CHRIS EUBANK JR could fight Conor Benn in Abu Dhabi on December 23 if a UK bout can’t be agreed.
The Mail claims Eddie Hearn has agreed a deal for the pair to clash in the Middle East.
The boxing promoter has publicly declared his intention for the fight to take place at Cardiff’s Principality Stadium.
But Benn has not yet been given the green light to box in Britain after failing a drugs test last year, the result of which scrapped his original bout with Eubank Jr.
He was cleared to return to boxing in July by the National Anti-Doping Panel.
However, the British Boxing Board of Control will appeal the decision in the coming weeks as they are yet to restore Benn’s licence to fight in the UK.
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Benn, who beat Rodolfo Orozco in Orlando last month, maintains he did not deliberately break anti-doping rules.
Yet with just 11 weeks until Benn’s bout with Eubank Jr, Hearn has made plans to host the fight in Abu Dhabi.
The clash is set for December 23, the same night Tyson Fury will attempt to unify the heavyweight division against Oleksandr Usyk in Saudi Arabia.
Hearn confirmed: “December 23, I’m calling it now, Benn vs Eubank, December 23.
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“I’m not including it in the schedule right now but I am calling it.”
There is a chance Fury vs Usyk could be pushed back until January should Benn vs Eubank Jr go ahead on that date.
The Gypsy King faces Francis Ngannou in an exhibition bout at the end of October.
And that would give him just eight weeks to get ready for the biggest fight of his career.
Source: Boxing - thesun.co.uk
