BRITISH boxing fans could be taken down ‘memory lane’ with Chris Eubank Jr and Conor Benn fighting at the scene of their dads’ legendary rematch.
After Eubank iconically beat arch nemesis Benn in 1990, it set up a fiercely-anticipated rematch three years later.
Nigel Benn and Chris Eubank drew in their 1993 rematch
Chris Eubank Sr pictured with son Jr
Nigel Benn and his son Conor
What followed was half a billion people worldwide viewers and 42,000 packed into Old Trafford to watch the pair fight to a draw.
And despite a trilogy bout failing to materialise, the famous family rivalry could extend to a new generation with their sons adding another chapter.
Benn, 25, has called out Eubank Jr, 32, leaving fans dreaming of an unprecedented fight for the ages over 30 years in the making.
Promoter Kalle Sauerland, the first to openly float about the clash, would snub England’s 90,000-seater home to favour a bit of history.
Sauerland told SunSport: “I wouldn’t do it at Wembley, I’d do it at Old Trafford for memory lane reasons.
“Benn vs Eubank, you could fill any stadium in this country and you’d be attracting some people that haven’t been to the boxing for many years.”
Eubank and Benn’s two-parter remains one of the most celebrated pair of fights and rivalries in British boxing history.
And as a result, it makes a follow up between their sons bigger than anything on the UK market right now, outside of the big boys.
Sauerland said: “It’s up there with the heavyweight fights right now, because of the names, because of the storyline.
“The fathers fought now the sons are fighting. It’s Hollywood stuff.
“It has all of that to it, but as I said, you have to separate that fight with everything else.”
Eubank Jr was challenged to a catchweight fight by Benn after beating Welshman Liam Williams, 29, this month.
The middleweight contender also has two potential grudge matches against either Billy Joe Saunders, 32, or Kell Brook, 35, on the table.
But Sauerland knows what fight makes the most money and memories.
He said: “Billy Joe rematch? Fantastic. Kell Brook? I think it’s very, very interesting. Conor Benn? That is a fight anybody would want to see.
“It’s front page news, isn’t it? It’s huge, it’s the biggest one out of all of them, in terms of spectacle, because of that history.
“But, is it the right time to make it? From our side it would be, but from their side, I’m not sure it would be.”
Chris Eubank Jr and promoter Kalle Sauerland
