“I mean we got asked by [Turki Alalshikh] would we be happy to do the event in November,” said Eddie Hearn, Benn’s promoter ...

Lewis Crocker and Paddy Donovan are due to fight each other for the vacant IBF welterweight title in September, and Hearn has named Benn as a potential opponent for the winner of the all-Irish bout.

There is still some uncertainty whether or not Conor Benn will get his rematch with Chris Eubank Jr. later this year.