Conor Benn sends three-word message to Chris | Boxing News

Conor Benn has thrown down the gauntlet to arch-nemesis Chris Eubank Jr after the pair have resolved to conflict within the ring, placing an finish to their long-standing rivalry.

With latest talks heating up on the Ring Magazine awards attended by each fighters and their promoters, Eddie Hearn and Ben Shalom, the struggle has now been signed and can happen at middleweight on April 26 on the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium

Taking to X – the platform previously often known as Twitter – Saudi boxing honcho Turki Alalshikh introduced: “Eubank Jr vs Benn done in April, London, by the name of (Fatal Fury City of the Wolves). Soon I will announce the day and the location, it will be The Ring’s first card in collaboration with the video game and SNK, and I will push to make PPV price £19.99 for the fans, with tough undercard…Lets get boxing great again and wait for huge announcement soon.”

Not long after Alalshikh made the revelation online, Benn took to the platform with a terse however potent message for Eubank Jr, posting: “You are done @ChrisEubankJr.”

Over the years, the weight at which Benn and Eubank will struggle has been a level of rivalry. Benn has established himself within the welterweight division (147Ibs), whereas Eubank fights within the middleweight division – two weight courses above his rival. However, each fighters have agreed to a rehydration clause of 170lbs post weigh-ins. This implies that Benn will transfer up to the middleweight restrict to face Eubank Jr, giving the latter a vital benefit.

Earlier this week, Eubank Jr lashed out at Benn and boxing promoter Eddie Hearn, branding them ‘rats’ for “trying to enforce a re-hydration restriction on me to make the fight”. Benn swiftly retorted: “10lbs re-hydration because I’m already fighting a middleweight but you want to get in the ring as a light-heavyweight? Making excuses already for when I staple you to the floor.”

Recently, Benn was given the inexperienced gentle to reapply for his British Boxing Board of Control licence after a National Anti-Doping Panel ruled that UK Anti-Doping should carry his momentary suspension as they weren’t “comfortably satisfied” a doping offence had occurred. The boxer was underneath scrutiny following two antagonistic analytical findings in VADA assessments for the banned substance clomiphene, a fertility drug with performance-enhancing advantages.

The 28-year-old’s failed drug check emerged simply days earlier than his scheduled conflict with Eubank Jr in October 2022, setting them on a bitter collision course. The animosity has deep roots, mirroring the historic rivalry between their fathers, Chris and Nigel, who famously battled it out twice three many years in the past.

Since the cancelled struggle, Benn has stepped into the ring twice, securing victories over Rodolfo Orozco in Florida in 2023 and Peter Dobson the earlier 12 months. Meanwhile, Eubank Jr confronted a gorgeous upset by the hands of Liam Smith in January 2023 however redeemed himself by successful the rematch 9 months later.

His most up-to-date triumph was a brutal seventh-round knockout of Kamil Szeremeta in Riyadh final October. The pressure reached boiling level when Benn stormed the ring after Eubank Jr’s victory over Szeremeta, main to a heated exchange that required security intervention. Eubank Jr, aged 35, taunted: “Speaking of easy ones. This is the fight everyone wants to see. Sign the contract. There’s nothing to fear here.” Benn retorted: “After that performance? I can beat him on my worst days.”