{"id":47394,"date":"2025-08-06T08:36:11","date_gmt":"2025-08-06T08:36:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/47394\/"},"modified":"2025-08-06T08:36:11","modified_gmt":"2025-08-06T08:36:11","slug":"chris-eubank-jr-v-conor-benn-rematch-announced-for-15-november","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/47394\/","title":{"rendered":"Chris Eubank Jr v Conor Benn rematch announced for 15 November"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The much-anticipated rematch between British rivals Chris Eubank Jr and Conor Benn will take place at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in November.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Eubank beat Benn by unanimous decision in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/sport\/boxing\/articles\/cdxnpr9wpnyo\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">a thrilling middleweight contest<\/a> at the same venue in April. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Despite no title being on the line, the bout between the bitter foes &#8211; which took place 35 years after their fathers, Chris Eubank Sr and Nigel Benn, first fought &#8211; garnered huge attention.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">And after Eubank was named the winner 116-112 on all three judges&#8217; scorecards, a rematch was wanted by fans and touted by promoters.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">A second bout had been agreed for 20 September, however <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/sport\/boxing\/articles\/crl062kl4ezo\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">it fell through<\/a> amid concerns Eubank would not be ready.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Now organisers Ring Magazine, which is owned by Turki Alalshikh, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DM_rWw0utgy\/?igsh=MXc0ZmlnbWg2ZHp2OA%3D%3D\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">have announced , external<\/a>the rematch will take place on 15 November.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Eddie Hearn, Benn&#8217;s promoter and chairman of Matchroom Boxing, also shared the same date <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DNAN-kIPESt\/?igsh=ZDI2cmp4bnQyODRz\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">via Instagram, external<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Eubank and his camp have not yet commented on the announcement.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The much-anticipated rematch between British rivals Chris Eubank Jr and Conor Benn will take place at Tottenham Hotspur&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":47395,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[571],"tags":[64,63,802,85],"class_list":["post-47394","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-boxing","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47394","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47394"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47394\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/47395"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47394"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47394"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47394"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}