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23 grams too much: boxers have to pay a high fine
04/25/2025 – 5:04 p.m.Reading time: 1 min.
Boxer Chris Eubank Jr. is asked to pay for the cash register shortly before his World Cup fight against Conor Benn. The reason is its weight.
A few grams too much on the scales are really expensive for boxers Chris Eubank Jr. According to a report by ESPN, the 35-year-old has to pay around £ 375,000 (around 439,000 euros). Background: In the official weighing before the duel with Conor Benn, the IBO world champion exceeded the permitted limit of 160 Pounds (72.6 kilograms) twice.
Nevertheless, the fight on Saturday should take place in the Tottenham Hotspur football stadium as planned. The “Ring Magazine” reports on the first weighing 160.2 and 160.05 Pounds in the second attempt. The small overweight of the equivalent of 23 grams is now expensive.
Ezbank Jr. had to dig into his pocket beforehand: At the Staredown at the end of February, he had publicly put an egg on the face and had to pay a penalty of £ 100,000 (around 119,000 euros).
The prehistory of the duel goes back to 2022. At that time, Benn had been positively tested in two doping controls.
The World Boxing Council (WBC) spoke him free the following year – as an explanation, “greatly increased egg consumption” was considered to be an explanation. The fight originally planned for October 2022 was postponed due to the allegations of doping.