Eubank Promoter Dismisses Rumors that Benn Fight Is in Jeopardy: The Fight’s On, Has Never Been Off

Chris Eubank Jr.’s promoter pushed back against the recent rumor that his blockbuster fight with Conor Benn was at risk of being cancelled.

Kalle Sauerland responded to a query about the news that Eubank’s father, the former boxing star, intended to remove his son from his upcoming 157-pound catchweight bout with Benn, who is the son of Eubank’s rival. Eubank Sr., Nigel Benn. The British boxers are scheduled to square off at the O2 Arena on October 8 in London.

Eubank Sr. said he would take legal action against Eubank-Benn organizers (reportedly Sauerland, Benn promoter Eddie Hearn and streaming platform DAZN, among others) for going ahead with the fight, citing the weight cut his son It has to happen; Eubank Jr. has claimed that he hasn’t had to weigh less than 160 pounds for a fight since he was 18 years old.

But Sauerland said in an interview Tuesday that there was no danger Eubank-Benn would be cancelled. Sauerland was careful not to criticize Eubank Sr., saying that from a contract perspective, the fight will go ahead as planned.

“First of all, the fight is on,” Sauerland told Boxing Social. “The fight has never been canceled since it was signed. The weights were agreed, they were agreed very early in the discussions. The negotiations in the second half… which was the last two weeks were at completely different points. Weight, rehydration, everything agreed.

“What I would say is, you know, what happens between father and son I can’t comment on… I have great respect for Mr. I don’t know how those comments were made. They weren’t from multiple sources, they weren’t from a press conference.

“I can only comment on what I have and what we have contracted with Jr., which is totally in agreement.”

Eubank Jr. has said in interviews that he has had little contact with his father since his fight with Benn was announced, and that his father was also against the idea of ​​him fighting Benn.

Sauerland said the only problem at the moment is finding new sparring partners for Eubank.

“My biggest problem right now is finding training partners to [Eubank]Sauerland said. “Our team is receiving them from all over Europe. He’s going through them at an alarming rate, he’s really setting up a big camp here, despite walking around with buckets of KFC.”