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Topics: Boxing, Chris Eubank Jr
Nasir Jabbar
Contract information for the blockbuster showdown between Chris Eubank Jr. and Conor Benn has been revealed as purse split details have emerged.
Eubank Jr. vs. Benn is scheduled for April 26 and will take place at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, with Tuesday's pre-fight press conference descending into chaos after an egg incident.
The original meeting had been due in October 2022 before the bout was cancelled when Benn failed two drug tests.
Organisers of the event, which includes promoters Eddie Hearn and Ben Shalom, had to renegotiate a new deal for the rearranged bout.
Eubank Jr. and Benn agreed to a 55-45 split in favour of Eubank Jr., who accepted terms following crunch talks.
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Speaking to Sky Sports before the fight was confirmed, BOXXER founder Shalom said: "We have done an unbelievable job getting Chris to accept a 55 per cent fee.
"We've worked wonders. You ask anyone, they can even see it, this isn't even close to a 50-50 fight, so the fact he's managing to compromise on that is hugely generous from him. I've done my job, and now it's time for them to be sensible.
"The fact they've already got us down to that shows how well we've done," he added. "If the fight doesn't get made now, then we know what it is."
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During the pre-fight press conference, however, Hearn claimed the purse split was 60-40 in favour of his fighter in an apparent dig at Shalom.
"That guy to your right, who I quite like now to be honest, he got spun around like a little kid in a playground,” Hearn said of Shalom, regarding negotiations.
"And every time he spun around, I said: 'Hello, Ben'. We were delighted to get 60-40 in our favour [for the purse split]."
Shalom, agitated by Hearn's comment, replied: "Oh, behave, Eddie."