The first fight between the two \u201cNext Gen\u201d sons of British boxing royalty, that was literally years in the making, was massively hyped when it was finally, officially announced \u2013 and then the ink covering the fight really went into overdrive. Why? Because one of the protagonists had failed a drug test, this just before hostilities were to get underway. A fired-up boxing public would have to wait some time more.<\/p>\n
But then, at last, Chris Eubank Jr vs. Conor Benn: the fight that was hyped but looked at times like it was destined never to happen, happened. And it was great! The action sizzled. While just hours before bell-one, the \u201cunexpected\u201d supporting appearance of Chris Eubank Senior added to the magic. The stage was so truly set for majesty, even on a junior level.<\/p>\n
The Rematch No One\u2019s Talking About<\/p>\n
But now, some seven months on as we are from the fight \u2013 and, again, it did at last happen, this after so much fuss, fiasco, bad tempers, and trash-talk; the biggest shock being the fact that the fight actually lived up to the hype machine behind it \u2013 the rematch is upon us. And nobody seems to really care.<\/p>\n
A week today, November 15, the two sons of legends will dance again, they will rumble again. But here\u2019s the thing , and I don\u2019t know about you, but I can\u2019t help thinking the rematch, of a genuine FOTY candidate, mind you, has generated not even close to half as much attention and anticipation as the first fight generated.<\/p>\n
There has been some level of fun and games leading up to Eubank Jr-Benn II, most of it provided by Eubank Jr and Benn promoter Eddie Hearn; the somewhat well-publicised \u201cambulance-gate\u201d episode really getting under some collective skin.<\/p>\n
Where\u2019s the Buzz This Time?<\/p>\n
But aside from that, and aside from Benn saying he will KO Eubank this time, and with Eubank Jr saying the referee will have to \u201cpull him off\u201d Benn when he hurts him, it hasn\u2019t been anything like as hot, as tasty, as agonising a build-up to the fight this time.<\/p>\n
Has it?<\/p>\n
Maybe it\u2019s just me\u2026\u2026.<\/p>\n
But we are just a week away, and who is really talking about the rematch? Who is really buzzing with excitement?<\/p>\n
Hopefully, the sequel will be a great fight, as the first battle was, and the April slugfest also did crazy pay-per-view numbers. But as close as we are to the rematch, where is the, let\u2019s use the word again, anticipation?<\/p>\n
Are YOU up for the rematch?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The first fight between the two \u201cNext Gen\u201d sons of British boxing royalty, that was literally years in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":253249,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,26563,19787,18059,6573,6848,101,8752,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-253248","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-boxing","tag-fatal-fury","tag-fight-night","tag-mark-robinson","tag-matchroom-boxing","tag-ring-magazine","tag-sports","tag-tottenham-hotspur-stadium","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/253248","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=253248"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/253248\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/253249"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=253248"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=253248"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=253248"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}