Eubank-Benn was it a draw?

Saturday, April 26th - Ring Magazine - Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.

“Beautiful Brutality”

1) Chris Billam-Smith (20-2) vs Brandon Glanton (20-2)

AND THE WINNER IS... Chris Billam-Smith

116-113, 116-112 & 116-112

72.7% of you voted for Chris Billam-Smith FTW! A close fight, but the front-runner was Billam-Smith from start to finish!

Brandon Glanton moves on to 20-3 after some very harsh words in the build-up. There was a warm embrace at the end, and Billam-Smith is known as 'The Gentleman', but put in a warrior performance to open the card!!!

2) Viddal Riley (12-0) vs Chev Clarke (10-1)

AND THE WINNER IS... Viddal Riley & HE BECOMES BRITISH CRUISERWEIGHT CHAMP!!!

116-112, 117-111, 115-113 UD 

81.3% voted for Riley FTW! Riley seriously showcased his boxing skills here, as he is known more as a YouTuber, due to training his friend KSI. Clarke is a former Olympian and a seriously tough test, but Riley claimed the belt, and there are many match-ups available in a stacked division now. Especially with the Saudi investment making dream fights happen in months instead of YEARS TOO LATE!

3) Liam Smith (33-4-1) vs Aaron McKenna (19-0)

AND THE WINNER IS... McKenna 119-108, 117-109, 118-108 U.D. 

52.9% of you voted for Smith, he looked outclassed all the fight against the younger contender. He was also dropped in the 12th and just managed to beat the count from a brutal bodyshot. His corner could have thrown the towel in and saved him for another day. He took a lot of punishment and was a very brave Liverpudlian. He looked like he was falling through the ropes at the end, but came back swinging instead!

4)  Anthony Yarde (26-3) vs Lyndon Arthur (24-2) TRILOGY

AND THE WINNER IS... Yarde 115-113, 116-112, 116-112 U.D 

75% of you voted for Yarde FTW! It was a great match-up, and we probably had it closer than this. They went toe-to-toe, and big blows landed. The Light-Heavyweight division has some serious talent, and Yarde may well get a World-title shot once more, and we would love to see him become 'third time lucky '. There are also plenty of fights to be made for Arthur after a performance like that, and having previously shared the ring with Bivol in Saudi Arabia too. 

5)  THE MAIN EVENT

Chris Eubank Jr (34-3) vs Conor Benn (23-0)

AND THE WINNER IS... Eubank Jr 116-112, 116-112, 116-112, by UD!

62.5% voted for Eubank Jr FTW!!! The weigh-in had Eubank miss by 0.5 pounds and resulted in a $500,000 fine, so alarm bells were ringing from the start as he posted videos of himself in a sauna suit, and he looked terrible at the face off too! However, once they got in the ring, you could clearly see they were 2 weight divisions apart. Benn rocked him in round 3, and where Eubank was WAY BIGGER, he just held on, and Benn could not get the break to finish the job. Fair play to both gladiators, swinging 'til the last bell, and we had it a lot closer than the above scores and possibly even a draw! We, like most of Britain, would love to see them run it back again! Eubank Jr was rushed to the hospital with a reported broken jaw, and Boxxer shared it was just "standard post-fight protocol."
 

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