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Chris Eubank hints at third fight with old rival Nigel Benn

Chris Eubank (right) trades blows with Nigel Benn. Mandatory Credit: Holly Stein  /Allsport
Image: Chris Eubank (right) trades blows with Nigel Benn in their second world title fight. Mandatory Credit: Holly Stein /Allsport

Chris Eubank Sr says he is almost ready to start negotiating broadcasting rights for a third fight with Nigel Benn.

Benn, 52, last month gave 49-year-old Eubank a deadline of "two or three months" to decide if he wants to reverse an 18-year retirement and renew a rivalry which illuminated elite-level boxing in the early 1990s.

Eubank took the Londoner's WBO middleweight title with a ninth-round stoppage in 1990, and the pair fought out a draw three years later with their respective world super-middleweight belts on the line.

A trilogy now appears a genuine possibility, with Eubank telling Sky Sports: "The latest is in the not too distant future, I will be able to speak to particular people in broadcasting to speak about the rights. That's business.

"When there is a press conference to be had you will be the first to hear."

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