Conor Benn vs. Chris Eubank Jr. official for April 26 in London

The biggest fight in British boxing is finally official.

Conor Benn and Chris Eubank Jr. will collide in a colossal all-British clash on April 26 at the 62,850-capacity Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London, Ring Magazine announced Thursday.

The British pair were supposed to follow in their famous fathers’ footsteps and deliver a second-generation clash in October 2022. It was a matchup that was expected more important than any world title fight because Benn and Eubank were “born rivals” fighting for the pride of their respective last names.

Disappointingly, Benn failed two Voluntary Anti-Doping Association (VADA) drug tests in the lead-up to the bout, resulting in the bout being called off just 48 hours prior to fight time. What followed afterward was more than two years of scrutiny regarding the handling of the failed tests, until a National Anti-Doping Panel ruling handed down in November 2024 cleared Benn of any wrongdoing.

As soon as his suspension was lifted, Benn made his intentions clear to reschedule his bout with Eubank Jr. or to challenge WBC welterweight champion, Mario Barrios, for his next fight. Eubank and Benn were in a dispute over the purse split for their fight, with Eubank insisting that he deserved a 55% split, while Benn was keen on the purses being split evenly.

The bout was on the verge of falling through again until Turki Alalshikh decided that he wanted to stage the contest on a Ring Magazine show. Alalshikh managed to resolve the dispute between the parties, and now British sports fans have a big fight on the calendar.

In 2022, the fight was supposed to be contested at 157 pounds. This time around it’s been set for the 160-pound middleweight limit with a 10-pound rehydration clause, which means that neither boxer is permitted to weigh more than 170 pounds on the morning of the fight.

The deal is for two fights, so regardless of the result in April, the pair will meet for a second bout. That fight is tentatively targeted to take place before the end of the year.

Benn-Eubank is likely the biggest fight that can be made in British boxing following Tyson Fury’s retirement from the sport. It also brings a nostalgia element that even Fury vs. Anthony Joshua didn’t have.

Chris Eubank Sr. and Nigel Benn had two historic fights in the 1990s, with Eubank Sr. stopping Benn to win the world middleweight title in Birmingham in a fight still widely considered to be one of the best in British boxing history. Three years later, 16.5 million people in Britain watched the pair fight to a draw at Old Trafford, the home of Manchester United.

Fans had hoped for an Eubank vs. Benn trilogy fight, but it never materialized at the time. Now more than 30 years later, we’ll finally see part three — but not in the way anyone could have imagined at the time.