LONDON (Reuters) -Chris Eubank Jr was taken to hospital for precautionary checks after beating fellow Briton Conor Benn on a unanimous points decision in their thrilling middleweight grudge match on Saturday.

London is playing host to one of the most anticipated fights of the year as Chris Eubank Jr and Conor Benn go head-to-head in a middleweight all-British grudge match at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.

After a planned 2022 fight between Chris Eubank Jr. and Conor Benn fell through due to a failed Benn drug test, the decades of bad blood between the two men and their families hit a deeper level. Eubank and Benn finally stepped in the ring on Saturday in London and delivered a no-doubt Fight of the Year contender that Eubank won via unanimous decision after 12 incredible rounds of non-stop action.