Chris Eubank Senior took to the stage alongside his son for the ultimate press convention forward of Chris Eubank Junior’s rematch with Conor Benn.
Eubank Jr and his father mended a long-standing rift earlier than his first struggle with Benn that led to an iconic ring entrance and a memorable 12-round scrap.
Eubank Sr hadn’t appeared at any pre-fight occasions forward of the primary struggle, however took a seat to help his son earlier than Saturday’s rematch.
Eubank Sr stated: “I’m here for heart, love.”
The previous world champion is a British boxing legend and recognized for his eccentric character. “I’ve always walked the straight line,” he stated. “I fought the good fight. I finished the race. I kept the faith. Now there is in store for me the crown of righteousness.”
Nigel Benn, Conor’s father, had a ferocious rivalry with Eubank Sr throughout their very own preventing days. He was in little temper to indulge Eubank Sr.
“I don’t pay any attention to what he says,” Benn Sr stated. “We’re right here to speak a few struggle.
“We’ve had our past, it’s about Conor and Junior,” he maintained. “I’m here to support my son. I’ve watched my son train hard.
“We’ll be victorious early doorways.”
Eubank Jr of course intends to repeat his victory in the first fight, promising, in an echo of his father’s famous phrase: “The process will probably be parliamentary.”
Well-known fathers and feuding sons
The fighters’ feud dates again to the rivalry of their fathers, Nigel Benn and Chris Eubank Sr.
However there isn’t any scarcity of enmity between the sons themselves. They have been initially attributable to field in 2022 at a catchweight, just for Benn to return an anti-doping violation which noticed the unique bout cancelled.
When Benn was cleared to field within the UK, the struggle was finally made for April of this 12 months, this time at 160lbs, with a fight-day weight restrict, and now a rematch will happen this Saturday.
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On the announcement press convention forward of that first conflict, Eubank struck Benn with an egg. That assault was to goad his opponent and likewise a reference to a declare by the WBC that Benn’s optimistic drug take a look at might have been attributable to extreme consumption of eggs, a suggestion which Benn would later distance himself from.
The build-up to their first struggle centred spherical Eubank Jr’s fractured relationship together with his father, that he spoke about with such frankness it surprised a press convention into silence.
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Throwback to when Chris Eubank Jr and his father made an epic ring stroll at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium full with an orchestra!
That rift was memorably healed when Eubank Sr unexpectedly appeared at his son’s facet on the stadium and made an epic ringwalk alongside him.
Benn was preparing in his altering room on the Tottenham Hotspur floor when he noticed Eubank father and son arrive collectively.
“It was a complete surprise. I assure you now I would have bet money on him not turning up. Him turning up made it. I always said I wanted him there, I wanted him involved,” Benn informed Sky Sports activities.
“Him turning up like that, only one man could have turned up like that, and it wasn’t my dad. As much as it pains me to say.”
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Talking forward of their rematch at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, Conor Benn claimed there was no gameplan in place for the primary struggle and has vowed to avenge the defeat handed to him by Chris Eubank Jr.
However he insists it did not rattle him going into the struggle a few hours later. “I’m sitting there going there’s no way that’s going to end well for Junior. That’s what my initial thoughts were, this isn’t going to end well for him,” Benn stated.
“When you’ve got two alpha males with big egos and a big presence come in a room together, it’s a car crash. It is a car crash, I’m telling you from experience, it’s a car crash.”
Eubank went on to win an intense struggle on factors however maintains that, reunited together with his father, he’s in a greater place going into this second contest.
“Me not having to deal with the burden of my father being so publicly against me fighting. That was a massive mental distraction for me,” Eubank Jr informed Sky Sports activities Information.
“So for me to not have that on my plate is amazing. And to know that he’s going to be there is a great feeling.”
Benn is adamant that he will not take the rematch personally, not like the primary struggle.
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Chris Eubank Jr and Conor Benn shared an intense face-off forward of their rematch in November.
“The insults are part of the game. It’s the entertainment business,” he informed Sky Sports activities. “Egg slap, no problem, it sold the fight.
“[Being called a] ‘drug cheat’… No drawback, you have to perceive that is simply a part of the sport.
“I just don’t like him,” Benn added. “It’s not what’s said, it’s not what’s done. I just don’t like him.”
Eubank although intends to complete the job he began. “The fight went 12 rounds, there are still people who believe Conor Benn was robbed and should have won,” he stated.
“There is still that talk from a very small percentage of people and my unfinished business is to eradicate that completely with a convincing, undeniable domination.”
