Chris Eubank Jr vs Conor Benn purses revealed with fighters to earn bumper paydays for grudge fight
Chris Eubank Jr and Conor Benn will earn a combined £18 million for their huge showdown. Eubank Jr and Benn will settle their bitter feud in one of the sport’s biggest fights of the year at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on April 26. Eubank Jr and Benn will earn big for their grudge matchGetty The pair will look to let their hands go in front of a raucous 60,000 British crowd. A passionate boxing fraternity will be eager to see the latest instalment of the Eubank vs Benn rivalry since their fathers touched gloves in 1990 and 1993. It is a frighteningly big event which has the backing of Saudi boxing chief Turki Alalshikh under the Ring Magazine banner. And renowned boxing journalist Gareth A Davies has reported that the pair will earn huge paydays. Eubank Jr has managed to negotiate the A-side of the deal, and the reports indicate that he will pocket £10million. His rival Benn will receive a £8 million payout, as he steps up to make his first appearance at 160lbs. Negotiations were tough between the pair who were set to meet in October 2022. But the fight was cancelled after Benn failed a drugs test, which added another layer to this hostile rivalry. Benn has since been cleared, and the pair negotiated deals via Alalshikh who acted as the middle man. And in a recent press conference, Eubank Jr explained how he simply couldn’t believe the purse he was able to negotiate. GettyEubank Jr will earn £3m more than his rival[/caption] “Many of you would have heard Eddie boasting about a 60-40 split he secured for Conor,” he said. “That’s just an absolute lie, which is not surprising. The truth of it is, Uncle Turki flew in and saved the day like the superhero he is. “This is the Saudi show, he called me and said, ‘What do you want to make this fight?’ “I’m sitting there thinking, ‘I’ve got to be a businessman now, and any good businessman in any negotiation, starts with an aggressively high number, then there are counter offers and negotiating and you get to the number. “I gave him a diabolical number, I gave him an inconceivable number, and he said, ‘Done, I’ll send you the contract on Monday.’ I’m thinking I could have got more, or a couple of watches out of him! “There is no split, there are no percentages, you lied to the public in front of everybody and now I’m setting this straight.” Tensions have already been extremely high in the build-up to their clash. Eubank Jr slapped Benn with an egg at their face-off which created new animosity between the two British boxers. The pair were then held apart by security at a subsequent face-off on Piers Morgan Uncensored. Follow talkBOXING on social media talkBOXING is now on Twitter and Facebook. Follow us on social media for big breaking boxing news, exclusive interviews and the best bits from our talkBOXING YouTube show. Like our Facebook page HERE Follow us on Twitter HERE Sign up for our WhatsApp channel HERE
Chris Eubank Jr and Conor Benn will earn a combined £18 million for their huge showdown.
Eubank Jr and Benn will settle their bitter feud in one of the sport’s biggest fights of the year at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on April 26.
The pair will look to let their hands go in front of a raucous 60,000 British crowd.
A passionate boxing fraternity will be eager to see the latest instalment of the Eubank vs Benn rivalry since their fathers touched gloves in 1990 and 1993.
It is a frighteningly big event which has the backing of Saudi boxing chief Turki Alalshikh under the Ring Magazine banner.
And renowned boxing journalist Gareth A Davies has reported that the pair will earn huge paydays.
Eubank Jr has managed to negotiate the A-side of the deal, and the reports indicate that he will pocket £10million.
His rival Benn will receive a £8 million payout, as he steps up to make his first appearance at 160lbs.
Negotiations were tough between the pair who were set to meet in October 2022.
But the fight was cancelled after Benn failed a drugs test, which added another layer to this hostile rivalry.
Benn has since been cleared, and the pair negotiated deals via Alalshikh who acted as the middle man.
And in a recent press conference, Eubank Jr explained how he simply couldn’t believe the purse he was able to negotiate.
“Many of you would have heard Eddie boasting about a 60-40 split he secured for Conor,” he said.
“That’s just an absolute lie, which is not surprising. The truth of it is, Uncle Turki flew in and saved the day like the superhero he is.
“This is the Saudi show, he called me and said, ‘What do you want to make this fight?’
“I’m sitting there thinking, ‘I’ve got to be a businessman now, and any good businessman in any negotiation, starts with an aggressively high number, then there are counter offers and negotiating and you get to the number.
“I gave him a diabolical number, I gave him an inconceivable number, and he said, ‘Done, I’ll send you the contract on Monday.’ I’m thinking I could have got more, or a couple of watches out of him!
“There is no split, there are no percentages, you lied to the public in front of everybody and now I’m setting this straight.”
Tensions have already been extremely high in the build-up to their clash.
Eubank Jr slapped Benn with an egg at their face-off which created new animosity between the two British boxers.
The pair were then held apart by security at a subsequent face-off on Piers Morgan Uncensored.
