"Conor Benn dominated familiar and familial foe Chris Eubank Jr. on Saturday in front of another sold out Tottenham Hotspur Stadium crowd in London. Seconds after the bell for the 12th and final round of the bout, Benn was being carried around the ring on the shoulders of his previously more famous father, former middleweight and super middleweight champ Nigel Benn. The dad and his boy were both beaming, and the piggyback parade made for a wonderful and poignant scene."
"But Conor Benn is his own man now. So thorough was the beating he handed to Eubank Jr.-punctuated by two knockdowns in the last round-that it avenged, not only his April loss by unanimous decision in the same packed London venue, but maybe also the1990 loss and 1993 draw Nigel Benn got from his two matchups with Chris Eubank Sr."
"Other than the combatants, the rematch had little in common with the April fight. In the spring, they put on a double-fisted brawl, the type of fight that favored Eubank Jr., the naturally larger man. This time around, Benn avoided a donnybrook and instead delivered a disciplined and calculated beatdown. Benn focused on jabs and body shots, not haymakers, and he largely stuck to the plan,"
Conor Benn dominated Chris Eubank Jr. in front of a sold-out Tottenham Hotspur Stadium crowd, culminating in a 12th-round celebration carried on his father Nigel Benn's shoulders. The victory avenged Conor Benn's April unanimous-decision loss at the same venue and ended a family streak of winless results against the Eubank family dating to 1990 and 1993. Benn executed a disciplined, calculated game plan that emphasized jabs and body shots over haymakers, avoiding a brawl and gradually sapping Eubank Jr.'s strength and speed. Two knockdowns in the final round sealed a one-sided 12th, scored 10-7 by all judges.
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