Chris Eubank Jr vs Conor Benn date, venue and undercard confirmed in official announcement

The arch-rivals volition yet spell caput to caput successful a middleweight clash aboriginal successful 2025, having seen an archetypal bout astatine London’s O2 Arena successful October 2022 postponed aft Benn failed 2 voluntary pre-fight anti-doping (VADA) tests.

Benn, 28, ever denied immoderate wrongdoing and aft a two-year combat with UK Anti-Doping (UKAD) and the British Boxing Board of Control (BBBofC) saw his provisional suspension lifted by the National Anti-Doping Panel (NADP) successful November, clearing the way for him to combat again successful the UK.

It has present been confirmed that the bout volition so instrumentality spot connected April 26 astatine the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium arsenic portion of the archetypal Ring Magazine card, with the celebrated work present owned by president of the General Entertainment Authority successful Saudi Arabia Turki Alalshikh, who is simply a large fig successful boxing.

It volition beryllium the undefeated 23-0 Benn’s archetypal combat connected location ungraded since April 2022, erstwhile helium stopped South Africa’s Chris van Heerden successful the 2nd circular successful Manchester to clasp the WBA Continental (Europe) welterweight title. He has since beaten some Rodolfo Orozco and Peter Dobson successful low-key fights successful the USA, the past of which was successful February 2024.

The 35-year-old Eubank Jr, meanwhile, ended 13 months retired of the ringing with a seventh-round knockout of Poland’s Kamil Szeremeta connected the Artur Beterbiev vs Dmitry Bivol undercard successful Riyadh successful October to triumph the IBO middleweight rubric and determination to 34-3 arsenic a professional.

Also connected the April 26 paper named aft the upcoming caller video crippled Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves arsenic a collaboration betwixt SNK and Ring Magazine is Anthony Yarde, who volition conscionable Lyndon Arthur for the 3rd clip successful different all-British showdown.

Yarde was stunned by Arthur via divided determination successful December 2020 successful a bout for the Commonwealth and vacant WBO Inter-Continental light-heavyweight titles, earlier gaining his revenge with a fourth-round knockout astatine the Copper Box Arena 12 months later.

Yarde has reeled disconnected 3 consecutive wins since his thrilling decision by present undisputed light-heavyweight champion Beterbiev successful January 2023, outpointing Latvia’s Ralfs Vilcans connected his past outing successful October. Arthur, meanwhile, mislaid connected the cards to Dmitry Bivol earlier beating Liam Cameron via divided determination past summertime to prime up the vacant WBA Inter-Continental title.

Liam Smith - having present re-signed with Matchroom - is besides owed to combat for the archetypal clip since his rematch stoppage nonaccomplishment to Eubank Jr successful Manchester successful 2023, having withdrawn from a combat with Josh Kelly connected the Anthony Joshua vs Daniel Dubois undercard astatine Wembley Stadium successful September owed to a virus.

He is up against unbeaten 19-0 Irishman Aaron McKenna, who volition look his toughest trial to day connected insubstantial against the erstwhile WBO light-middleweight champion.

Chris Billam-Smith is besides owed to combat for the archetypal clip since losing his WBO cruiserweight title successful a bruising unification conflict with Mexico’s Gilberto ‘Zurdo’ Ramirez successful Riyadh successful November, taking connected American Brandon Glanton.

Viddal Riley is besides connected the paper having seen his projected combat against Isaac Chamberlain connected February 1 postponed owed to an wounded to the latter, taking connected British cruiserweight champion Cheavon Clarke.