Chris Eubank Jr vs Conor Benn ANNOUNCED with date and venue revealed three years after drug ban scuppered huge UK fight
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CHRIS EUBANK JR and Conor Benn finally have a date announced for their grudge fight - three years after it was first KOd. The born rivals - whose dads share one of Britain's most celebrated rivalries - collide on April 26 at Tottenham's 62,000-seat stadium.
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It will see Benn jump TWO divisions from the 147lb welterweight class to 160lb where Eubank campaigns as a middleweight. The two were first set for an October 2022 catchweight clash at the O2 Arena. But the 157lb pay-per-view bout was scrapped with just days to go after Benn failed two Voluntary Anti-Doping Association tests.
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The unbeaten welterweight contender then had the fight of his life to try and prove his innocence and get his career back on track. Benn, 28, was later charged by UK Anti-Doping and a bitter dispute with the British Boxing Board of Control ensued after the fighter was stripped of his license.
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It saw him take his career to America, where he had two routine wins up at super-welterweight against Rodolfo Orozco and Peter Dobson. Eubank, 35, meanwhile went onto have a double header with Liam Smith, 36, losing the first by KO before winning the rematch by stoppage.
![[Chris Eubank Jr. and Conor Benn at a press conference.]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/crop-24365881.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
He then beat Kamil Szeremeta in his last bout in October - with Benn ringside in Saudi Arabia. CASINO SPECIAL - BEST CASINO BONUSES FROM £10 DEPOSITS. Following his seventh-round stoppage of Szeremeta, 35, he faced off with Benn in the ring fuelling speculation their bitter bout was back on.
