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.

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.

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.