Chris Eubank Jr vs. Conor Benn II Set For Sept. 20 In London, Reveals Turki Alalshikh
Chris Eubank Jr's rematch with Conor Benn will take place on Sept. 20 in London, HE Turki Alalshikh has revealed.
The card will be a Riyadh Season event and promoted by Sela, Boxxer and Matchroom. The fight will be contested at the middleweight limit of 160 pounds, with a 10-pound rehydration clause in place, just as there was for the first bout.
It was revealed shortly after the pair's April 26 encounter that plans to stage the rematch at the end of September were already in motion. All that needed to be confirmed were Tottenham Hotspur's Premier League fixtures for the 2025/26 season.
Tottenham are scheduled to play at home on Sept. 27 against Wolves. The week before that on Sept. 20, though, they're away at Brighton & Hove Albion.
However, a venue has yet to be confirmed for Eubank Jr-Benn II. Spurs is the likely frontrunner but it could also take place at Wembley Stadium, which holds a capacity of over 90,000, a third more than Spurs' allocation.
Conor Benn's promoter Eddie Hearn told The Ring: "Spurs is contracted — it's a fantastic stadium and it worked extremely well the first time. Obviously, it was sold out and this fight's even bigger, so you could possibly look at Wembley to increase the capacity, but that will be a decision for His Excellency and Ring Magazine to make the final call."
Eubank Jr, who spent two nights in hospital following the bruising contest with Benn, won by unanimous decision in a Fight of the Year contender on April 26 atop The Ring's first ever boxing card. The fight was a huge success, selling over 60,000 tickets and attracting 620,000 pay-per-view buys worldwide.
The three year build-up to the bout, which included failed drug tests, an egg-slap and the shock arrival of Chris Eubank Sr on fight night only served to increase the event's enormity.
Whether a rematch lives up to the billing remains to be seen, but Hearn is sure the pair, who slugged it out for 12 brutal rounds, will pick up where they left off for the 13th.
"I just think the second fight will be even better," the Matchroom chief said. "They're not going to change. They're going to come out from the first bell and just carry on like the 13th round. And when you see a fight like that, for me, the automatic thing to do is to do the rematch. The fight was always going to be two fights, but sometimes a fight's one-sided or it ends early and there isn't really the appetite for the rematch.
"I think here, now with Conor having that activity, which is something that was lacking from the first fight as well, we really fancy our chances. We know the weight's a disadvantage and that showed a little bit in the first fight, but fans can just expect a continuation of the 12th round and it'll be another toe-to-toe war."
