Chris Eubank Jr admits he’s going into “uncharted territory” with the fight-day weight stipulation for his conflict with Conor Benn.
Eubank and Benn meet in a Ring Journal occasion on the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on Saturday, stay on Sky Sports activities Field Workplace.
The bout has been made at middleweight, Eubank’s division, with Benn shifting up from welter.
However the quantity of weight they will placed on after Friday’s weigh-in is restricted. Neither fighter will be greater than 10lbs over the 160lbs restrict.
Eubank, who turned skilled in 2011, has had an extended profession. However he is by no means handled having to make weight moreover on combat day.
“Uncharted territory,” he admitted to Sky Sports activities. “It’s one of those things that when a challenge is put in front of me, I don’t shy away from it. It excites me.”
Eubank had a number of main mid-career fights at super-middle earlier than returning to the 160lbs division. Staying at middleweight stays a activity in itself.
“The real weight cut doesn’t really come until the week of the fight for most fighters. It’s tough. I’m not going to lie. It’s not fun, it’s not nice. It’s part of the sport having to boil yourself down to a certain weight,” he stated.
“Adding in the fact I can’t even drink as much as I want after the weigh-in adds another element of discomfort, hardship to what I’m going through.
“However that is what we join. That is what we do as skilled athletes. As elite-level fighters we’ve to undergo these trials, these tribulations.
“I’ve been doing it my entire career so I have no doubt that the weight will be made.”
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Andy Scott is joined by Joe Cordina and Gary Logan to analyse the important thing methods and ways that will probably be utilized by Chris Eubank Jr and Conor Benn on combat evening
He revealed: “I actually have no idea how my body’s going to react. It’s something I’ve never done before.
“Normally I placed on round 14lbs after a weigh-in. On this occasion I can solely placed on 10.
“So I have a decision,” he defined. “I can either restrict what I’m eating or drinking so I can make the 10lb limit the day of the fight or I rehydrate as normal, get up to my 14lbs as usual then cut the weight on the day.
“I do not know which one I’ll do. It’ll be an on-the-day determination, nonetheless I really feel goes to be finest for my physique and my spirit at that second in time. We’ll see.
“I like doing things I’ve never done before,” he concluded. “I like doing things which people think I can’t do. I rise to the occasion and I will make the weight.”
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George Groves says Conor Benn hasn’t fought on the identical stage of his opponent Chris Eubank Jnr – and believes Saturday’s combat is an enormous step up for him
Will he make it?
Former WBA super-middleweight world champion George Groves will probably be one of many professional pundits on the Sky Sports activities Field Workplace broadcast.
Groves has sparred many rounds with Eubank throughout his profession and fought him in a 2018 world title combat on the Manchester Area.
Groves believes Eubank will not be derailed by weight-making points on this combat with Benn.
“I don’t think Eubank is the sort of guy who cuts a load of weight last minute. They’re the ones who are obviously going to put all the weight back on [on the day of the fight],” Groves informed Sky Sports activities.
“He doesn’t look like he’s got the body type that balloons up and shrinks down. I think he’ll be fine.”
Chris Eubank vs Conor Benn will probably be stay on Saturday April 26 on Sky Sports activities Field Workplace. Ebook now!
