Former two-time world champion turned boxing analyst, Shawn Porter, has had his say on the legacy fight between Chris Eubank Jr and Conor Benn.
The matchup pits the Eubank family against the Benns for the first time since a bitter boxing rivalry in the nineties between the fathers.
We’re now just just a week away from their catchweight fight in London, where Benn will be moving up to 157lb, whilst his opponent will be coming down – a much tougher task.
Porter won his two world titles at welterweight, the natural division for Conor Benn, and although most seem to believe Eubank’s size advantage will prove decisive, ‘Showtime’ has a different take.
Speaking to IFL TV, Porter said:
“One guy’s trajectory is going up and the other guy, I’m not going to say he’s going down and I’m talking about Chris Eubank Jr of course, but he’s definitely plateaued at this point in his career.
So when you take a look at that and everything that Conor has done recently, you look at him as the guy who’s supposed to take this fight.
I think for Chris Eubank, this fight is a mental fight before it’s a physical fight. I think that if he can be very physical with Conor Benn, who likes to be physical in the ring, give him a taste of his own medicine, fight fire with fire – this could be a very intriguing matchup.”
He then went on to give his final prediction for the fight.
However, I think from what I’ve seen from Conor Benn most recently, I think he’s too explosive, too fast and he’s going to be too strong for Chris Eubank.
The American had wanted to be part of the broadcast team for the event but was told that it was “too British of a fight” for a commentator from across the pond. The fight will be shown exclusively on DAZN pay-per-view for £19.99 in the UK.