Via Barry Holbrook: Conor said he has begun training camp for his next bout in October, which is expected to be a 156-lb bout with Chris Eubank Jr. average rating on DAZN pay-per-view.
Eubank Jr (34-2, 23 KOs) will have a size and experience advantage over Benn, and that might be more than enough for him to win. Conor is a great boxer, but his opposition has been astounding his entire career.
This is a battle between champion Eubank Jr against Benn, 25 years old with his apparating record. Benn should have been up against top heavyweight contenders like Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis, Vergil Ortiz Jr and Keith Thurman, but his board isn’t eager to make those bouts for obvious reasons. .
It looks like Benn promoter Eddie Hearn has been wary of pitting him against quality opposition that could beat him for now with a fight against Eubank Jr emerging.
It’s a fight that will pay Benn so much money that it doesn’t matter if he loses, which on paper he is likely to do.
Benn (21-0, 14 KOs) has put on a lot of power with his super short 5’8″ frame, but he’ll need to add a bit more if he hopes to beat Eubank Jr. .
“I believed it when I saw it because I thought the weight difference was too much high,” Johnny Nelson told Secondsout about middleweight Chris Eubank Jr being too heavy for middleweight Conor Benn.
Team Benn Camp has begun! pic.twitter.com/jGdTNiiDm4
– Conor Nigel Benn (@ConorNigel) July 25, 2022
Nelson was right about the size, and the weight disparity was too high for Benn to get through. It wouldn’t be so bad if Hearn pitted Benn against the 147-pound and 154-pound top contenders, but he was selected to the soft ring in what he called “Fight learning.“
“Conor Benn is an emotionally intelligent boxer, so he has a mix of his father [Nigel Benn], but he’s got some smarter there,” said Nelson. “He saw this line, and he wanted this fight.
“I said we are going to make this fight, but you have to consider this. The thing is, in June, I don’t think Chris and Conor can realistically do this weight. I don’t think he can. It’s nice to talk about being able to fight for two to three years.
It was a great fight because they were the sons of legends [Nigel Benn & Chris Eubank Jr. Conor, as I said, is an intelligent animal. So, that’s what he gets from his dad, the emotion from the dad,” said Nelson.
“No weak link.The Algieri Shot,” said Conor Benn on Twitter.
