{"id":98525,"date":"2023-09-06T07:39:10","date_gmt":"2023-09-06T07:39:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebritycovernews.com\/?p=98525"},"modified":"2023-09-06T07:39:10","modified_gmt":"2023-09-06T07:39:10","slug":"conor-benns-team-to-open-talks-over-massive-chris-eubank-jr-grudge-match-this-week-with-target-fight-date-revealed-the-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebritycovernews.com\/sport\/conor-benns-team-to-open-talks-over-massive-chris-eubank-jr-grudge-match-this-week-with-target-fight-date-revealed-the-sun\/","title":{"rendered":"Conor Benn&#x27;s team to open talks over massive Chris Eubank Jr grudge match this week with target fight date revealed | The Sun"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>EDDIE HEARN is set to open talks this week for Conor Benn&#x27;s massive grudge match with Chris Eubank Jr.<\/p>\n<p>The two fighting sons were set to meet in a 157lb catchweight clash in October, almost 30 years after their dads&#x27; famous rematch.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/a969a900-6cdb-41b9-982f-447d8ea1ae7d.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>But it was cancelled after Benn failed two drug tests, leaving him battling to clear his name ever since.<\/p>\n<p>Following the scandal, Eubank, 33, instead fought Liam Smith, 35, in January, where he was dropped and stopped for the first time in his career.<\/p>\n<p>But the middleweight avenged the loss in their rematch with a tenth-round stoppage, which Benn, 26, was ringside to watch.<\/p>\n<p>Now his promoter Hearn is hoping to restart negotiations for the British blockbuster to take place in December.<\/p>\n<h2><span>READ MORE IN BOXING<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/VP-COMP-SKYBET-v3.jpg\"><\/p>\n<h3>Get \u00a330 in FREE BETS when you place any amount on any sports market with Sky Bet<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/newspress-collage-23800397-1693893527169.jpg\"><\/p>\n<h3>Man seriously hurt when he was attacked in arena after Chris Eubank Jr fight<\/h3>\n<p>But first Benn could return in a tune-up bout this month following talks with the British Boxing Board of Control to be re-licensed.<\/p>\n<p>Hearn told iFL TV: &quot;We&#x27;re having conversations, decent communications with the board about Conor boxing on September 30.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;They haven&#x27;t rejected and those conversations are ongoing. 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