Conor Benn will have plenty of options on the table should he beat Chris Eubank Jr next week in London.
The 28-year-old has fought just twice in three years, beating Rodolfo Orozco and Peter Dobson on points in the US while he battled to prove his innocence from two failed doping tests that saw his original date with Eubank canned.
Now approved to fight on home soil, Benn enters the biggest fight of his career by far against the bigger and more experienced Eubank, moving up to middleweight for the challenge.
Speaking to IFL TV, former undisputed super lightweight world champion Josh Taylor broke the fight down.
“I couldn’t really care. It is a big fight. It’s been pretty entertaining on the way up to it with Chris egging him and all that, I thought that was quite good actually, but I’m really not arsed [who wins] to be honest.
“I’m half and half. One side is Chris has been in with better fighters, he’s only lost to world champions, he’s been at the highest level. Conor Benn hasn’t really fought anybody or beat anybody of significance, but he has improved a hell of a lot. Knocking out people, but we all know why that was – eating too many eggs.
“I think that the experience is on Chris’ side, but he did get stopped by Liam Smith and Conor punches hard. I am edging towards Eubank.”
Taylor – who makes his welterweight debut on May 14 against Ekow Essuman in Glasgow – was then asked if he wanted the fight with Benn when the Londoner moves back down to the division.
“Absolutely. If the money’s right, absolutely.”
Taylor is looking to put a recent loss to Jack Catterall behind him when he moves up to 147 pounds after years of being tight at 140.
His two goals left in the sport are to become a two-weight world champion and star in the biggest fights, with Easter Road Stadium a target. In the UK, no welterweight offers a bigger spectacle than Benn, particularly if he can get through Eubank next week.
