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Conor Benn is eligible to challenge the winner of Manny Pacquiao’s World Title Combat against Mario Barrios.
Benn lost against Chris Eubank Jr in Middleweight and should be beaten his rival later this year.
But that will not exclude him by the challenge for the WBC belt at 147 pounds, despite the boxing of the division for several years and the loss of his last fight.
Barrios and the return veteran Pacquiao will challenge the Welter WBC world championship on July 19 in Las Vegas.
Benn would be eligible to box the Barrios-Pacquia Victor, the president of WBC, Mauricio Sulaiman, confirmed to Sky Sports.
“He is classified by WBC, Eubank is also classified by WBC, different weight categories. It is up to him (Benn). At the moment, if he makes a revenge match, then he will not challenge for WBC for a while but he is eligible,” said Sulaiman Sky Sports.
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Harlem Eubank thinks that we will never see an event like his cousin Chris Eubank Jr against Conor Benn again, describing how energy changed when Chris Eubank Sr introduced himself in the car before the fight
“Sensational Fighter, a big story, it came in weight, gave an advantage, a huge fight.”
Sulaiman added: “His father was a proud WBC champion, so it’s a good story overall.”
Benn’s most recent fight was the defeat against Eubank Jr at 160 pounds. Having been suspended after an unfavorable conclusion in a drug screening test, before being erased in the United Kingdom, Benn has not actually been boxed on Welter weights since 2022 when he eliminated Chris Van Heerden.
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Chris Eubank Jr was assaulted by fans as he signed an egg card after his recent victory over the British rival Conor Benn
Nevertheless, the WBC has it at the top in their ranking at 147 pounds.
“He lost in average weight, apart from his division in a great highly competitive dramatic fight, so he is absolutely classified up,” said Sulaiman.
“WBC rankings are in Merit. There are fighters who lose a fight and can still advance in the ranking. Let’s hypothetically say n ° 14 in the classification challenges for the world title and that it has a huge performance against a champion, drops it and it is a tight fight, it would go from 14 more to 14 years even if it has lost.
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Conor Benn has his say on the fight against Chris Eubank Jr and if he would be ready for a revenge match
“Usually people thought you lose, you go down in the ranking but that is not the case.”
Sulaiman continued: “(Benn) is right there. He is not classified 3, just at the top. He has all the merits and he has the level of submission for the WBC title at any stadium.
“If he does not fight the revenge match and he is available and ready, then it could be one of the big fights of this year.”
