Conor Benn has now officially begun his training camp for an expected fight with Chris Eubank Jr in October.
The sons of British boxing legends Nigel Benn and Chris Eubank Sr look set to reignite their fathers' old rivalry with talks ongoing to finalise a catchweight clash.
Nigel Benn's son Conor Benn is 21-0 (14 KOs)
It's been confirmed that October 8 at the O2 Arena is the planned date and venue for the bout, which would reportedly take place at 156lbs.
Benn typically campaigns at welterweight (147lbs) while Eubank Jr is a middleweight (160lbs).
Last week, reports emerged suggesting that confirmation was being held up by a dispute over the rehydration clause.
A rehydration clause is a contractual pact which binds both fighters to a second weigh-in on the day of the fight, 24 hours after the standard weigh-in on the day before.
In the case of Eubank Jr vs Benn, such a clause would be put in place to prevent the bigger man (Eubank Jr) from having such a significant size advantage after rehydrating.
It was claimed that the camps were struggling to find an accord on this matter, though remained confident that they would ultimately be able to reach an agreement.
Chris Eubank Sr's son Chris Eubank Jr is 32-2 (23 KOs)
On Monday of this week, Benn's promoter Eddie Hearn suggested that progress had been made with an announcement imminent.
Hearn told the DAZN Boxing Show: "We talked about this big fight coming.
"I'm pretty confident we're gonna give you some very big fight news this week.
"Watch this space."
Benn tweeted a video of himself hitting the heavy bag with the caption: "The Team Benn camp has started!"
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