{"id":41926,"date":"2025-03-23T15:28:25","date_gmt":"2025-03-23T15:28:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/?p=41926"},"modified":"2025-03-23T15:28:25","modified_gmt":"2025-03-23T15:28:25","slug":"eddie-hearn-says-build-up-to-chris-eubank-jr-vs-conor-benn-couldnt-have-gone-any-better","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/news\/eddie-hearn-says-build-up-to-chris-eubank-jr-vs-conor-benn-couldnt-have-gone-any-better\/","title":{"rendered":"Eddie Hearn says build-up to Chris Eubank Jr vs Conor Benn ‘couldn’t have gone any better’"},"content":{"rendered":"

Matchroom CEO Eddie Hearn<\/a> reckons the dramatic build-up to Chris Eubank Jr vs Conor Benn “couldn’t have gone any better” ahead of the April bout in London.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The highly-anticipated showdown turned up a notch at the first press conference in Manchester last month when Eubank Jr struck Benn with an egg<\/a>, for which he was later fined \u00a3100,000.<\/p>\n

Originally, the pair were due to face-off in October 2022 before the fight was postponed following Benn’s drugs scandal but last November he was cleared to box by UK Anti-Doping.<\/p>\n

Eubank Jr<\/a> and Benn’s rivalry goes deeper than just their own turmoil as their fathers Chris and Nigel fought twice in the 1990s.<\/p>\n

Hearn represents Benn<\/a> under the Matchroom promotion and the 45-year-old couldn’t have asked for a more exciting build-up to the April 26 clash.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe noise, it\u2019s been amazing. I mean, couldn\u2019t have gone better, really, away from the physical egg situation. It\u2019s made the fight bigger \u2013 on another level. <\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cThat’s what Eubank does really well. He\u2019s got a way of creating headlines that is just above and beyond the norm. Actually, [striking Benn was] a little bit out of character for him, if I\u2019m honest. <\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cI would never expect him to actually lay hands on someone. He\u2019s never really been that kind of guy.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cI think that\u2019s a mix of a little bit of a personal vendetta and a mix of a showman wanting to make this fight as big as possible.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

WATCH: Chris Eubank Jr strikes Conor Benn with an egg<\/h2>\n
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IT’S ALL KICKED OFF! \u203c\ufe0f<\/p>\n

Chris Eubank Jr. SLAPS Conor Benn during intense face-off \ud83d\udca5 pic.twitter.com\/r2AQ6mBD1H<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Sky Sports Boxing (@SkySportsBoxing) February 25, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n