Eubank V Benn - Big-fight Predictions

Chris Eubank Jr v Conor Benn

Venue: Tottenham Hotspur Stadium Date: 26 April

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Chris Eubank Jr and Conor Benn yet collide successful nan ringing connected Saturday pinch galore successful nan world of boxing predicting an upset.

The bitter rivals conflict 2 and a half years aft their first bout was cancelled astatine nan past infinitesimal because Benn grounded 2 narcotics tests, and 32 years since their fathers past fought.

Benn, 28, is nan underdog, stepping up 2 weights to conflict astatine middleweight and having spent complete 2 years successfully battling a doping ban.

Who will travel retired connected apical from nan bitter rivalry?

Will Eubank, 35, proceed his family's unbeaten streak aliases will Benn present nan speedy knockout he has promised?

BBC Sport has asked nan world of boxing for their predictions.

Retired world champion Barry Jones: "I deliberation Eubank wins connected points. Benn mightiness beryllium capable to reliable it retired arsenic he is simply a reliable kid, but I don't cognize if he has nan ability. Eubank can't make middleweight nary more, it drains him and he hit an aged Liam Smith successful their rematch. But he's a monolithic guy, truthful if he's capable to rehydrate correctly, he is conscionable excessively accelerated and excessively big."

Heavyweight Fabio Wardley: "My first emotion is Eubank will get nan win. The weight facet will play rather a large part, asking Benn to travel up 2 weights is simply a batch against personification who is people comfortable fighting astatine that weight. Benn tin transportation immoderate beardown powerfulness astatine his weight, but location is simply a ample quality erstwhile those punches which you deed successful your erstwhile weight would return them retired but a bigger feline is much utilized to taking bigger shots and they don't person nan aforesaid effect."

Scotland's first female world champion Hannah Rankin: "I deliberation it will beryllium a later-round stoppage from Eubank. Experience and size is successful his favour. I will beryllium very amazed if Benn gets nan win. Eubank is stronger. He's been successful location pinch coagulated opponents that person tested his chin. I'm amazed really galore group spot this arsenic a 50-50."

Unbeaten light-welterweight Adam Azim: "Benn to sound him out. He's nan younger fighter, very powerful. Eubank's past capacity wasn't nan greatest."

Middleweight Hamzah Sheeraz: "I deliberation Benn is going to win. I want Eubank to triumph for selfish reasons and wanting to conflict him successful nan future, but I consciousness for illustration Benn will do nan job."

Heavyweight Delicious Orie: "I spot Eubank doing nan job. It will beryllium a awesome conflict but Eubank edges it. He has nan acquisition and weight advantage. I deliberation he's astir apt sewage into Benn's caput a small spot arsenic good successful nan property conferences. It's much than conscionable astir nan physicality of it, it's astir nan intelligence broadside too."

Scotland's erstwhile undisputed light-welterweight world champion Josh Taylor: "Eubank is nan people bigger and much knowledgeable force but Benn is simply a young, quiet lion. He has nan advantage of not having to trim weight and to beryllium capable to get bigger and stronger. He besides has younker connected his side. But my caput is going pinch Eubank."

Benn's promoter, Eddie Hearn: "Benn has to commencement accelerated successful this fight, he has to onshore and he has to wounded him early and get his respect and, rather frankly, get him retired of there. I deliberation we request him retired successful six rounds. He lands early, cleanable and cold, and I judge Eubank is stopped."

Light-heavyweight Lyndon Arthur: "I deliberation Benn's going to travel retired and he mightiness daze Eubank. He could get caught coming successful though."

Cruiserweight Cheavon Clarke: "I'm connected nan fence. Maybe a draw."

Former light-middleweight world champion Liam Smith: "I find it difficult to prime a winner, I won't beryllium amazed pinch either result. I do separator towards Benn winning connected points."

Eubank's promoter, Ben Shalom: "I deliberation Eubank wins by knockout. It will beryllium a frantic first 2 aliases 3 rounds and past it will calm down and Eubank will return over. A knockout successful information six."

Super-bantamweight Francesca Hennessy: "They're some awesome fighters. I've been going backmost and forth. Eubank is bigger astatine nan weight but Benn is beardown and will travel forward. I support changing my mind."

British heavyweight Derek Chisora: "The smart money is connected Eubank. He had fights erstwhile Benn was connected holiday. But I'm friends pinch Benn, he comes to my location truthful my money is connected him. I'm 50/50 but I'll spell pinch Benn because I want him to triumph because of his family and legacy."

Former cruiserweight world champion Johnny Nelson: "I'm saying Eubank because he had much consistency successful his career. Benn's style is truthful ferocious and attacking that should suit Eubank successful nan first six rounds."

Light-heavyweight Anthony Yarde: "If Benn wins it is because he goes successful pinch controlled aggression and detonates erstwhile he needs to. If Benn hurts Eubank past he is bully astatine finishing. If Eubank wins past it's being himself but an fierce type of himself. He needs to beryllium switched on. The type we saw successful his 2nd conflict against Liam Smith. Eubank is simply a world-class usability and he has shown that."

Eubank Sr's erstwhile promoter Barry Hearn: "I deliberation this is simply a 50-50 conflict - of people I'm connected Conor's side, but I'm not going to disregard that nan different man is simply a overmuch bigger man pinch much experience. It is going to beryllium thing awesome. I deliberation Nigel will person Conor fresh for warfare but successful a much controlled way."