{"id":291860,"date":"2023-09-24T10:34:17","date_gmt":"2023-09-24T10:34:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/?p=291860"},"modified":"2023-09-24T10:34:17","modified_gmt":"2023-09-24T10:34:17","slug":"chris-eubank-jr-mocks-conor-benn-after-the-brits-return-to-boxing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/boxing\/chris-eubank-jr-mocks-conor-benn-after-the-brits-return-to-boxing\/","title":{"rendered":"Chris Eubank Jr MOCKS Conor Benn after the Brit's return to boxing"},"content":{"rendered":"
Chris Eubank Jr has taken a dig at his long-standing rival Conor Benn’s return to boxing on Saturday night.<\/p>\n
Benn made his return to boxing with a comfortable unanimous decision win over\u00a0 Rodolfo Orozco in Orlando on Saturday night.<\/p>\n
He\u00a0had been out of the ring for 17 months after failing two drugs tests in the lead-up to his proposed mega-fight with Eubank\u00a0last October.<\/p>\n
Despite Benn’s suspension in Britain being lifted by the National Anti-Doping Panel in July, the British Boxing Board of Control remain adamant that he has not yet cleared his name, and the fighter still faces\u00a0a potential two-year ban in his home country pending the outcome of appeals.<\/p>\n
The 26-year-old seemed happy with his return after the fight in America, but Eubank was less impressed and shared yawning emojis as his review of the bout.<\/p>\n
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Conor Benn made his return to boxing on Saturday night after 17 months out of the ring<\/p>\n
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He defeated the relatively unknown Mexican\u00a0 Rodolfo Orozco by unanimous decision in Orlando<\/p>\n
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Benn’s arch-rival Chris Eubank Jr mocked him after the fight by posting a yawning emoji<\/p>\n
Both fighters exchanged insults in the bad-tempered build-up to their cancelled fight last year, and Eubank called out Benn after beating Liam Smith in a rematch earlier this month.<\/p>\n
Benn was at ringside for the\u00a0 bout, and when asked about the performance, he replied: ‘Smith made him look good.\u00a0<\/p>\n
‘What, it takes you ten rounds to dispatch of someone who’s got a broken leg? I’m not really impressed.\u00a0Eubank, let’s get it on, there’s unfinished business there.’<\/p>\n
Benn was less worried about labouring to victory in his own bout against Orozco, as he said after the win: ‘We didn’t want a walk in the park. I needed the rounds. I’ve had a year and [five] months out of the ring, so for me it was about getting back in there and handling business.<\/p>\n
‘Yeah it would’ve been nice to get the stoppage. I saw the openings, I took it… but he’s a true Mexican.’<\/p>\n
On his current situation in the UK, Benn said: ‘Listen, it’s unbelievable fighting out here and I get shown a lot of love out here and I’m grateful for the American supporters.<\/p>\n
‘But Britain’s my home so it’s only right that I fight back there – sooner rather than later.’\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Eubank called out Benn earlier this month after beating Liam Smith in a rematch<\/p>\n
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Eubank and Benn were due to fight last October but the bout was cancelled after Benn failed two drug tests<\/p>\n