Chris Eubank Jr to be fined after weighing in HEAVY for Conor Benn fight

has reportedly FAILED to make weight for his fight with .

The blockbuster clash has been a long time coming, having originally been scheduled to take place back in October 2022. However the fight after Benn failed a drugs test. The Brit has since and is now cleared to compete in the UK.

But there was drama this afternoon when Eubank Jr weighed 160.2lb on his first attempt and 160.05lb on his second, reports Ring magazine. Benn had earlier weighed in well under the 160lb middleweight limit at 156.4lb. Eubank Jr will now be fined $500,000 for failing to make weight.

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The fight is being fought at middleweight (160lb). It therefore means Benn will be moving up two weight classes from welterweight to fight his long-time rival. Eubank Jr is a natural middleweight, and has previously competed at super-middleweight (168lb) in his career. Eubank Jr could therefore enjoy a considerable advantage on the night.

However, there is a rehydration clause in place that will forbid either fighter from weighing more than 170lb on the morning of the fight - which could ultimately work against Eubank Jr. The 35-year-old is fully aware of the risks having revealed that should either man come in overweight, .

In an interview with the , the 35-year-old said: “I can change my mind at any time but it will cost me a substantial amount of money. I don’t want to lose $1m so I’m pretty sure I’m going to stick to it.” He added: “They are paying me a separate fee to restrict my weight gain and rehydration. I was never going to do it for free.” Over the last few months, Benn has claimed that Eubank Jr's team first brought forward the idea of a rehydration clause - a claim in which the latter dismisses: “Why would I think: ‘Let me make this harder on myself and restrict my weight gain after a weigh-in for no reason?’”

He continued: “Another thing happened between me and Conor. We hadn’t been face to face for a long time. He chose to grow some balls and push me on the day that I was cutting weight for my previous fight [last October in Saudi Arabia]. He knew I was very weak and, because I’m boxing the next day, I’m not about to get in a fight with him. That shows you the character of Benn and Hearn, who was right next to him.”

Ever since the event was announced, Eubank Jr's father has and has a real issues with Benn coming up two weight classes for the middleweight dust-up. The icon believes 'The Destroyer' by fighting above his preferred weight and is doing everything he can to persuade his son not to compete in the clash, insisting he's having to 'boil himself down' in order to make the 160lb limit.

That said, Eubank Jr himself has rejected concerns about the weight cut. “I’ve been doing this for so many years and know my body. It can be horrific but it’s part of what fighters sign up for," he said. "If we’re going to make all this money, you have to make sacrifices. One of those sacrifices is starving yourself, dehydrating yourself, pulling yourself down to an extremely uncomfortable weight.”