Conor Benn has said that Chris Eubank Jnr’s next step should be retirement.

Benn won their one-sided rematch in November having lost a Fight of the Year contender in April to his bitter rival.

Eubank Jnr has since alluded to health issues going into the return but has pledged to fight on.

Speaking to Matchroom’s YouTube channel, Benn said: “Do I think he should call it a day? Personally, I think he should sail off into the sunset. It’s always hard to do that with a loss but I think he should call it a day. He’s got twin boys, two beautiful twin boys, that have come into this world and sometimes you need to prioritise your health and safety over everything else.”

Eubank is now 36 years old and has a 35-4 (23 KOs) record.

Benn said they’ve not spoken since the fight, but told of Eubank’s return coming at super middleweight, he said: “For some reason I’ll be expecting a phone call once he realises 168 is not for him. Who’s he going to fight at 168?”

Benn said he’s stayed active, kept running and stayed in the gym, even though he doesn’t have a date pencilled in.

He also said he took more pride in the first fight with Eubank, in the war, than outboxing the Brighton man in the return.

“If I’d lost the second fight, I would have had to say he’s a better boxer than me,” said Benn. “But I know he ain’t. So it was hard with the first one because I felt I let myself down and I really wanted to correct it and make the adjustments needed, whether it was entertaining or not… Second fight was about adjustments and corrections, using my feints, my agility, my speed, my boxing brain, sticking to the gameplan over emotions. For me, that was really important.”

Benn said he had a feeling that Teofimo Lopez could upset Shakur Stevenson next week in New York, and also said he was prepared to wait and see whether Ryan Garcia topples Mario Barrios for the WBC welterweight title in February rather than move on ahead and make another fight.

“He could get cooked,” Benn said of Garcia, mentioning Rolly Romero’s name as a potential interim opponent if one is required. “If he gets the WBC title, that fight is huge. That fight would do a stadium like Wembley. I’d be willing to hold out to June or July proving there’s a guarantee because he’s such a liability. I could just be active, but at the same time I want the biggest fights that can possibly be made in boxing.”

Benn said his ultimate goal is to win the WBC belt. “I feel like me and the WBC is written in the stars,” he added.