Conor Benn restored family pride at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium by dominating his rematch with Chris Eubank Jr in north London, ultimately settling for a crushing points victory following two last-round knockouts in the middleweight clash.

Eubank and Benn fought their second fight in a crowded stadium.

After a long family rivalry, Eubank Jr (35-4, KO25) did enough to win their original meeting at the same stadium in April, coming off a thrilling fight with no clear point scorer, but Benn (24-1, KO14) had his moments as they went side by side for almost the entire fight.

It was an open cat and mouse round with Benn landing a nice right hand on the counter that caught the attention, and in the second round he worked the body well as Eubank slowly gained momentum.

The left hand finally found its way to Eubank in the third quarter, but he looked tired and allowed Benn to keep punching him, which was a still start for the Brighton man.

Eubank’s legs felt like they were stuck in the mud, and although he had some minor success in the fifth race, he was unable to string his shots into a rhythm that would disturb Benn.

Eubank certainly needed a robust second half, but there was more of it in the seventh round and Benn was able to avoid what his opponent was offering and responded with interest.

Eubank simply wasn’t in the fight, couldn’t do what his head told his fists and legs to do, and Benn continued to take the rounds, and going into the championship rounds he was clearly in need of a knockout that never seemed to have a chance.

The pattern remained the same and by the final round it was clear what Eubank had to do.

Once again he was unable to find anything of note, although he tried to let go of his hands, but it was to no avail and Benn’s pointed right hand knocked him down badly in the final minute.

Benn pounced on the restart, with Eubank wrapped around his neck again, and grimly reached the final bell.

The score was academic, with scores of 119-107, 118-108 and 116-110 earning Benn a show of hands.

Jack Catterall vs. Ekow Essuman

In a controversial welterweight clash, Jack Catterall (32-2, KO14) defeated Ekow Essuman (22-2, KO8) in the penultimate round of their fight for the WBO Global belt.

Essuman was down in the fourth round, but he got up in the 11th round^vol round to see him down with multiple punches after the referee called a break in the action.

This signaled the beginning of the end for Essuman as a volley of punches rolled through the ropes and the fight was over.

Undercard remaining

Adam Azim (14-0, KO11) defeated slow replacement Kurt Scoby (18-2, KO16) and won the vacant WBO Intercontinental super lightweight title after a last-round stoppage.

Scoby was deducted a point for using his head in round seven and eventually wilted, kneeling on the canvas before the fight was ultimately called off.

Richard Riakporhe (19-1, KO15) showed no signs of continuing his heavyweight campaign, and the former cruiserweight world title challenger broke the record of Tommy Welch (16-1, KO9), who was dropped three times in the second round before being stopped.

Ishmael Davis (15-3, KO6) suffered a minor upset to win the vacant British super welterweight title while also winning the Commonwealth title from Sam Gilley (18-2-1, KO9).

The fight was fierce, which was reflected in the scorecards, which twice showed 115-113 and 115-114 in favor of Davis, making him the novel champion.

Flyweight hopeful Mikie Tallon (11-0, KO2) scored a infrequent early victory, with an uppercut doing the damage in a fifth-round knockout victory over Fezan Shahid (4-3-2, KO0).

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