Eubank Jr downs Benn on unanimous points decision in middleweight grudge match

Chris Eubank Jr in action with Conor Benn during their fight
Chris Eubank Jr in action with Conor Benn during their fightAction Images via Reuters/Andrew Couldridge
Chris Eubank Jr dealt fellow-Briton Conor Benn a first career defeat after going the distance to win their middleweight grudge match on a unanimous points decision on Saturday.

All three judges scored the fight 116-112 after a pulsating 12-round slugfest, both fighters coming out hard from the start and going toe-to-toe in front of 65,000 spectators at London's Tottenham Hotspur stadium.

The fight, between the sons of former world champions and arch-rivals Chris Eubank Sr and Nigel Benn, who met twice in the 1990s, was called off in 2022 when Benn tested positive for trace amounts of fertility drug clomifene.

Chris Eubank Jr celebrates with his father former boxer Chris Eubank after winning his middleweight fight against Conor Benn
Chris Eubank Jr celebrates with his father former boxer Chris Eubank after winning his middleweight fight against Conor BennAction Images via Reuters/Andrew Couldridge

Both fathers were present, 32 years on from their last clash, and embraced in the ring before the opening bell.