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21 hours ago | 
secondsout.com | Kristan J Caryl
There are just hours to go until Chris Eubank Jr. and Conor Benn weigh in for their fight this weekend. This contest has been a long time in the making. Not only are both men the sons of legendary fighters who had a rivalry of their own some 30-odd years ago, but the personal animosity between the two has been building for almost three years. They were due to first meet in October 2022, but Benn’s failure of a drug test, revealed during fight week, saw that canned.
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22 hours ago | 
secondsout.com | Kristan J Caryl
Heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk has predicted who wins if Anthony Joshua and Deontay Wilder finally come to blows. Both of these big men are former world champions, and both ruled concurrently for several years. However, they never managed to negotiate a fight and both were kept busy with other contests until eventually they both got dethroned. It was Tyson Fury who beat Wilder twice in their epic trilogy after drawing the first fight.
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1 day ago | 
secondsout.com | Kristan J Caryl
Carl Froch and Chris Eubank Sr are both very proud men known for their fighting toughness, but both admit one man would have got the better of them in the ring. Froch and Eubank Sr both held multiple super-middleweight world titles, with Sr also claiming straps down at middleweight. Froch was never stopped in his career and was only put down a couple of times – once against George Groves and once against Jermain Taylor, but rallied both times to win by stoppage.
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1 day ago | 
secondsout.com | Kristan J Caryl
The legendary Andre Ward has given his view on a fantasy match-up between Carl Froch and Joe Calzaghe. Unfortunately for fans, the fight didn’t happen – but it could have. Both men were active when their careers overlapped, albeit briefly. Froch was an up-and-coming super-middleweight when Welshman Calzaghe had already established himself as a world champion at that weight.
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1 day ago | 
secondsout.com | Kristan J Caryl
Chris Eubank Sr has spoken out ahead of his son’s fight with Conor Benn this weekend. Earlier in his career, Eubank Jr had his father by his side and in his corner. However, the young fighter eventually went alone on his boxing journey and worked with the likes of Roy Jones Jr and Brian ‘BoMac’ McIntyre.
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1 day ago | 
secondsout.com | Kristan J Caryl
Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez has been asked about the infamous press conference between Chris Eubank Jr and Conor Benn. When these two first came together to announce their fight this weekend earlier in the year, Eubank Jr smashed an egg on Benn’s face. It was a stunt designed to make fun of a potential explanation given by the WBC as to why Benn tested positive for a banned substance in the lead-up to their first proposed fight back in October 2022, namely that he had eaten too many eggs.
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1 day ago | 
secondsout.com | Kristan J Caryl
Chris Eubank Sr has reiterated his belief that his son will not be fighting Conor Benn this weekend. Eubank had a similar view last time out when the pair of British rivals were set to face each other back in October 2022. Although the former super-middleweight champion of the world never specified why, he maintained throughout the build-up that the contest should not and would not happen.
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2 days ago | 
secondsout.com | Kristan J Caryl
Lennox Lewis beat every man he ever faced in the squared circle – two on the second time of asking – but one heavyweight believes that record is incorrect. Lewis remains one of the most accomplished fighters in the heavyweight division’s history. He was a three-time world champion, a two-time lineal champion and held the undisputed championship, all after having won a Gold medal in the Olympic Games in Seoul in 1988.
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2 days ago | 
secondsout.com | Kristan J Caryl
George Groves is one of many people finding it hard to settle on a winner between Chris Eubank Jr and Conor Benn. These two British fighters finally come to blows on Saturday after almost three years of back-and-forth since their first fight was cancelled. That was due to Benn testing positive for a banned substance. While battling to clear his name, he has fought just twice in the interim. Both were out in the United States against lower level opponents and points wins.
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2 days ago | 
secondsout.com | Kristan J Caryl
Chris Eubank Jr. and Conor Benn finally come together in the ring this weekend and ahead of the contest at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, Amir Khan has given his take on the power of both men. Benn was on a good run and building some real momentum before he tested positive for a banned substance ahead of this pair’s first scheduled date back in October 2022. He had stopped Samuel Vargas in the first round and also knocked out former world champion Chris Algieri.
