Chris Eubank Jr. will face Conor Benn on April 26th in London, England.
There are still many question marks over Chris Eubank Jr.‘s career, unlike his father, Eubank Jr. has fallen short on every attempt to step up the level of competition.
He met his first loss against Billy Joe Saunders, who went on to become a world champion, lost to George Groves in his penultimate fight, and lost to Liam Smith in 2023.
Chris Eubank Jr. was restrained by Liam Smith’s team after KO left him dazed in the ring
Eubank Jr. was expected to beat Smith in their encounter two years ago today, but the fight fell into Smith’s favor from the start, as he knocked Eubank down in the fourth round with a shot he never really recovered from.
Eubank Jr., who cracked an egg on Conor Benn, fought on, but was stopped after falling to the canvas once more.
Despite the stoppage, Eubank, who signed a fan’s microwave once, continued to move towards Smith, as though unaware the fight was over.
Acting out of either compassion for Eubank or protection of Liam, brother of Callum Smith, or both, a member of Team Smith rushed over to Eubank and embraced him, restraining him from continuing and guiding him back to his corner.
Chris Eubank Jr. became just the second man to stop Liam Smith in their rematch
Eubank Jr.’s unexpected loss provided the perfect set-up for a rematch later that year, in which a different Eubank Jr. turned up to fight.
The Brit came prepared this time, and outclassed Smith, dropping him in round four and ten.
Smith claimed to have an injury in his foot that prevented him to box how he’d hoped, and Eubank Jr. schooled the Liverpudlian on his way to a stoppage win in the tenth round.
Only one other man has stopped Smith – Canelo Alvarez back in 2016, who stopped Smith just one round earlier in the ninth.
Eubank Jr. will face Conor Benn next. Benn was dropped twice in his eleventh fight, and also has question marks hanging over him.