Benn Drops Drain Eubank Jr. Like Hearn Spins

Promoter Eddie Hearn crowed like a rooster after watching his fighter, welterweight Conor Benn (24-1, 13 KOs), Chris Eubank Jr. (35-3, 25 KOs) defeated by a two-knockout, 12-round unanimous decision in their rematch in front of a 0-60 crowd, Totten, 0-60. Stadium in London, England. The judges scored it 119-107, 116-110 and 118-108.

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Eubank Jr. looked thin, weak, tired and lethargic from the opening bell. He was outworked from the start by the younger, more energetic 29-year-old Benn. Benn’s two knockouts in round 12 capped his victory over old firebrand Eubank Jr. confirmed, looking nothing like the fighter he was in his previous fight last April 2024 or in his prime a decade ago.

By the tenth round, Eubank Jr’s body language screamed that he had nothing left and had to be pulled out by his trainer Brian ‘BoMac’ McIntyre. Eubank Jr’s nose was bleeding, and he looked like a limp noodle with nothing on his shots.

After the fight, Hearn Benn as a “superstar” and thought about the possibilities of big-money fights now available to him after defeating middleweight Eubank Jr. beaten in their rematch. It was a bit of a stretch to listen to Hearn claim a victory over a clearly drained and old looking 36 year old Eubank Jr. labeled as proof that Conor is now a “superstar”.

This fight just proved how effective the double whammy is to boil down a fighter one division below his natural weight class, from 168 to 160, then throw in a 10-pound rehydration clause for good measure.

“I gave everything, but the body said no more,” said Eubank Jr. said after the fight, while trying to explain why he lost to Benn. “I have been struggling for the past 2 months.” (A

Eubank Jr’s loss was more of a combination of these factors:

• Weight measures – Rehydration clause and fights at 160
• Age – 36
• Past its prime
• Never a great fighter to begin with

“Look what he just did to Chris Eubank Jr.—a superstar is born,” Eddie Hearn said of Benn.

It takes more than Eubank Jr. to beat to turn Benn into a real “superstar”. To become a bonafide star, Benn must prove himself against the likes of Jaron Ennis, Brian Norman Jr., Vergil Ortiz Jr., and Bakhram Muratazaliev.