The highly anticipated fight between Chris Eubank Jr. and Conor Benn will take place in London in April, Turki Alalshikh, the chairman of Saudi Arabia's General Entertainment Authority, confirmed Wednesday.
ESPN reported on Monday that the long-awaited clash was in the process of being finalized for April 26.
The fight will be contested at the middleweight limit of 160 pounds -- where Eubank Jr. (34-3, 25 KOs) is rated No. 4 by ESPN -- with a rehydration clause set at 170 pounds for the same-day weigh-in, sources told ESPN on Monday.
Benn (23-0, 14 KOs) competes at 147 pounds. He is ESPN's No. 5 welterweight.
Benn, 28, took to social media Wednesday to share pictures of himself signing a contract for the fight.
"Your Fate has been sealed!" Benn wrote in comments aimed at Eubank Jr.
Eubank Jr. responded to the post with a message of his own: "Conor Benn just signed his own death sentence."
The two British rivals, whose fathers, Nigel Benn and Chris Eubank Sr., fought in two classic bouts in the 1990s, were set to face off in 2022 before Conor Benn tested positive for the fertility drug clomifene, which is banned inside and outside competition by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA).
Two years of appeals and legal battles followed for Benn, before his suspension was lifted by the UK National Anti-Doping Panel (NAPD) in November. That paved the way for negotiations to resume, with a deal between the two camps struck this week.
"We got the fight signed," Matchroom Boxing promoter Eddie Hearn said Wednesday. "Conor Benn vs. Chris Eubank is on, two years after the first one."
Benn fought twice in the United States while he was unable to box in the UK, beating Rodolfo Orozco and Peter Dobson on points.
In October, Eubank Jr., 35, scored a seventh-round knockout over Kamil Szeremeta in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Information from ESPN's Mike Coppinger and the Associated Press contributed to this report.
