Born rivals Chris Yubank, Jr. and Conor Benn, finally block the horns on Saturday afternoon at the Tottenham Hotspur stadium in London to complete the rivalry that dates from more than 30 years.
It all started with their fathers, Chris Yubank Sr. and Nigel Benn, who in the 1990s had two BRT Titula of the world around the world. In 1990, Yubank, Sr., stopped Benna to win the WBO medium weight in a fight, still widely considered one of the best in the history of British boxing. Three years later, 16.5 million people in Britain watched a couple fighting a draw for Old Trafford, the house of Manchester United.
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In the mid-90s, there were negotiations on the trilogy fight, but the battle was never carried out, and the third battle joined Lennox Lewis against Ridddik Bow and Mike Tyson against George Forman in the list of battles who wanted to see, but did not do it.
This was until Conor joined Yubank, the youngest in professional rows in 2016, and sudden fans of the battle had a different rivalry with Eubank against Benn to plunge into the teeth.
Chris Yubank is the youngest and Conor Benn (right) will meet during a press conference in London. (Photo of Mark Robinson/Getty Images)
(Mark Robinson via Getty Images)
Nevertheless, Benn entered a professional game as a welterweight, while Yubank competed in middleweight and in the middle weight. And if this was not enough to overcome, it did not help that Benn was very raw and mediocre in his early professional battles. Benn was twice confused against the French apprentice of Cedric Payno in 2017, but won a controversial solution in competitions from six rounds.
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Nostalgic fans hoping to see another eubank vs. Benn, had little reason to make hopes, since Eubank Jr. And Conor seemed at a distance of miles – not only in weight, but also in skill.
But then, in the empty AVO arena on Wembley in October 2020, Conor took the biggest step in his career against Sebastian Formalla from Germany, which extended Sean Porter on the 12th round just three months ago. Benn impressed Formella, demonstrating noticeable improvements and clear potential.
Benn followed this with victories over Samuel Vargas and Adrin Granados, but in December 2021 it was his cruel bearer of the fourth round of Chris Alzhieri, who was really excited by the British fan, who then became the next big star in British boxing.
And that night in Liverpool, when Calle Sauerland, the promoter of the Yubank Jr. at that time, predicted a clash of the second generation. The proposal was met with comments hinting at Sauerland, were influenced. It is fair to say that this was not perceived especially seriously.
Tony Sims, coach Benna, in 2022 was looking for advice of people in the Boxing industry industry about Benn’s chances in the potential match of Yubank, Jr. In boxing there is a lot of what you hear is false. Only this week did the reports appeared that Shakur Stevenson left boxers Eddie Hirn in boxing – rumors that Hirn was subjected to.
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Hearing about the possibility of Yubank, the youngest against Benn, many were puzzled by why this would even be examined from a clear difference in size. But the rumors intensified, and soon it was talk about the British boxing industry. And finally, on August 9, 2022, an announcement was made for Mega-Boy, originally appointed on October 8 at the O2 London Arena.
Anyone who was skeptical about how much the fight would be the main thing was supposed to include only the main television channels to see the battle on all the network.
Matchroom Chairman Eddie Hyrn, who promoted the many fights of Kangelo Saul Alvarez and all his career Anthony Joshua, announced that Yubank, Jr., was virtually the biggest fight against Benn, which he promoted when he promoted.
This was impatiently expected. Regardless of the fact that someone was thinking about the difference in size, they will be tuned overnight.
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But on Wednesday, everything happened. The Daily Mail reported the news that all participating parties knew for several weeks that Benn failed an anti -doping test for the prohibited substance of Klomifen. Two hours after the story, the British Boxing Council of Control published a statement prohibiting the battle.
Judicial trials and alternative authorizing bodies were studied by promoters, but after a huge amount of negative reaction compared to failed trials, the battle was inevitably canceled on October 6, 2022.
Benn, who insisted that he was innocent in deliberate doping, was temporarily suspended by the anti -doping of Great Britain and the British boxing boxing council in March 2023. The suspension of Benn was lifted for the first time in July of that year, according to reports, due to the problem of jurisdiction compared to unsuccessful tests, and the decree, the ability to manage the selection collected as a whole, contradictory, the subscriber association.
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Benn ruled two battles in the United States with Rodolfo Orozko and Peter Dobson – since the British boxing boxing council refused to authorize him – until the British fighter was again prohibited after the British Boxing Council for Monitoring them was suspended by Benn’s suspension in May 2024.
Benn was completely cleared after the decision of the National Anti -Doping Group in November 2024 on the rise of doping Benn after a hearing in failed tests, which the Decad and the British Boxing Council decided not to appeal.
Many attempts were made to put the battle for two years between a failure test and Benn’s full resolution.
On January 23, 2025, the Turks of the Alales confirmed that Yubank Jr. against Benn will finally take place on April 26. And now we are only two days from the largest, not heavy weight in British boxing, since Carl Frosh revenge against George Gouvx in 2014.
This is the story of history, rivalry, family and scandals – it almost belongs to soap opera.
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