Conor Benn is probably one of the few people in boxing who have not yet looked at their incredible battle in 12 rounds with Chris Yubank Jr.
The clash of the second generation of British boxers on April 26 saw how Yubank (35-3, 25 knockouts) received an exciting unanimous decision to more than 60,000 spectators at the Tottenham Khotspur stadium in North London. Benn (23-1, 14 knockouts) suffered his first defeat in his career, although his shares could not be higher at the present time after their instant classics.
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Once he will force himself to consider the third chapter in 35-year family rivalry.
“I haven’t watched it back yet,” admitted to the “Uncronded’s and Dazn” “Ariel X Ade” on Tuesday. “I have to grow courage to look back.
“There are many mistakes that I made. Many things that I did not do there, which, as I know, had to do. So I had no courage to see him back. “
Benn, 28 years old, entered into battle invincible and with the hope of one day a challenge for a welterweight title. Nevertheless, the ability to resurrect his match -prison with a yubank was enough priority to transfer two units to the average weight on this occasion.
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It is noteworthy, in the same weight division was the first meeting between their famous fathers. Nigel Benn saw his middleweight title in middleweight, when he was stopped in the ninth round Chris Yubank, the oldest at their meeting in 1990 in Birmingham, England.
The struggle helped to introduce at the key point in the history of British boxing, enough where they ran away almost three years later. Both fighters moved and won the titles in the middle weight, but fought for a draw in their WBC/WBO match in 1993 before 47,000 fans at the Old Trafford Stadium in Manchester, England.
Thus, the balance was on the younger Benne to put his family on the scoreboard.
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The April’s Gruudge match occurred 14 months after the previous appearance of Benn in the ring, as well as two and a half years after the cancellation of the initial date of Yubank against Benn in October 2022. The drug testing scandal ultimately closed this event, and Benn remained to prove to the world that he was a clean fighter after he had a positive result for clomipen.
It was a long way to respect. Benn and the promoter throughout the career of Eddie Hyrn-chairman of the Boxing Matchroom-pounded little public sympathy even after Benn was clarified for the battle in the United States in September 2023. A couple of victories in the state helped to shake Rust, but not a lot of ongoing verification.
Benn literally wore an egg on his face at the end of the press conference to confirm his transfer. Yubank broke the yolk and a shell on the right side of Benn’s face, his own visual for scientific alibi, provided that the positive tests of drugs were the result of egg pollution.
“Everyone knows what I went through over the past two and a half years,” Benn noted. “I did not fight in England three years later. For me, to get to this point, it was a proud moment. You did it, Conor. I survived a lot. I was through hell and back.
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“You do not know how much life you have taken from you when you go through such things. This is in the back of your head: “What did I leave in me? »I still have this fire.
Ebank additionally accepted the role of a fighter with a massive chip on his shoulder over the entire extension. He only added to him only after he arrived at a well -late weighing, only to skip the mark by 0.05 pounds.
The struggle continued, after Yubank received a fine of $ 500,000 and agreed that the 10-pound rendering limit still came the next day.
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Benn a cut of unexpected unforeseen fall was used, including the purchase of a completely new Rolls Royce.
“In addition to the battle and the night and the chance, it was the second happiest moment in my year,” Benn joked. “It was my gift because it was 0.05. He paid for my private plane, as well as for my Rolls Royce.
“Complete respect, dad. Hurray, Chris. You are a diamond. I missed the weight again, right? “
Nevertheless, the scale of Aibank was another reminder that Benn, who weighed 156.4 pounds, was a natural fighter.
Nevertheless, he did not go so far as to go so far.
Benn made his career performance; Unfortunately, this was at the night when there was no care in his enemy. The battle made his way and broke through 10 rounds before Yubank seized the 11th and 12th rounds to prevail.
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I read the hearing of identical indicators 116-112 in favor of a 35-year-old Yubank for Benn, who believed that he deserved a nod. It was a difficult way to break his perfect record, although he comforts, knowing that his name will remain in the history of British boxing for the right reasons.
“I am pleased that this will become a British classic,” Benn said. “Your shares come out of such battles that gives people value for their money. People do not want to watch the fighters who go there to just launch a fight or just win the round, just to get by. There were many on the line. We fought with our hearts. ”
Conor Benn (right) and Chris Yubank, Jr., put an instant classic at the Tottenham Khotvpur stadium in London, England. (Mark Robinson/Getty Images).
(Mark Robinson via Getty Images)
Both boxers had a lot of motivation. The reminder of the bets came with their corresponding dishes, as they were accompanied by their fathers.
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The father-son walked into the ring, always was on Benns cards; Not much for Eubanks.
Senior Yubank has always been against the idea of a second generation battle, returning to when it was first scheduled for 2022. He did not talk to his son for many years, while on the eve of the battle. The scene of his arrival in Tottenham Khotspur, after which their subsequent Ringol followed, in some way overshadowed the incredible 12 rounds of actions performed in the ring.
“Seeing him there, I was in the seventh heaven from the moon,” Benn said. “It would not be the same if the elder had not appeared. I was glad for Chris. My dad is always in my corner, it goes without saying. My dad is my shadow.
“If the battle repaired this relationship … Money cannot buy it.”
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Nevertheless, the younger Benn and Yubank were well compensated for their resurrected Grudge match. A large amount of excitement surrounded an event where they never believed that something in the ring could be in the ring.
In some way they rethought. Through the exception of the fact that he entered his first loss, Benn can at least find comfort in the circumstances in which this was considered.
“Even the opportunity to give the public this level of entertainment, it makes me be proud of,” Benn admitted. “There are so many fighters who do not entertain and do not take responsibility for entertainment.
“This is my thinking.
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The good news for Benn is that he will not have to wait for another two and a half years to shoot at the ransom.
While there was some discussion of returning to the welterweight and a reliable title shot, nothing will pay better than a continuation with a yubank and part of the fourth in the most legendary family rivalry of England.
Also, the potential for some other victory will not reach more satisfaction.
“This is definitely Yubank (next),” Benn insisted. “If I do not make a fuck next time, this ship (has) sailed. Next, he should be a yubank. If I do not do this, then this chapter is closed.
“Fingers are crossed, we are now working on a date. In September, it is said about the return. The reality is that I am ready to go (c) August. I stayed in the gym. While Yubank was in the hospital, he was queen of drama, I returned to the gym in training on the treadmill. Therefore, I think that I had a recurrent fire in me. ”
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