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'A wild shootout!' - Eddie Hearn backing Conor Benn with the aces to outdraw Chris Eubank Jr.
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Conor Benn holds all the trump cards bar size over Chris Eubank Jr., with Eddie Hearn believing that the latter's shape is his only advantage before their blockbuster battle.
The pair will bring their simmering rivalry to a grudge-match boil at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on April 26, at The Ring's Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves, live on DAZN .
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Once billed as the latest chapter in a legacy started by fathers Nigel Benn and Chris Eubank Sr., the affair has turned personal between the pair since a scratched 2022 fight.
Speaking ahead of Tuesday's press event where Eubank Jr. hit Benn across the face with an egg , Hearn feels all the aces are in the hands of his fighter for this clash.
"I think the one thing Chris has that Conor doesn't is in this fight is size," he told DAZN . "What he doesn't have is the boxing ability, the speed, the movement.
"Don't get me wrong, if this fight was in the same weight class [that Benn normally fights in], he's a big favouite. But Conor is coming up two weight classes.
"That's what makes this fight a fifty-fifty. Chris has the size, but Conor has the speed, the sharpness and, in my opinion, the ability.
"I think this fight will be a wild shootout. Watch Conor Benn's fights. Watch Nigel Benn's fights. You're not going to have to go looking for Conor.
"He's going to be in front of you from the first bell, setting about you. I think Eubank will stand his ground. He isn't goint to run anywhere.
"These two are just going to go at it until someone hits the canvas. This fight is not going a dozen rounds. This fight will be a shootout from the very first bell."
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