CHRIS EUBANK JR has finally signed his half of the contract to fight Conor Benn on October 8 at the O2 and settle the family feud.
The pair will meet at a catchweight of 157lbs, with a strict rehydration clause in place to stop 32-year-old middleweight Eubank Jr coming in excessively bigger than the 25-year-old welterweight.
The fight will come almost exactly 30 years since their legendary fathers, Nigel Benn and Chris Sr, clashed for the second and final time.
The deal was almost signed at the end of last month but Eubank Jr – a former super-middle – had a couple of last-minute offers to field and use in negotiations.
Middleweight world champs Demetrius Andrade and Jermall Charlo both posted on social media, calling for a bout with the Brighton-based ace ring legend Chris Sr.
And then Eubank Jr wasted a few Tweets trying to talk cruiserweight YouTube fighter Jake Paul into a bout, which got Benn raging online.
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“Why you worrying about fighting Jake?” he messaged. “As far as I’m aware you’ve lost your pen again?”
To which Eubank Jr replied: “Nothing about him worries me, trust me.
“And my pen is ready as soon as the contract on my side is correct, which at this moment in time it is not.”
Now Eubank has found his pen and signed on the dotted line, with a few minor details still to be thrashed out.
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The seeds for this cross-division spectacular were first sewn in February after Benn watched Eubank Jr defeat Liam Williams and said: “I fancy my chances at catchweight.”
Eubank Jr was intrigued but put it on the backburner while he tried to target a world title, saying: “What fight fan wouldn’t want to see it?
“Two legends, their sons fighting each other, and they’re both doing big things in the boxing world.
“It doesn’t make any sense right now, but in a couple of years when Benn has filled out a little and I want a little bit of fun, we can get it on, but not right now.”
Eubank Jr was under an exclusive broadcast contract with Sky Sports but he was unhappy with their plan for him to fight Liam Smith, so he has jumped ship to Benn’s sports streaming app DAZN.
Benn and Eubank Sr fought two epic battles in the 1990s.
The pair became bitter rivals, and they first clashed in Birmingham in November 1990 for the world middleweight crown.
Benn bit through his tongue and his eye was swollen shut in a savage contest that Eubank Sr won by a stoppage with five seconds left of the ninth round.
The rematch was held at Old Trafford in 1993, and was an epic contests over 12 rounds, that ended in a draw.
Their rivalry was so famous, it was the subject of a book called The Hate Game, published in 2013.
Source: Boxing - thesun.co.uk
