Former world champion Carl Frampton has given his assessment of the Chris Eubank Jr and Conor Benn rematch.
Benn has his sights set on two world champions, even with the announcement of a second clash for September 20th.
The rematch will sit alongside Terence Crawford and Canelo Alvarez’s super fight as a must-watch bout for boxing fans in September.
Eubank Jr has been relatively quiet since the announcement but it is known the stipulations from the first fight remain.
Carl Frampton believes Eubank Jr will ‘struggle’ again with the rehydration clause
One of those agreements from the last fight, the Eubank Jr rehydration clause, is what Frampton feels will hinder the 35-year-old’s chances.
In an interview, he said: “A fight like the first one takes, even though he won, takes more out of Chris Eubank at this stage of his career than it does out of Conor Benn.
“I don’t like the rehydration clause I never have, and as you get older it becomes increasingly harder for you to make the weight.
“We all know it is a struggle for Eubank to make 160, he is going to struggle again to make 160.”
A key element of their inaugural fight’s intrigue came from Eubank’s struggles to get down in weight, which has now become subject to a British Boxing Board investigation.
The Irishman believes the first fight was ‘amazing’ and he’d be ‘more than happy’ to see it again if it is the same.
Frampton called out by Harlem Eubank over fight coverage
However, the 38-year-old landed himself in hot water with one member of the Eubank family in Harlem Eubank.
The cousin of Eubank Jr fought Jack Catterall to a technical decision after a head clash forced the referee to stop the bout.
But following the loss, he has taken aim at those ringside for bias during the contest’s coverage.
Eubank explained: “There was so called independent commentators in his dressing room before the fight and coaching him ringside, I have never experienced anything like that.
“Carl Frampton, I was a fan of this guy and I feel like I have been done dirty this evening.”
The former featherweight champion was a former training partner of the Manchester boxer and made clear his friendship during the build-up.