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Chris Eubank Jr. defeats Conor Benn at points in an stimulating fight
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1 year agoon
London – three years after the cancellation of their fight in a miniature time and 32 years after the rematch of their fathers, Chris Eubank Jr. He won a unanimous decision over Conor Bennem on Saturday on Saturday in medium weight.
Eubank (35-3, 25 KO) won the results of 116-112 on all three pages of results to defeat Benna (23-1, 14 KO) and resolve the match between two English boxers, the largest boxing event in Great Britain since Carl Froch compared to George Groves.
Eubank was in trouble in the last round, but there were no knocks in the fight that met the expectations before 62,000 at the Tottenham Hotspur stadium.
Eubank did not seem to be affected by an attempt to obtain a weight limit weighing 160 pounds, which he did not do 0.05 pounds on Friday and caused a penalty of $ 500,000 (375,000 GBP). In fact, he did well in the last two rounds.
“I knew I was able to,” said Eubank, who was taken to the hospital after the fight as a precaution. “The fact that our fathers did what they did all these years ago brings out a ghost in you and we showed it tonight.
“I pushed. There are many things that took place in my life and I’m glad that I have this man [his dad] Return with me. We maintained the surname – support and top.
“I didn’t know that Conor had what he had in him.”
No critical title was on the line, but it was an extremely satisfying win for Eubank, whose father stopped Conor’s dad, Nigel, in 1990, before their points attracted in 1993, respectively for the global medium weight and super medium weight, respectively. Despite the fact that he was apparently appointed from Chris Jr., Chris Sr. He went his son to the ring and sat with Nigel.
“I wasn’t sure if it would be here. It gave me an elevator. It was unique. He had to be here, it was because what he did,” said Chris Jr.
The victory is kept in the competition for a shot at Saul “Canelo” Alvarez, WBC, WBA and WBO World Super Middle Wweight, in 2026.
Eubank did not have the full version of the four main world titles, but it was an impressive show in which he showed the character during hard rounds and triumphed. For Benn, a return to a welterweight or younger medium weight is probably after the first defeat of his professional career in his greatest fight.
Benn is teenage enough to revive his career, but this failure, after the cause of three years gathering, which included eubank’s breakdown of the egg at the face at a press conference. He later suggested that he could continue in medium weight.
“Maybe inactivity was a factor, I was 14 months after the ring. It was a close fight, I will have to watch it. I liked it,” said Benn. “Maybe I stayed on the ropes for too long. We knew that Chris is a good warrior, and the conversation fighting is a conversation. I believe that I could fight for 160”.
Since the fight is expected to return high salary revenues to the view of the Great Britain’s audience and reportedly divided a 18 million pounds bag, there is also a good chance that we will see the fourth episode of Eubank-Qualine’s family competition.
28 -year -old Benn did not fight in Great Britain for three years due to the ban on a positive drug test, which caused the cancellation of the planned fight compared to Eubank two days before the fight in October 2022.
But it was not a balmy welcome from fans who booed their entrance to the ring, while Eubank was cheered when he was flanked by his father. Benn, who grew up in Spain and Australia, before he moved to Essex in England to start his professional career at the age of 19, was wildly from some of his blows in the opening round, but probably joined with enough to win the 1st round.
Benn began more aggressively, and his speedy hands seemed to surprise Eubank. Benn landed the right hooks, and even a lead left hook in round 2. Benna’s movement was also a problem for Eubank early, but in round 4 he caught up Benna and landed with a combination, and then the brilliant upper right upper miner, who broke Benn’s head.
35 -year -old Eubank from Brighton began to find Benna regularly in round 5, doubled and whipping straightforward hooks. Both of them landed in the 6th round of the thrilling fight, but Jab Eubank was better. Benna’s right hooks had a lot of venom all night, but Eubank’s strikes flowed better, and the boxer from Brighton had a good round 7.
In the round 8 they both stood with their fingers and exchanged blows. It was hard to separate them because they both landed with crushing shots.
Benn was full of vigor at the beginning of the 9th round, but Eubank later answered in a round with powerful right hands. Eubank was chopped near the right eye in ninth place and looked tired when Benn him roiła. Benn briefly stuck Eubank with a miniature left in round 10 and later in the round, connected with his right hand.
Eubank recovered after the penniless round 10 to work out Benna on an exhaustive 11th place before a furious exchange in the final round. Eubank corrected in round 12 and almost knocked Benn with his left hook. Somehow Benn stayed on his feet after he was bombed with hooks in the last minute.
There was no knocking out, but it was great entertainment.
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Jose Valenzuela Overcomes Broadcast Challenges in Pursuit of Schofield
Published
2 hours agoon
October 14, 2026
Jose “Rayo” Valenzuela wants a crack at Floyd Schofield’s newly won WBA lightweight belt, yet business barriers give the champion little reason to grant a voluntary defense.
“@KidAustin11 let’s make it happen!” Valenzuela posted on X, a public challenge spotlighted by Ring Magazine.
Holding the No. 3 ranking with the WBA keeps Valenzuela in the title picture. It does not give him mandatory status, nor does it force Schofield to pick him.
Promotional and broadcast divisions form the real wall here. Valenzuela operates under the Zuffa banner on Paramount+, whereas Schofield fights for Golden Boy on DAZN. Finalizing a matchup requires cooperation across competing networks.
The bout lacks the massive box office pull needed to warrant a joint broadcast. A viable path would demand that one promoter let their fighter appear on rival airwaves, an unlikely concession for an optional defense.
Schofield took the vacant strap against Lucas Bahdi in Chicago on October 10. Holding the gold affords Golden Boy the luxury of handpicking far simpler matchups.
Valenzuela offers elite pedigree as a former 140-pound champion, paired with a tricky southpaw stance capable of testing the young titleholder. A victory over Rayo looks solid on paper, yet it delivers no extra hardware. Without a massive paycheck attached, the ring danger offers limited reward.
Valenzuela needs the sanctioning body in his corner. An official WBA mandatory order would ignite real negotiations instead of a digital callout the champion can safely ignore.
For now, Rayo is asking Schofield to take on a dangerous night with zero promotional upside. Posting on social media costs nothing; handing Golden Boy a financial incentive to say yes is another story entirely.
A voluntary defense across rival platforms only happens when enormous pots of cash force everyone to play nice. Paramount+ wants exclusive programming for Zuffa. DAZN guards its stable for Golden Boy. Neither network gains anything by lending talent without a massive pay-per-view haul to split.
Without Riyadh bankrolling the difference, the financial math completely falls apart. Oscar De La Hoya already mentioned keeping Schofield busy with William Zepeda in-house, or waiting on Gervonta Davis. Those routes keep every dollar inside their own broadcast tent. Taking on Rayo brings serious ring danger for ordinary television money.
Valenzuela is a heavy-handed southpaw capable of cracking anyone. Schofield touched the canvas against Lucas Bahdi in the eleventh round, so putting him in with Rayo right away makes zero sense for Golden Boy.
Unless the WBA forces a purse bid down the road, expect Golden Boy to completely ignore the callout.
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Shakur Stevenson Faces Criticism for Avoiding All-American Boxing Clash
Published
8 hours agoon
October 14, 2026
Shakur Stevenson is regarded as one of the best pound-for-pound fighters on the planet, but one reigning world champion believes the Newark southpaw is ‘terrified’ of him.
Stevenson looked to be a level above Teofimo Lopez when they collided back in January, as Stevenson became the third-youngest four-division world champion in the rich history of the sport.
However, the unbeaten superstar is yet to fight since, despite informing O’Shaquie Foster that he could get his shot if able to defend his WBC super-featherweight world title against good friend, Raymond Ford, back in May.
Foster claimed a majority decision win to continue his second 130lb title reignbut talks for a clash between he and Stevenson then went quiet as the latter signed with Zuffa Boxing, whilst Foster eventually moved on to a three-belt unification with Emanuel Navarrete.
Speaking to Fight Hub TVFoster fumed at Stevenson for going back on his word and declared his belief that the 29-year-old is ‘terrified’ of him.
“I think that he is terrified of me and I think that he hopes that somebody else beats me so that he won’t have to ever fight me. He said it on Twitter, after Lamont [Roach] fought he was talking about ‘it is your time coming, I can’t wait to clown you on it.’ He is goofy.
“He is hoping that somebody else beats me, that is why he was hoping Ray Ford beat me, so that he can chat about it online instead of hopping in there himself with me.
“I am not a bully, but real guys know real guys. You sons, your mans, I beat ‘em up, why you ain’t trying to fight now?”
Navarrete-Foster takes place on Saturday, October 24, where ‘Ice Water’ could inch closer to becoming the first undisputed super-featherweight world champion since Hiroshi Kobayashi in 1969; a feat which Vasiliy Lomachenko is also trying to achieve.
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Canelo Alvarez Discusses Challenging Christian Mbilli for WBC Title: Strategies for a Successful Fight
Published
12 hours agoon
October 14, 2026
Canelo Alvarez spends some time talking to Mike Coppinger on behalf of Ring Magazine about this state of his career, his October 31 title fight with Christian Mbilliwanting a rematch with Terence Crawfordand more. Read some excerpts from Canelo below with the full video in the link at the bottom.
“He’s a champion and he’s a very aggressive fighter. He go forward, throws a lot of punches and that make me excited because it’s good styles to make a good fight. Could be Fight of the Year.”
On why the fight was delayed from September
“Because I wasn’t ready. I have a little bit of problems with the family I need to fix and everything. And I like to have a pre-camp and then come to the training camp, so that’s why I postponed that fight because I learned from the past, you know…At this level [there’s a tiny margin for error] between win or lose.”
On what motivates him at this stage of his career
“I love boxing. Sometimes I try to say ‘why am I here if I accomplish everything?’ but I love boxing. That’s why I’m here, because I still love boxing and I enjoy it a lot.”
On a rematch with Crawford
“I hope so. If you realize that I always did good in my rematches. So, I always do good in the rematch so I hope that fight happens again…I just try to learn how much I can from the loss and from the other fights and get better, learn more and do better in the ring.
“[I’ve rewatched the Crawford fight] like five times, and it was very close. It’s not that much [that separates us]. But, yeah, it’s very [fine line between winning and losing] but I know what happened and I know my mistakes, and plus Crawford is a great fighter and you need to be 100%.”
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