Chris Eubank Jr. says he is “too elite” to lose to Conor Benn as he looks forward to a potential “one-of-a-kind” showdown with his British rival.
Eubank and Benn were scheduled to fight in October 2022, but the bout was canceled after Benn tested positive for the banned substance clomiphene.
Benn, who is currently serving an interim suspension, insists he will eventually be allowed to return to the ring.
Eubank Jr., whose father Chris won and then drew Benn’s father Nigel in two blockbuster bouts in the 1990s, hopes Conor Benn will get his boxing license back before they face him.
In the aftermath of the canceled match, he is now keen to “punish” his fellow Briton when they finally meet, but Ben is heading into the match saying it will be the greatest match in the history of the sport. We are adamant that we will work together. From the competitors’ personal histories to their father’s in-ring classics from over 30 years ago.
Eubank, who returned from a 13-month hiatus with a seventh-round knockout of Kamil Sheremeta on October 12, said of Benn: “I punished him so badly that after he gets in the ring with me, he doesn’t want to box again.”
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After Eubank Jr.’s stunning victory over Kamil Sheremeta, Ben storms into the ring and vows to stop him within 3 rounds!
“This kid is confident, but he’s never been around an elite-level fighter, a technician, someone who knows how to hurt himself.
“It’s good that he’s saying what he can do, but you don’t know how tough Conor Benn is and how great he is until he’s out there with someone like me who can really test him. .
“I think what I bring to the table is too elite and far superior to me in terms of experience, skill, power and speed. I think it’s all too much for him. He’s different. But I think that would be a major wake-up call for him. ”
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Eubank Jr. returned to the ring in style, dropping Sheremeta four times before being stopped in the seventh round.
Eubank claims his long-awaited showdown with Ben is intended to take place in early 2025 by Saudi General Entertainment Authority Chairman Turki Alalcik, but now it’s on a much bigger scale, with Ben completely He said he was in control and vowed never to meet his nemesis. with a catch weight.
He added: ”[When the fight was postponed] I was devastated, disappointed, and very angry, but looking back, it was one of the best things that could have happened in my career.
“Now the fights are tripled, the pay is quadrupled and all the terms are on my side. I don’t have promoters giving me a slice of the pie or people underpaying me.
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Eubank Jr. enters the ring to the usual Dr. Dre theme and jumps over the ropes in Riyadh
“He doesn’t have the luxury, he doesn’t have the power. He lost all of that.
“There’s no compromise. The fight is middleweight and it’s take it or leave it. And he can’t leave it.”
Eubank Jr. continued, “This fight is going to be like no other. It’s never happened before in boxing.
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“There are no two fighters whose father was a world champion 30-odd years ago and fought a big fight with the whole country watching.
“Now my two sons have grown up to be elite-level fighters and are going to fight. Nothing like this has ever happened and it will never happen again. This is a big deal. ”
“Fighting my mortal enemy in front of 90,000 people at Wembley, or in a Saudi arena in a fight broadcast around the world, is a completely different animal.
“It’s going to bring out a beast in him that can’t be underestimated. I think it’s going to be savage. It’s one of the best fights that British boxing and world boxing has seen in a long time. Because it’s real. It’s not a show.”
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“Our fathers have history, and we have history. There’s a lot at stake: money, pride, legacy, protecting our father’s name, our family’s name. There’s a lot at stake in this fight. I need that.”
“There was a conversation about it. [with Turki Alalshikh] In the locker room before going out to fight Kamil. He couldn’t wait for the fight to be over and told me this was what he wanted.
“He wants Conor Benn in February or May and that’s all he cares about. He’s very interested in that fight and he’s put me in a great position. There is.”
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