Conor Benn arrived today in London, coming from his training camp in Majorca, Spain, for his fight next Saturday, April 26th, against middleweight contender Chris Eubank Jr. at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. The event will be shown live on DAZN PPV.
Benn (23-0, 14 KOs) has been on a crash course, training to take on the bigger, stronger Eubank Jr. (34-3, 25 KOs). There aren’t too many boxing fans who believe that he can win this fight because it’s a big step up in weight and talent. Benn hasn’t fought any contenders during his career. Conor’s promoter, Eddie Hearn, says he’s prepared “210% for the Eubank Jr. fight, and he believes he’s a sure-thing to win by an early knockout within four rounds.
Like many fans, Hearn may have been deceived by Benn’s early success when he was steamrolling older fighters. He hasn’t looked like that lately against the second-tier fighters, Peter Dobson and Rodolfo Orozco.
BENN’S READINESS?
His experience is limited to fighting old, past their prime fighters and lower-level scrubs. It’s like he never got past the prospect stage, and now he’s about to face a highly ranked middleweight. “For me, Chris Eubank Sr. is talking negatively about the fight because of how he feels not being involved and in the center of the attention if I’m completely honest,” said promoter Eddie Hearn to The Stomping Ground, talking about Chris Eubank Sr’s recent comments about the Eubank Jr-Benn fight on April 26th.
“When you are an athlete, all you can do is prepare 110%. When I say 210%, he’s putting into his training camp. This is the best camp he’s ever had,” said Hearn about Conor Benn. “It’s the best he’s ever looked in sparring. It’s the fittest he’s ever been. It’s the strongest he’s ever been, and he’s ready.” If Benn isn’t ready, he’s not going to last long against Eubank Jr. next Saturday. What we would have liked to have seen is Conor get some experience first against some top 160, 154, or even 147-pounders before he took on Eubank Jr. Benn has NEVER fought any high echelon contender before during his career.
FAMILY COMMENTARY
“Chris Eubank Sr. was a middleweight who was a mainly career super middleweight who fought at light heavyweight and fought at cruiserweight. Don’t talk about moving up in weight. Conor Benn has already fought at 154 twice,” said Hearn. “Eubank Jr. wanted to make some noise. He likes the attention and likes the views. He probably wanted to give Conor a little mugging off in public for what happened. So, he did his thing. It cost him a hundred grand. Done, dusted. You stick with your son. If that was my son, I’d defend him
