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'Not good enough!' - Conor Benn explains why Chris Eubank Jr. wants fight
Conor Benn believes Chris Eubank Jr. wants to face him as he is "not good enough" to win a world title, ahead of their blockbuster encounter.
The pair will bring their rivalry to the boil at The Ring's Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on April 26, live on DAZN .
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After Eubank Jr. smashed an egg against Benn's cheek in a fracas at a press conference on Tuesday, tensions have been running high.
But now the latter, who is moving up two divisions for the middleweight fight, has suggested his foe does not have the belief to challenge for a belt.
"You're fighting a welterweight," he told DAZN Face-Off . "If he was going to win a world title, it would have been now.
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"It would have been now, at the end of your career, [when you are] past your prime. It would have been now.
"He's no interest in winning a world title, because he knows he's not good enough. He's interested in fighting a welterweight.
"Why am I jumping up to 160? Because I'm 28. My world title [shot] is still there. I've still got a good six, seven or eight years left in the game.
I feel a lot stronger, based on numbers and PBs in the gym. The numbers don't lie. He'd rather be a professional poker player.
"He'd rather live it up in Vegas spending money he doesn't have. He'd rather be doing all that."
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