{"id":1150,"date":"2025-11-15T12:01:51","date_gmt":"2025-11-15T12:01:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/?p=1150"},"modified":"2025-11-15T12:01:51","modified_gmt":"2025-11-15T12:01:51","slug":"eubank-vs-benn-2-chris-eubank-jr-and-conor-benn-make-weight-on-morning-of-rematch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/?p=1150","title":{"rendered":"Eubank vs Benn 2: Chris Eubank Jr and Conor Benn make weight on morning of rematch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\"><b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Chris Eubank Jr and Conor Benn both stayed within the 12st 1lb (77kg) limit at a second weight check before their rematch at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on Saturday.<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Just as was the case when they fought in April, both British boxers agreed to a rehydration clause and were prohibited from putting on more than 10lb between Friday&#8217;s weigh-in and Saturday morning.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Both weighed 11st 5lb (72kg) &#8211; one pound under the middleweight limit &#8211; on Friday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">On Saturday, Eubank was 0.1lb under the rehydration limit, with Benn adding seven pounds over the past 24 hours.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Eubank, 36, is the naturally bigger man and regularly competes in this division, with Benn jumping up two weight classes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">All three judges scored the first bout 116-112 in favour of Eubank but they agreed to meet for a second time just as their their fathers, Chris Eubank Sr and Nigel Benn, did to begin the family feud in the 1990s.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Benn, 29, said earlier in the week that he intends to return to welterweight after this contest to pursue a world title fight in 2026.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chris Eubank Jr and Conor Benn both stayed within the 12st 1lb (77kg) limit at a second weight check before their rematch at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on Saturday. Just as was the case when they fought in April, both British boxers agreed to a rehydration clause and were prohibited from putting on more than 10lb<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1151,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1150","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-boxing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1150","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1150"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1150\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1151"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1150"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1150"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1150"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}