Chris Eubank Jr vs Conor Benn predictions - CopyBet
Chris Eubank Jr. vs Conor Benn - CopyBet predictions
Chris Eubank Jr. and Conor Benn clash on Saturday night in one of the most highly anticipated fights in British boxing’s history.
The duo are following on from their fathers, who contested two world title bouts in the early 1990s and delivered a pair of most memorable fights.
The Tottenham Hotspur Stadium is set for a thrilling night of boxing and we have two value selections to enhance the action.
Tip 1: Conor Benn and Chris Eubank Jr is a fight built on the history of their fathers, and while it’s a highly anticipated contest, it may not deliver a competitive clash.
The fight hasn’t been made because it’s a great match between two fighters in the same division, or there’s a mandatory challenger to a world title, or Benn is on the way to a top-level contest. It’s a bout that has been facilitated with money and the history of the families in mind.
Benn has to move up from welterweight, where he has spent most of his career, to face a fighter who has operated in the super-middleweight division.
The Destroyer has little in the way of top-level form on his record. The Essex boxer’s standout wins against Chris Algieri, Chris van Heerden and Sebastian Formella all came at 147lbs and those fighters were all well past their best when facing the 28-year-old.
On the other hand, Eubank has shared the ring with five former world champions and James DeGale, George Groves, Arthur Abraham, Billy Joe Saunders & Liam Smith are all miles above the level of any of Benn's opponents.
Admittedly, Next Gen was beaten by Saunders, Groves and Smith, but the Brighton boxer avenged his defeat to Beefy and he certainly wasn’t disgraced in bouts against Saunders and Groves.
Eubank has also shown the ability to handle the pressure of big-fight nights and Next Gen appears to hold all the advantages on Saturday.
With that in mind, it could pay to skip the short odds in the fight betting and take a play on Eubank to win by stoppage at a juicy looking 6/4.
Tip 2: Eubank has huge advantages in size and weight on Saturday night and the 35-year-old could easily also hold the aces when it comes to ability.
Benn is an unbeaten and unexposed fighter, and the Destroyer could be given a chance if he wasn’t making the jump from welterweight, but there are just too many questions for the Essex fighter to answer.
The 28-year-old also has to prove he can handle the power of a top-level fighter, who has operated at super-middleweight in the past, and that can’t be taken for granted.
At 9/2, it could pay to take a chance on this one-sided contest being ended by Eubank before the end of round six.
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