Chris Eubank Jr vs Conor Benn rematch confirmed despite 'ridiculous' first fight

Chris Eubank Jnr's rematch with Conor Benn has been announced and will take place on September 20, Ring Magazine have confirmed. Eubank and Benn, whose fathers had been major rivals back in the 1990s, finally fought back in April with Eubank Jnr edging out the contest.

Their next fight will be part of the Riyadh Season event and will be promoted by Sela, Boxxer and Matchroom. No venue has yet been confirmed and the final decision will be made by Turki Alalshikh and Ring Magazine, Benn's promoter Eddie Hearn confirmed as he cited Tottenham and Wembley as possible venues.

He said: "Spurs is contracted - it's a fantastic stadium and it worked extremely well the first time. Obviously, it was sold out and this fight's even bigger, so you could possibly look at Wembley to increase the capacity, but that will be a decision for His Excellency and Ring Magazine to make the final call."

Eubank Jnr rocked to their first fight with his father despite them being estranged for years. Prior to the contest he had to shed considerable weight before coming out on top in a points decision. He later had to spend days in hospital as medics kept a close watch on his condition.

Hearn talked up a rematch in the aftermath of their fight in London and admits he alwaus saw their rivalry as a two-fight gig and believes Benn can turn the tables when they meet later in the year.

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He said: "I just think the second fight will be even better. They're not going to change. They're going to come out from the first bell and just carry on like the 13th round. And when you see a fight like that, for me, the automatic thing to do is to do the rematch.

"The fight was always going to be two fights, but sometimes a fight's one-sided or it ends early and there isn't really the appetite for the rematch. I think here, now with Conor having that activity, which is something that was lacking from the first fight as well, we really fancy our chances."

Eubank Jnr's promoter Ben Shalom admitted earlier this summer that before a second fight the duo should agree a higher weight limit.

He said: "As the organisers of the event everyone has to be sensible as to how we approach the second fight. That probably was the one downer on the event, all the talk about the weight. And so I'm sure everyone will be sensible.

"We saw a very good fight, a very competitive fight but there were concerns around the challenge on Chris' body. So no one wants to see that. We believe and we hope there'll be discussions around that before we make the rematch."