Paul Smith Predicts Conor Benn Will Finish the Job in Eubank Jr. Rematch, Says Chris’s “Punch Resistance Is Gone”

Paul Smith says he’s choosing Conor Benn to defeat Chris Eubank Jr. of their 12-round rematch on November fifteenth.

Eubank’s Declining Resistance

The previous three-time 168-lb world title challenger Smith believes that the 36-year-old Eubank Jr. (35-3, 25 KOs) doesn’t have the punch resistance he as soon as did. Getting damage by the welterweight Benn (23-1, 14 KOs) of their first struggle earlier this 12 months on April twenty sixth informed Paul all he wanted to find out about Eubank Jr’s potential to take a shot.

Eubank Jr. received the struggle by a 12-round unanimous choice by the scores 116-112, 116-112, and 116-112. Nevertheless it was a grueling one for him, as his face was badly swollen from the heavy punches that Benn landed. The primary seven rounds had been particularly brutal for Chris Jr., as he was hit regularly by Benn.

It was solely after Eubank Jr. took the struggle to the within that he was capable of neutralize Benn’s energy. Benn had no inside sport.

Eubank Jr-Benn 2 will meet in the primary occasion on November fifteenth on the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, Tottenham, in London, England. The occasion will likely be proven dwell on DAZN PPV. The occasion sells for $59.99 within the U.S and £24.99 within the UK. The beginning time is at 11:30 AM ET and eight:30 AM PT.

“I don’t assume Eubank has something left. He’s had a tough profession. I felt the identical when he was preventing my brother Liam. So, I can’t say that now he’s with ‘BoMac,’ he’s going to magically enhance. He’ll enhance, however I feel the shot resistance [is gone],” stated three-time tremendous middleweight world title challenger Paul Smith to talkSport Boxing about his view that Chris Eubank Jr. doesn’t have something left going into his rematch with Conor Benn on November fifteenth.

Eubank Jr. can win if he drags Benn right into a conflict on the within, as a result of he already confirmed final time that Conor can’t generate vital energy at shut vary. The mix punching and hand pace benefit of Eubank Jr. is vastly superior to Benn’s potshot model of preventing.

“When Conor Benn was a welterweight, he was hurting him within the final struggle. I feel the added confidence of Conor Benn realizing he can damage him on this struggle, with one other crack at it,” stated Smith.

Benn punches like a middleweight. So, it’s not stunning that he was hurting Eubank Jr. Nonetheless, the mixture punching that Eubank Jr. was doing had Benn damage on a number of events within the championship rounds.

A Lengthy Profession Taking Its Toll

“It was a really aggressive struggle, however it shouldn’t have been aggressive. Eubank must be effectively forward with the burden benefit and the expertise he’s had preventing the highest names. He’s had an extended profession. It shouldn’t be shut, however the truth that it’s tells me all that I have to find out about Eubank.