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'Will never go away!' - Conor Benn explains why he accepted Chris Eubank Jr. fight
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Conor Benn has revealed he accepted his rearranged fight with Chris Eubank Jr. as he believed it would "never go away" unless he took it.
The pair will top a sensational bill at The Ring's Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on April 26, live on DAZN .
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It comes almost three years after an adverse finding scuppered a first clash between the pair, with their rivalry only growing more bitter in the interim.
Benn had been in the frame to face Mario Barrios for a world title shot, but has now revealed that he felt he must deal with this for his legacy instead.
"I feel this is the sort of fight that will never go away," he told DAZN Face-Off . "There's been a WBC world title fight mentioned [for me].
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"And yet, you know the only fight that still gets brought up is unfortunately [against] this man. It's the only fight that seems to get mentioned, day in, day out.
"I understand the commercial value of having the fight, I understand the pull it has. The reality is the Barrios fight doesn't sell out Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.
"But as far as legacy, as far as career-defining fights, it's got to be Eubank.[I am] a man who has been through hell and back.
"It has hardened me mentally, definitely. It broke me, and it took a lot of time, and a lot from me, to heal. I'm still healing now."
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