Tony Bellew has given his view on the generational showdown between Chris Eubank Jr and Conor Benn.
This 12-round war played out with plenty of action from the first bell to the last on Saturday night. Benn got the better of the first few rounds before Eubank managed to impose himself more later on. It was a contest that was two and a half years in the making, but more than lived up to the hype, with Eubank taking a unanimous points win on the cards.
Despite many believing Eubank had the natural advantages as the bigger man, he struggled to make weight and failed after two attempts, though he did come in under the check weight on the morning of the contest.
Speaking on the DAZN commentary after the fight, former cruiserweight world champion, Bellew, gave Jr his flowers for a winning performance and had him winning by two rounds.
“Chris Eubank Jr has done what not many people thought he could do and go 12 rounds at an unbelievable pace and actually finish the stronger of the two, we didn’t think that was possible from the older man but he done it and you’ve just got to tip your hat to him and say well done.
For Benn to come up from welterweight and trouble a middleweight like that is unbelievable. Eubank didn’t win that because he’s the bigger man, it helps, but the work rate towards the back end of the fight won him the fight.
That fight was close with three rounds to go and I think it was the last two rounds that pulled Eubank clear because I couldn’t split them after ten rounds.”
Both men went to the hospital for precautionary checks after the final bell, but both have since been discharged. Benn has since declared that he thinks he should have won the fight on the cards so it seems that a rematch between these two is inevitable.
