Chris Eubank Jr refusing to commit to key Conor Benn contract detail

Chris Eubank Jr's promoter Ben Shalom believes the boxing star should NOT be fighting Conor Benn with a rehydration clause again.

Eubank Jr and Benn will renew hostilities when they go head-to-head for a second time on November 15 at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. The pair were contracted to an immediate rematch which was initially set for September 20. However, Eubank Jr insisted he would not be ready - plunging the sequel into doubt. But the pair were able to strike a deal for the second bout to take place.

The rescheduled date comes seven months after their initial encounter. Eubank Jr outpointed his bitter rival back in April in what was a real Fight of the Year contender in north London. The rules for the sequel will be the same as the first outing. This means that the two fighters will fight at 160lbs - with a 10lb rehydration clause in place for the morning of the fight. Eubank Jr stunned the boxing world back in April after he was fined £375,000 for failing to make weight.

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Ahead of the rematch, Eubank Jr's promoter Shalom believes that there should be some sort of wiggle room when it comes to weight after the boxer suffered from severe dehydration back in April. Eubank Jr was taken straight to hospital after the fight where he spent 48 hours as he struggled with dehydration. As of yet, boxing promoter Eddie Hearn has revealed that he has not received a request to renegotiate the weight stipulations from Eubank Jr and his team.

In an interview with talkSPORT, Shalom said: “We aren’t happy with the rehydration clause. Chris isn’t committed to that rehydration clause again, as of yet. The initial time that was put to us it was an ultimatum. It was the fight is not happening unless this. So Chris is in a difficult position.

“Everything was agreed, everything, we’ve gone through the contract and done every single clause. We get to the last moment just before the press conference and then it was landed on us, an ultimatum like that.”

The boxing promoter added: “In the end, Chris is a money man, and he accepted the challenge. Is it healthy, is it right? Should it be banned from boxing? Absolutely. It should not be used in this fight.”

After "accepting the challenge," Eubank Jr is now solely focused on the task at hand on November 15. Throughout his career so far, the Brit has been heavily jeered upon making his walk to the ring. That said, he believes the country's perception of him has changed since his victory. "What a crazy, crazy world this is," he said at the rematch launch press conference last week. "For my entire life as a professional fighter I have been the villain and the bad guy.

"Fourteen years and 38 fights of people loving to hate me. I don't want to get ahead if myself but what I'm seeing online, the interactions I'm having with people all overt the world, I don't know if I'm that guy anymore. It's not just boxing fans who are approaching me now. It's little girls and elderly folk, housewives, people who have nothing to do with boxing; they're all greeting me and wishing me the best of luck."

When is the next boxing event?

Ben Crocker and Sean McComb are set to go head-to-head on Saturday, September 27 in Sheffield. The main card is set to get underway at around 6pm UK time (1pm ET / 10am PT / 12pm CT).

In the main event, McComb will make the walk to the ring first at around 10pm UK time (5pm ET / 3pm PT / 5pm CT) with Crocker set to follow immediately after. Fans will be able to watch all of the action live on DAZN and will be shown in over 200 countries via a DAZN subscription.