Eubank v Benn – all you need to know

Conor Benn and Chris Eubank Jr finally step in the ring together on Saturday at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, just shy of 1,000 days since their first fight was announced.

The bitter rivals have feuded at a distance after their first encounter was cancelled in October 2022.

They are set to meet more than 30 years after their fathers – Nigel Benn and Chris Eubank – fought each other in two world title contests.

Can Benn produce an upset as the smaller man? Will Eubank maintain his family’s unbeaten record against the Benns?

BBC Sport will bring you daily coverage from London in fight week and Steve Bunce will deliver daily episodes of his 5 Live Boxing with Steve Bunce podcast.

The first fight on the card is expected to begin at 19:00.

Chris Eubank Jr v Conor Benn

Eubank and Benn’s contest will be conducted at a middleweight limit of 11st 6lb (160lbs). There is a hydration clause – neither man can put on more than 10lb between Friday’s weigh-in and fight night.

Benn is coming up two weights from welterweight. He last weighed in for a fight in February 2024, when he was 10st 10lb (150lbs).

Tuesday – grand arrivals in Canary Wharf

Wednesday – open workouts in Canary Wharf

Thursday – news conference from 18:00 BST at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium

Eubank is by far the more experienced fighter. The 35-year-old has 37 bouts on his record and has been in the ring against world champions George Groves, Billy Joe Saunders, James DeGale and Liam Smith.

Eubank’s three defeats have come against Smith, Groves and Saunders. He avenged his loss to Smith, was narrowly beaten by Saunders early in his career and was outclassed by Groves in his singular world title fight.

As the bigger man, Eubank will have a size advantage and once said he only needed 60% of his best to beat Benn.

Benn is the younger man at 28, but his unblemished resume of 23 fights lacks any major tests. Benn has a win over former world champion Chris Algieri, but his pedigree at world title level is yet to be tested.

Benn and Eubank were scheduled to fight on 8 October 2022 at the O2 Arena in London. Benn failed two voluntary drug tests in the build-up, and the British Boxing Board of Control “prohibited” the fight as a result, refusing to sanction it.

The fight was cancelled 48 hours beforehand and Benn began a two-year battle against a lengthy doping ban.