Tonight’s Live Results: Eubank Jr Vs. Benn – From London

Chris Eubank Jr. fights Conor Benn tonight in a middleweight fight, with the start time of the event at 12 pm ET / 9 am PT, live on DAZN PPV in Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London, England. The main event will start around 5 pm ET / 2 pm PT.

Both fighters successfully made weight for the 10-lb rehydration clause this morning. Eunbank Jr. weighed in at 169.4 lbs, and Benn came in at 165 pounds. The two were under the 170-lb limit.

Live Results

– Aaron McKenna (20-0, 10 KOs) easily beat former WBO 154-lb champion Liam Smith (33-5-1, 20 KOs), winning a wide 12-round unanimous decision to capture the WBA International middleweight title. McKenna, 25, dropped the old warrior Smith with a left to the body in the twelfth round. Smith, 36, got back up and gamely fought back to survive the round.

The scores were 119-108, 117-109, and 118-108. It was a totally one-sided fight with McKenna hitting the older and slower Liam seemingly at will in every round. The contest arguably should have been stopped by the sixth round because Smith was not effective at all. He’s just a shadow of the fighter he was a decade ago when he knocked out John Thompson in the seventh round to capture the WBO 154-lb title in 2015.

The matchmaking done on McKenna’s behalf was good, but it didn’t reveal anything. McKenna didn’t look good enough to compete with IBF and WBO middleweight champion Janibek Alimkhanuly or WBC champ Carlos Adames. McKenna is a good boxer, but lacks power and would be easy prey for those champions. He’ll be fine as long as he stays fighting at the level he’s at now, but if he steps up, he’s going to get found out.

– Viddal Riley (13-0, 7 KOs) outboxed British cruiserweight champion Cheavon Clarke (10-2, 7 KOs), winning a 12-round unanimous decision. The scores were 116-112, 117-111, and 115-113.

– Former WBO cruiserweight champion Chris Billiam-Smith (21-2, 13 KOs) got back to his winning ways with a grueling 12-round unanimous decision over Brandon Glanton (20-3, 13 KOs). Glanton had success early on, forcing Billiam-Smith back, landing hard power shots on the inside, and not allowing him space to land his big punches.

Billiam-Smith looked exhausted by the third round from the fast pace and constant mauling by the more physically stronger Glanton. In the sixth, Chris staggered the American with a hard right hand. Glanton’s pace slowed down dramatically after that round, allowing Billiam-Smith to get the better of the action in rounds 7 through 12. However, the constant mauling and pushing his head into the face of Billiam-Smith, bothered him.

Despite getting the better of the action, he wasn’t comfortable with Glanton’s tactics. The scores were 116-113, 116-112, and 116-112.

Tonight’s event will be shown on DAZN PPV for $24.99 in the U.S and £19.95 in the UK. Eubank Jr. (34-3, 25 KOs) missed weight on Friday, coming in just slightly over the middleweight limit at 169.05 lbs. He reportedly is being penalized a steep $500K. His condition at the weigh-in was thin, and he appeared weak from weight loss.

Tonight, it’s going to be interesting to see if Eubank Jr. is showing any of the ill effects of the double whammy of the two weigh-ins. If he’s drained, it gives Conor a chance of overpowering him with his aggressive style. Benn, 28, is moving up from welterweight for the fight, and he needed a weight handicap.

No one knows how good the Matchroom-promoted Benn is because he has never stepped up against true contenders before. His experience is limited to old veterans and a variety of run-of-the-mill fighters that these guys face at the beginning of their careers. His promoter, Eddie Hearn, never got a chance to begin matching Benn against good opposition until now.

Complete Card

Chris Eubank Jr. vs. Conor Benn – main event
Anthony Yarde vs. Lyndon Arthur 3 – co-feature
Liam Smith vs. Aaron McKenna
Viddal Riley vs. Cheavon Clarke
Chris Billam-Smith vs. Brandon Glanton

In the co-feature, cruiserweight Anthony Yarde will fight Lyndon Arthur for a third time. This fight is taking place more for the fans in the UK. They’ve already fought enough times and should be facing other opposition. It’s a weird match that is pointless for either guy.