Conor Benn: Zuffa Boxing, Chris Eubank Rivalry & Eddie Hearn Fallout | The Overlap Exclusive
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🗓️ 31 March 2026
⏱️ 71 minutes
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Summary
Boxer Conor Benn sits down with Gary Neville for an exclusive interview, brought to you by Sky Bet.
Conor opens up on life outside the ring, including his relationship with his father Nigel Benn, and speaks candidly about the challenges he has faced, from dealing with controversy to the impact on his mental health.
Benn also explains his shock decision to sign a fight deal with Dana White’s Zuffa over Eddie Hearn’s Matchroom. Why did he make the move, and has he spoken to Hearn since?
Conor reflects on the fights with Chris Eubank Jr. He talks about the difference between the two fights, whether they like each other and if there will be a trilogy fight.
He puts his future firmly in focus, Conor discusses his ambitions of becoming a world champion. With Regis Prograis next up, he opens up on his love for the sport and the mindset driving him forward.
00:00 Intro
06:22 Dad Relationship and Discipline
10:04 Eubank Rivalry
36:49 Leaving Matchroom
44:34 One Fight Deal with Zuffa
50:37 Inside Camp and Sparring Stories
57:58 Injuries and Fight Safety
01:04:29 Fitness Data and Camp Tweaks
01:08:01 Strength Numbers and Risk Reward
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| 0:00.0 | Alright, right, right, let's go off. |
| 0:05.0 | I'll see what, you're going to go for it. I'll tell you watch's the trek out here for London It's nice and quiet though, in it Jeez How long and take you? About an hour on a bike, just care, on the bikes Oh, nice, yeah, yeah, yeah He was just telling me a story, the guy, he took your dad to a question of sport Like 15 years ago or something Oh, maddening. Yeah, yeah, it's more world, isn't it? Yeah, you good? |
| 0:38.3 | Yeah, it's all good, mate, all good. |
| 0:39.3 | It's nice here though. |
| 0:40.3 | It's quiet. |
| 0:41.3 | Do you swim in there? |
| 0:42.3 | No. Definitely not, no, no, no. I won't fancy it either. But this is like my forever home, so it's beautiful of my kids. You're never going to move? No, this is it done nothing. |
| 0:50.3 | This is where you came from? |
| 0:51.3 | Where you come from originally? |
| 0:52.3 | Um, Mioka. |
| 0:53.3 | Yeah, excuse me? |
| 0:54.3 | I did you 12 years of myork. |
| 0:55.3 | That's it, yeah, yeah. |
| 0:56.3 | You speak fluent Spanish? |
| 0:57.3 | Yeah, yeah. |
| 0:55.0 | You speak to New York? |
| 0:56.0 | Yeah, yeah. You speak for Spanish? Yeah, I do. I went over there for four months. I got sacked after four months as a football manager. I did. I did. Not a word. Nothing. No, nothing. Go on speak of it for me. Yeah, no, no nothing |
| 1:10.3 | But that's been there for 12 years |
| 1:13.0 | Don't know what it's time A good for me. I like him where's that? Yeah. No? No, nothing. |
| 1:30.4 | My dad's been there for 12 years. I don't know. Well, that's time. He's just not my cup of tea. He don't like him because of... I think he's arrogant. It's a bold move. And it's not comfortable. Change is never comfortable. It's all I've ever known for 10 years. For me it's just about destroyed, destroy, destruct. |
| 1:46.7 | You had a fight with your dad, didn't it at one point, did you? Yeah, he chint me, yeah. He chins you? Yeah, chimney, yeah. Chit my tooth, blend my nose. It won't great. I'd burn around 4,000 calories a day. You must be absolutely starving all the time. I am, yeah. I used to have my Chinese on the Saturday night after a game. Stop ramming here, we are? |
| 1:46.7 | My love for Eddie, my love for match room will always be there. |
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