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Chris Eubank Jr pays every single undercard fighter £3,500 just days before Conor Benn showdown

Published on April 17, 2025 at 05:29 PM

CHRIS EUBANK Jr is handing over £50,000 to the undercard fighters who lost out when his first Conor Benn bout was called off.

Ahead of the two Brits' on April 26, is keeping a promise made over the original fight date of October 2022.

Chris Eubank Jr. at a press conference.
Chris Eubank Jr has made a big financial gesture before his Conor Benn fight
Portrait of Conor Benn, a British welterweight boxer.
Benn failing two drug tests in 2022 led to the original fight being called off

It means the IBO middleweight champion will pay more than £3,5000 to each of who were on the card three years ago.

He posted on Instagram: “After my first scheduled bout with @ConorNigel got cancelled... @EddieHearn & @MatchroomBoxing never compensated anyone for their training camps, which never sat well with me.

“So here’s a little something to help out the undercard fighters that were left out of pocket.”

Eubank added a screenshot of payments made to 10 fighters.

And at the bottom of his message he added in brackets: “Few boxers didn’t want to give me their bank details... maybe they will now.”

The 2022 bout was cancelled at short notice after Benn failed two drugs tests.

And three months ago, slapped his rival with anEGG in a reference to Benn's explanation of hisviolations.

The son of former world middleweight champion also said he would “set it right” afterundercard fighters were left out of pocket.

Illustration comparing Chris Eubank Jr. and Conor Benn's boxing stats.

Nearly all all boxers involved on the card from three years back had a rescheduled date almost immediately.

But Eubank Jr said:“The first fight, 20,000 people bought tickets. Hotel rooms, plane tickets, accommodation, planned their whole weekend about this fight and none were compensated by Eddie/Matchroom/Conor.

“Worse than that, the undercard… there were a number of fighters who went through entire camps – they aren't cheap – thousands if not tens of thousands on trainers, gym fees, nutritionists, physiotherapy, these fighters all paid for their camps, lost all that money and were never compensated.”

The original night had a bumper list of fights down the card.

Eubank Jr'syounger cousin ,Olympic gold medallist andsuper-bantamweight titleholder were amongst those scheduled to box.

Matchroom are yet to comment on the 35-year-old's Instagram post about payments.

It comes as Eubank Jr sticks to a tough regime for his meeting with ‘s son atatStadium a week on Saturday.

He told sky Sports: “Every day is a graft.

“Everything is scheduled, it’s strict, it’s regimented. That’s what you have to do to prepare to go to war.

“It’s not fun, it’s not a nice part of the sport having to boil yourself down to a certain weight.

“Adding in the fact that I can now not rehydrate fully, I can’t eat and drink as much as I want after the weigh-in, adds another element of discomfort and hardship to what I’m going through.

“But this is what we sign up for, this is what we do as professional athletes.

“As elite-level fighters, you have to go through these trials, these tribulations, and I’ve been doing it my entire career so I have no doubt that the weight will be made.”

List of payments sent, showing recipient name and amount.

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