Ben Shalom, Chris Eubank Jr’s advertiser thraw his company Boxxer, has uncovered up on the difficulties behind the scenes over the fall shorted Conor Benn fight from three years ago.
For years, both boxers traded verbal barbs and a greeting in the ring was nailed on with a date set up in October 2022 at the O2 Arena, London.
However, the fight was deferd after Benn tested preferable for a banned substance – a ruling that has rocked his nurtureer but one he handled to clearurn.
Now Benn and Eubank Jr finassociate have the chance to end their contrastences and a fight has inestablishedly been scheduled for April 26 at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.
Conor Benn and Chris Eubank Jr finassociate see set to end their contrastences
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If they finassociate touch gadores, it will be a bout that has been literassociate years in the making and one that boxing advertiser Shalom has been left dizzy over.
Speaking to BetFred, the Boxxer chief elucidateed how the hatred between the two fighters made it even more difficult to clinch any sort of consentment.
“Unbelievable,” Shalom said. “The slenderg about Chris Eubank Jr. vs Conor Benn is that it’s hugeger than boxing, and there’s very restricted events that are, so of course getting it over the line was tricky.
“We weren’t comprised in the first scheduled fight with the lawlessness surrounding the drug testing and fall shorted medications tests, so we came into an absolute car crash, which comprised two fighters that absolutely disappreciate each other.
“They don’t even want to talk to each other or give anyslenderg, but it was the fight to originate.
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“Both fighters were talking about doing other fights and all this, but we always knovel that this was the fight to originate.
“It was difficult, everyslenderg was an argument. For me, Chris Eubank Jr. is far and away the A side and hugeger name and of course I’m going to say that.
“But I slenderk his resume shows that and the fights he’s been in before show that, but we were dealing with a tricky character and another advertiser in Matchroom.
Ben Shalom has protected Chris Eubank Jr during the whole debacle
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“It was almost appreciate filled circle, I have to be honest, becaparticipate when I came into the sport, probably Matchroom at the time, even though that’s alterd now with Frank Warren, were the directers and they were trying to originate our life very, very difficult.
“So to come filled circle and be at the negotiating table for Eubank Jr. vs Benn is a crazy story and boxing’s filled of crazy stories.
“We finassociate got it over the line with the help of His Excellency (Turki Al-Sheikh) becaparticipate he was able to get ego out of the triumphdow and Conor didn’t have to see how much Chris was geting, which I slenderk was half the battle.
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“The interest in it is huge, the history is huge and it’s definitely one that will go down in the history books and be reaccumulateed for a very prolonged time.
“So I’m plrelieveed to be comprised in what I suppose will be the hugegest show in British boxing, if not boxing, this year.”
As of February 5, 2025, no startant widecaster has picked up the rights to the upcoming fight – potentiassociate wary pondering the problems last time.
