diary Of A CEO, Eubank Jr didn't hold back when discussing Billy Joe Saunders:
"There's very few people in the sport, in the planet really that I genuinely dislike, he is one of those people. Billy Joe is a drug cheat too so, Billy Joe, because not only is he a drug cheat, he is actually a real scummy human being and I don't talk about anyone like this so if I'm saying it about him there's a reason."
Eubank Jr continued his criticism, expressing a strong desire for a rematch:
"He is a bad, bad person, a terrible advocate for the sport, just a real low life human being … And for that reason I would love to get my hands on him because he does have a win over me that I don't believe he deserves."
These comments from Eubank Jr have added fuel to the speculation about a potential rematch with Saunders. The boxing world will watch with interest as Eubank Jr's next move unfolds.
For more details on the original match between Eubank Jr and Benn, you can check out the BBC Sport article.
