Chris Eubank Jr. beats Conor Benn on points in thrilling fight - ESPN

LONDON — Three years after their fight was cancelled at short notice and 32 years since their fathers' rematch, Chris Eubank Jr unanimously outpointed Conor Benn in a non-title middleweight bout on Saturday.

Eubank (35-3, 25 KOs) earned scores of 116-112 on all three scorecards to triumph over Benn (23-1, 14 KOs) to settle the grudge match between the two English boxers, the biggest non-heavyweight boxing event in the United Kingdom since Carl Froch versus George Groves in May 2014.

Eubank had Benn in trouble in the final round but there were no knockdowns in a fight that lived up to expectations in front of 62,000 at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London, England.

Eubank showed no signs of being impacted by his battle to make the 160-pound weight limit, which he failed to do by 0.05 pounds on Friday and resulted in a $500,000 (£375,000) penalty. In fact, he finished the stronger with a strong performance in the final two rounds.

«I knew I was capable of that,» Eubank Jr, who was taken to hospital after the fight as a precaution on doctor's advice, said. «The fact that our fathers did what they did all those years ago brings out a spirit in you and we showed that tonight.

»I pushed through. There is a lot of things that have gone on in my life, and I am happy to have this man [his dad] back with me. We upheld the family name, onwards and upwards.

«I didn't know Conor had what he had in him.»

No major title was on the line, but it was a hugely satisfying win for Eubank whose father stopped Conor's dad Nigel in 1990 before their points draw in 1993 for world middleweight and super middleweight titles respectively. Despite reportedly being estranged from Chris Jr, Chris Sr walked his son to the ring and sat ringside with