After the loss of Conor Benn against the middleweight Chris Eubank Jr. Last April, the IBF Benn placed on #5 on their 154-pound rankings. This is a strange step, as Benn’s defeat was at 160. He is expected to re -broadcast in September with eubank jr.
Arranged for losing?
Fans on social media consider it a joke because Benn should not be on the junior middleweight ranking after a loss.
Even at 147, it is doubtful whether Conor deserves to be arranged in the top 15 because his best career victory in Welterweight was against 37-year-old Chris Algieri in 2021. It was centuries ago, and Benn fought a light fossil.
The Ibf Benn (23-1, 14 COs) arranged for high-quality contenders who would probably defeat him much easier than past his best, Eubank Jr. Five of the contenders for the IBF’s rankings be a nightmare for Conor Benn if he disappeared with them, especially Jorge Perez and Serhii Bohachuk.
5 Conor Benn
7 Jesus Ramos
8 Serhii Bohachuk
9 Jorge Garcia Perez
10 Keith Thurman
15 Charles Conwell
Can you imagine that Benn is fighting against the former WBC Tus-Time Champion of 154 pounds of Bohachuk? It would end bad for Benn, because Bohachuk would hit holes through him once he was warming up. There is no chance that Conor would make it the distance with Bohachuk or Jorge Perez. The other guys on the list would also be too talented for him.
Benn looked decent and on April 26 against the 35-year-old Eubank Jr. But he does not fight against one of the leading middle weights. If it was Janibek Alimkhnuly, Erislandy Lara, Carlos Adames of Yoenli Hernandez, he would have been lucky to come to the sixth round. Those guys are true world class, not household level like Eubank Jr.
September showdown
“What we heard is Benn-Eubank Jr. at the end of September at Spurs. That’s what his excellence (Turki Alalshikh) announced,” Eddie Hearn said ifl tv About the re -broadcast between Chris Eubank Jr. And Conor Benn. “This is what we got in our heads, what we are ready for, and we will see the next few weeks realizing.
“When Eubank weighed on the hydration, he was wearing all his clothes, and he was half a pound underneath. So, he would have had two and a half pounds, three pounds to save on the rehydration. Some people say, “It was terrible what happened,” says about Eubank Jr. to agree to give a 10-lb rehydration to give a handicap.
Benn’s’ Handicap
Eubank jr. Looked at the weigh-in at half-death and then handled the double whammy of the 10 pound rehydration clause on the day of the fight. You take away the disability for Benn, and Eubank Jr. Would have wiped the deck with him. He did anyway and even drained to pieces. Benn was close to striking in rounds 11 and 12. He was a punching bag for eubank jr. In the last two rounds.
“We don’t want Conor Benn to fight a man who is 20 kg to 25 pounds larger than him in the ring,” says Hearn. “While Conor Benn gets older and he is moving through the divisions, he will fight 100% at 154. I don’t think he will fight at 160, but who knows? He just had a big fight at 160. ‘
Notice the excuses of Hearn? I wish he would just admit that Benn needs special help to give him a chance, because there is no way he had a chance against Eubank Jr. At full power. He had to be 60% for Benn to have a shot.
“I think if we don’t do the re -broadcast in September, it can pass us by, because I don’t think Eubank will be that long,” says Hearn.
Last updated on 05/12/2025
