Conor Benn is in fantastic shape, four weeks out from his blockbuster showdown with Chris Eubank Jr.
The bitter rivals will finally settle their score on April 26 at the Tottenham Hotspur stadium after two and a half years of waiting.
Benn and Eubank Jr were initially set to square off in October 2022.
However, the fight got called off after Benn failed two pre-fight drug tests for the banned substance clomifene.
He was subsequently slapped with a provisional suspension by the BBBofC but fought twice in non-title bouts with Rodolfo Orozco and Peter Dobson under a US license after the National Anti-Doping Panel (NADP) briefly lifted his suspension in July 2023.
The suspension was reinstated in May 2024 when the BBBofC won an appeal, but the NADP cleared Benn again last November.
Benn is now free to face Eubank Jr on British shores in what will be his middleweight debut.
‘The Destroyer’ has spent the majority of his career at welterweight but appears to have piled on a significant amount of muscle mass for his fight at Eubank Jr’s natural home.
Benn looked ripped and ready in a poolside shirtless photo posted to his one million Instagram followers as fans flooded the comment section.
Reacting to the photo, one supporter wrote: “Boys pumped.”
Another posted: “Beast mode.”
A third commented: “You look ready.”
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Meanwhile, somebody else remarked: “Looking ripped. You stop him inside four.”
Benn may be at a weight disadvantage against Eubank, who has competed as high as super middleweight, but the playing field has been levelled by a rehydration clause.
After both fighters make the 160lbs weight limit, they will be unable to rehydrate higher than 170lbs in a second weigh-in on the morning of the fight.
Eubank Jr has made it abundantly clear that he is not pleased with the addition, but Benn claims ‘Next Gen’s’ team suggested it be added to their contracts.
“It was their team that suggested Eubank doesn’t go over 8lbs to 9lbs,” he told Ring Magazine.
“So you know what we will give them 10lbs and do it under IBF rules. It was them who suggested it, not us.”
