Chris Eubank Jr v Conor Benn rematch set for September 20 in London | Boxing Information

Chris Eubank Jr will combat fellow Briton Conor Benn in a rematch in London on September 20.

Like the primary combat, which Eubank received by unanimous determination on the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in April, the rematch will once more happen on the middleweight restrict of 160 kilos, with a 10-pound rehydration clause.

The venue for the rematch is but to be confirmed however is more likely to be both Tottenham or Wembley. Tottenham are at the moment scheduled to play Brighton on the AMEX Stadium on September 20.

Reacting to the information, Benn tweeted: “Able to combat now! September twentieth cannot come quickly sufficient.”

The thrilling first combat was scored 116-112 in favour of Eubank and rekindled recollections of their fathers’ fierce rivalry, going down 35 years after Chris Eubank and Nigel Benn had first fought.

Nonetheless, the build-up to the combat was controversial.

Eubank was fined £100,000 after slapping Benn with an egg at an ill-tempered pre-fight press convention.

This was an obvious reference to an impartial report discovering that Benn’s failed drug take a look at, which precipitated the unique combat in October 2022 to be postponed, may have been attributable to a “extremely elevated consumption” of eggs. Benn denied intentional doping and his suspension was lifted after being cleared by the Nationwide Anti-Doping Panel (NADP).

Eubank was then fined one other £375,000 after lacking the 160lb restrict on the official weigh-in however was efficiently contained in the 170lbs rehydration restrict on the morning of the combat.

Nonetheless, the 35-year-old has been ordered to seem in entrance of the British Boxing Board of Management to clarify his use of a sauna, which is outlawed, to chop weight.

Eubank Sr claimed his son, who usually fights at 175lbs, was dangerously dehydrated for the primary bout and was anticipated to overlook the combat. Nonetheless, on the final minute, he appeared by his son’s aspect on combat night time in a sensational second.

Benn had by no means fought above super-welterweight (154lbs) earlier than the primary assembly.

Hearn: Second combat might be even higher

Benn’s promoter Eddie Hearn advised The Ring: “Spurs is contracted – it is a incredible stadium and it labored extraordinarily effectively the primary time.

“Clearly, it was offered out and this combat’s even larger, so you may probably take a look at Wembley to extend the capability, however that might be a call for His Excellency and Ring Journal to make the ultimate name.”

“I simply suppose the second combat might be even higher,” Hearn mentioned. “They are not going to vary. They will come out from the primary bell and simply keep on just like the thirteenth spherical. And once you see a combat like that, for me, the automated factor to do is to do the rematch.

“The combat was all the time going to be two fights, however generally a combat’s one-sided or it ends early and there is not actually the urge for food for the rematch.

“I feel right here, now with Conor having that exercise, which is one thing that was missing from the primary combat as effectively, we actually fancy our probabilities.

“We all know the burden’s a drawback and that confirmed a bit bit within the first combat, however followers can simply count on a continuation of the twelfth spherical and it will be one other toe-to-toe struggle.”