"This time it would be fair" - Eddie Hearn makes honest Chris Eubank Jr vs Conor Benn trilogy admission

Eddie Hearn has opened the door to a shock link-up with former foe Chris Eubank Jr amidst speculation that a blockbuster trilogy bout with Conor Benn is in the pipeline.

Benn fought under Hearn's Matchroom banner for each of those two fights and his previous 23 professional outings before shockingly ending his association with the British promotional organisation earlier this year.

The Londoner bounced back from a narrow defeat at the hands of Eubank Jr in their first fight with an emphatic stoppage victory in the rematch before jumping ship to Dana White's new Zuffa Boxing venture a few months later.

Now, in a potential remarkable twist, Hearn has announced that he has undertaken discussions with Eubank Jr over a potential partnership between the pair and hasn't ruled out a colossal third fight between 'Next Gen' and his former charge.

"I know that me and him [Conor Benn] would be a dynamic team," he told DAZN.

There’s a lot of things that have happened in the past. There’s absolutely nothing imminent but we’ve had lunch and I’ve chatted to the team.

- Eddie Hearn (Matchroom CEO)

"If we team up then it’ll be some story," he added.

The controversial weight cut that Eubank Jr had to endure and subsequent rehydration clause became the dominant story of the build-up to each of the first two fights.

Eubank even claimed Hearn had put his life at risk following the rematch, stating Matchroom officials had prevented his ambulance from immediately leaving the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.

However, a truce appears to have been struck between the pair and Hearn is now adamant that should a trilogy bout be agreed, then he would ensure the fight takes place on a far more level playing field.

"Because of the job I did for Conor Benn, I made sure that Conor Benn had a huge edge in that fight," the Matchroom supremo added.

"I did it fairly; I did it contractually. I spun the other team around my finger because that's what I do to make sure my guy has the edge in that fight.

"If I'm on Team Eubank, that ain't happening on my watch [again], so the fight happens at 168 with no rehydration clause and it's a fair playing field because it probably wasn't a fair playing field last time.

"Now people are going to say, 'Oh, Eddie Hearn's admitted it.' Guess what, motherf****r? It's my job... I made sure we had the edge and I was protecting my guy against the bigger man."