Chris Eubank Jr and Conor Benn will fight one another once again later this year after their rematch was confirmed on Wednesday morning.
Eubank Jr, 35, will fight Benn, 28, at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London on April 15 with the former having won their previous bout in April.
Per The Ring Magazine, the two will renew their feud to put to an end intense speculation that it would not be going ahead at all.
The two British rivals finally did battle in one of the most intriguing fights in recent times in April, with Eubank Jr coming out on top at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium via unanimous decision.
It was a bitter build-up, with Benn initially being banned over a doping scandal that he was later cleared of and Eubank Jr taking a number of opportunities to remind his opponent of the incident.
In a pre-fight press conference, Eubank Jr smashed an egg on his rival’s face, and the British Boxing Board of Control (BBBoC) ordered the fighter to pay a £100,000 fine.
Chris Eubank Jr and Conor Benn will fight one another once again later this year after their rematch was confirmed
Eubank Jr, 35, will once again fight Benn, 28, at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London
There were also issues surrounding the weight limit for the fight, with Eubank Jr normally fighting at 175lbs and dropping down to 160.05lbs without a rehydration clause – being fined £375,000 for missing the cut-off at the official weigh-in.
‘This rematch falling apart had nothing to do with me,’ Benn previously told Ring Magazine.
He added: ‘I was ready to go on the scheduled September date. I’m not sure what happened to Chris Eubank.’
Following the initial fight, Eubank Jr spent 48 hours in hospital due to severe dehydration, and was then expected to get in the ring again five months later.
And, in the biggest indication that the rematch may not happen, The Ring Magazine revealed that Riyadh Season, Sela and the Ring, all led by boxing powerhouse Turki Alalshikh, who announced the second fight, will now have no involvement in any potential bout.
That puts serious doubt over the fight due to official Alalshikh initially announcing the date and a number of financial backers no longer present.
The rematch clause had been placed in the original contract, but Eubank Jr had been keep to step up to fight Canelo Alvarez, who faces Terence Crawford in September.
Benn’s promoter, Eddie Hearn, previously said: ‘Listen, we ain’t got to worry about Conor Benn,’ he told Ariel Helwani. ‘He’s one of the biggest stars in boxing right now.
Eubank Jr won the first bout in April by unanimous decision and a rematch had been planned
‘Everyone wants to fight him. Brian Norman Jr, Devin Haney, Teofimo Lopez, Shakur Stevenson, Richardson Hitchins, Ryan Garcia – Conor Benn is the hot stuff in the division right now.
In June, Eubank Jr discussed his stunning reunion with his estranged father, Chris Eubank, on the night of his fight against Benn.
Speaking on the Diary of a CEO podcast, Eubank Jr explained: ‘On the subject of my father, regardless of what he said about me and about the fight, he was there when it mattered the most.
‘And that means everything. I didn’t know he was going to come. He called me. He texts me the day before the fight, the night before the fight. He said, “call me when you see this”.
‘So, I saw the text and I thought, you know what? We are less than a day away… this is the night before the biggest fight of my life.
