Eddie Hearn Signals Possible Switch to Team Chris Eubank Jr.
Confirmed talks reopen promoter bargaining and could change who sets weight and rehydration rules for a possible Conor Benn trilogy.
Overview
- Hearn said he had a “very pleasant lunch” with Chris Eubank Jr. over the weekend and confirmed discussions have resumed about working together.
- He publicly floated the idea of representing Eubank Jr. and argued his involvement would raise the trilogy’s profile against Conor Benn and Dana White’s Zuffa Boxing.
- Hearn insisted that any third fight be fought at 168 pounds with no rehydration clause, framing those terms as a correction to conditions he now says previously advantaged Benn.
- Eubank Jr.’s contractual status remains disputed because he claims free agency while BOXXER’s Ben Shalom says Eubank Jr. is still under contract, so no deal or fight is signed.
- If Hearn does join Eubank Jr. it could shift broadcast and purse negotiations by pitting Matchroom against Zuffa Boxing, and it would shape how the 1-1 rivalry is settled in a rubber match.