RINGSIDE By Doug Fischer HIGHS AND LOWS (AND HIGHS)
June 2025
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Editor-in-Chief Douglass Fischer Managing Editor Tom Gray Senior Editor Brian Harty Creative Director Lamar Clark Controller Deborah L. Harrison
T he mood in the boxing world was on an extreme high going into what promised to be a memorable Cinco De Mayo weekend, in part because of what took place in London the previous weekend. April 26 belonged to Chris Eubank Jr. and Conor Benn, as well as the 65,000 enraptured fans who passionately cheered them on through 12 scintillating rounds at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. The prolonged celebration of their instant classic carried considerable momentum into the fight week buildup to three major cards headlined by three of the most popular boxers in the sport – Ryan Garcia on May 2, Canelo Alvarez on May 3 and Naoya Inoue on May 4. However, most of that euphoric energy petered out during the unprecedented May 2 event that took place on the streets of Times Square. By the end of the May 3 show in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, boxing’s mojo was all but declared dead. Before I get into its resurrection and praise Inoue for dramatically rekindling the excitement with the help of unheralded but unrelenting challenger Ramon Cardenas on May 4, I must give
The Eubanks’ ring walk ignited 65,000 fans and set the table for an unforgettable instant classic.
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props to the two offspring of legendary British rivals Chris Eubank and Nigel Benn. Eubank Jr. and Benn settled their long-standing family feud in sensational fashion, both giving 100% in every round before absolutely emptying their tanks in an unforgettable final stanza. They rose to the occasion and exceeded expectations, producing early candidates for Fight, Round and Event of the Year. The WWE-level promotional build-up to Eubank-Benn had it all in terms of storylines, chief among them the divide between Eubank Jr. and Sr., which had persisted for years. Their 11th-hour reunion was revealed to the Tottenham crowd and those watching the Sky Box Office and DAZN pay-per-view broadcasts just minutes before their ring walk together. The sight of the two entering the stadium to Tina Turner’s “Simply the Best” – the theme song of Eubank Sr.’s storied career – evoked
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