{"id":254614,"date":"2025-11-10T09:23:05","date_gmt":"2025-11-10T09:23:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/254614\/"},"modified":"2025-11-10T09:23:05","modified_gmt":"2025-11-10T09:23:05","slug":"chris-eubank-v-conor-benn-rematch-can-determine-lewis-crockers-next-move","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/254614\/","title":{"rendered":"Chris Eubank v Conor Benn: Rematch can determine Lewis Crocker&#8217;s next move"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Lewis Crocker&#8217;s manager Jamie Conlan feels the outcome of Saturday&#8217;s middleweight rematch between Chris Eubank Jr and Conor Benn will have implications for the IBF welterweight champion.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Eubank won a gruelling first fight between the pair in April and they are set to do it all again at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium this weekend.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Crocker won the IBF world title with a split-decision win over Paddy Donovan in their own rematch at Belfast&#8217;s Windsor Park in September, and a first title defence against Benn has been floated as one of his main options.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">However, should Benn suffer a second-straight loss, it would prove a major stumbling block for that match-up to take place next and Conlan says that while they will be keeping a close eye on events in London, there are other options including a possible unification with WBC champion Mario Barrios.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;Our plans are still to do Croc and Benn, but we have also had two or three other conversations including Mario Barrios for a unification,&#8221; Conlan told BBC Sport NI.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;It&#8217;s all up in the air, but we have tentatively pencilled in Windsor for April or May, but we have scheduled dates in February. This weekend coming up is a big factor, but not a deciding factor.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Lewis Crocker&#8217;s manager Jamie Conlan feels the outcome of Saturday&#8217;s middleweight rematch between Chris Eubank Jr and Conor&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":254615,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,101,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-254614","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-boxing","8":"tag-boxing","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/254614","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=254614"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/254614\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/254615"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=254614"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=254614"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=254614"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}