Chris Eubank Jr vs Conor Benn 2 – Tony Bellew reveals a key benefit

On Saturday, November 15, at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, Eubank Jr vs Benn 2 headlines a Sela Promotions event, in association with Matchroom and Boxxer. Ring Magazine and Riyadh Season will sponsor the event.

Chris Eubank Jr (35-3, 25 KOs) and Conor Benn (23-1, 14 KOs) were last seen in action on April 26 at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, clashing in their memorable first fight that ended with Eubank Jr having his arm raised, winning by unanimous decision with scorecards of 116-112 x3. Tony Bellew, George Groves, and Carl Froch recently spoke at a Sportscasting live event, where Bellew revealed a key factor that he believes will benefit Benn in the rematch.

Eubank Jr vs Benn 2 – Bellew Reveals Key Factor for Conor Benn

Looking ahead to this rematch, Bellew, Froch, and Groves were asked if any of them thinks Eubank Jr can win the rematch:

“The Bookies have Eubank favourite. I understand why, because it’ll be purely based on the last result. But you’ll also have to look and take into consideration what Carl said earlier, he’s 37, the size, but ultimately to recover from fights like they just went through and believe you me, that was a war, you can’t have more than three of them in your career. Because after you have three of them, it starts to show the signs, the telltale signs today, whether it’s slurred speech, whether it’s your reflexes start coming out the joint, you know you’re getting caught.

“More and more people do show now, with the turnaround speed of this fight, it will benefit Conor Benn more. The younger man will be the fresher one. The younger man will be, I don’t want to put him as the favorite, but I just think the older man and the heavy man will come stronger later on in the fight. In my opinion, I think he learns more from the last fight, Conor Benn, and I think this time, he possibly does get rid of him.

“He had him out on his feet two or three times and he just didn’t have it in him to press him. When I spoke to him before the fight, I kept saying to him, Conor, it’s gonna get hard.”

Bellew Discusses Conor Benn’s mindset and first big fight experience

Revealing his conversation with Benn before the first fight, Bellew said:

“And he said, Tony, I’m so fit, I can do 20 rounds on a seven, eight. Trust me, at some point in this fight you are going to tire. And he wouldn’t have it. He would not have it. And said to him, you don’t understand, what you do in the gym is different to what goes on in life. And that was his first fight under the lights on a huge occasion. 

“I know he’s had big fights in the past, but this was one of huge magnitude ones that we’ve all shared here and the difference to normal fights. Now, the difference to title fights, the difference to anything he’s ever experienced before. It’ll stand him in good stead what he’s gone through, but he’s still got it all to do.”

Eubank Jr vs Benn 2 full fight card

• Chris Eubank Jr vs Conor Benn, rematch, 12 rounds, middleweights
• Adam Azim vs Kurt Scoby, 12 rounds, super lightweights
• Jack Catterall vs Ekow Essuman, 12 rounds, welterweights
• Sam Gilley vs Ishmael Davis, 12 rounds, for vacant British and Commonwealth super welterweight titles
• Richard Riakporhe vs Tommy Welch, 10 rounds, heavyweights
• Mikie Tallon vs Fezan Shahid, 6 rounds, super flyweights

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