Hearn promises “Totally Different” Conor Benn for Eubank 2

Promoter Eddie Hearn says it will be “completely different” for his fighter Conor Benn in his rematch with Chris Eubank Jr. this Saturday, November 15, on DAZN PPV at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, Tottenham in London, England.

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“It’s going to be a great night for Conor. I know we’re going to be victorious on Saturday,” said Nigel Benn. DAZN Boxingwho secured a win for his son Conor Benn against Chris Eubank Jr. on Saturday. predicted

Same weight, same problems

Well, if it doesn’t work out well for Benn in the rematch with Eubank Jr. Not on Saturday, he always has the excuse to use again, blaming it on him fighting outside his natural weight class of welterweight by facing a middleweight. He could then return to 147 and try to go after one of the vulnerable champions.

The way Conor looked last April, he’s not going to do well against Eubank Jr. in the rematch. Eubank Jr. Benn figured out by the sixth round that he only had a long game. Finally, Benn is as helpless as a baby, even more vulnerable than the lower-level welterweights. He can only generate power from long range, and that’s not something that’s going to change on Saturday.

The Father He Will Never Be

If you look at all of Conor’s 24 fights in the pro fights, he has no power in close range. He is completely different from his famous father, Nigel, who could hit from close, medium and long range. But then again, he has none of Nigel’s physical assets in terms of speed, strength and skills.

Hearn sells the reinvention

“It’s completely different this time. Last week we kept him calm. He was nervous about the fight,” Hearn said, giving a positive spin on what Conor Benn is up against. “We underestimated the magnitude of the event. What he learned from the fight and how he will improve will come to life on Saturday night.”

That’s not why Benn lost last time. It wasn’t that he underestimated the magnitude of the fight against Eubank Jr. did not underestimate. He just wasn’t good enough, and didn’t have a solid matchup to beat what is effectively a fringe middleweight. He could have been as mentally prepared as he can be, and he would still be up against Eubank Jr. lost because he doesn’t have the physical assets to do the job against him. Eubank Jr. has the ingredients that would always put him above Benn:

1. Cardio
2. Combination punch
3. Balance

Benn has none of those things going for him. Even if he had two of them working, he would still come up empty by missing the third.

Why Saturday won’t change the math

“I think we’re going to have another great show. Both of these guys are tough. What I see from Conor now is a mature fighter, someone who has the experience now. His body looks different at 160, and that was the first tough fight he’s been in, and he wants more,” Hearn said.

Conor looks the same this time as in their previous fight on April 26, 2025. The only difference is that he seems to have aged a bit in the past seven months, and his face looks scarred from the sparring of training camp.

“He’s got so much more in the tank. His tank is nowhere near empty. The trenches have just been visited for the first time. He wants more trenches. He wants more pain,” Hearn said of Benn.

Pain, trenches and promotional poetry

This fight might be as good as it gets for Benn. When he moves back down to 147, there will be some sharks waiting for him, and they are much younger than the 36-year-old Eubank Jr. Unless Benn can get to WBC welterweight champion Mario Barrios before he loses his title, there isn’t much in store for him. He might as well stay at 160 or move down to 154 as there are better options available to him.