Conor Benn is set to face Chris Eubank Jr. on April 26th in London.
Conor Benn‘s record remains a perfect one and, despite his last two fights since returning from his PED ban going to decision in somewhat mediocre performances, Benn has always been the clear victor in all of his fights.
He has defeated Chris Algieri and Chris Van Heerden in dominant KO displays, but there is one man who forced Benn to dig deep after sending him to the canvas, a man who has won less than half of all of his fights.
Conor Benn was sent to the canvas by 5-4 Cedrick Peynaud in his eleventh fight
In 2017 Benn sought to improve his 10-0 record, eight of which came by knockout, with a six-round contest against 5-4-3 Cedrick Peynaud.
Peynaud proved to be far more of a problem than Benn and his team expected, as the Frenchman sent Benn to the canvas twice in the very first round.
Benn, who had an 80-second KO, survived the onslaught and dropped Peynaud in the fifth and sixth rounds, winning a close points decision.
The 57-54 score failed to reflect the true back-and-forth nature of the fight, and just how close Benn was to losing his 0.
As a result of the question marks the fight raised over Benn, son of the legendary Nigel Benn, a rematch was made the following year.
Benn was again taken the distance, though neither man was dropped and Benn, who Eubank Jr. struck with an egg, won a unanimous decision.
“My worst day”… Conor Benn speaks on close shave against Peynaud
Ahead of his rematch with Peynaud, Benn spoke in an interview with Matchroom on the first fight.
He was asked “Has this rematch hung over you a little bit?” to which he replied:
“Of course it has, it’s like a hindrance to my career, I’m ten times better than that.”
He continued: “He caught me with a lucky shot, on my worst day, I took it, got back up and put him down in round five and six.”
“I got put down and what?”
Benn will face Chris Eubank Jr. later this month in a legacy-defining fight for the two fighting families. Eddie Hearn bet £1M on Benn, but later said he wasn’t allowed to bet.