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As their long-awaited grudge match creeps ever nearer, the confrontation between Chris Eubank Jr and Conor Benn continues to accentuate.
The pair made entrance web page information final month, after Eubank Jr slapped Benn with an egg on the launch press convention for the combat, which is able to happen on April 26 on the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.
Although there has by no means been any love misplaced between the 2 household foes, their rivalry seems to have solely grown deeper for the reason that incident – for which ‘Subsequent Gen’ was fined £100,000 by the British Boxing Board of Management.
Initially there was little greater than their fathers’ feud and two subsequent bouts within the Nineteen Nineties, nevertheless that each one modified when their authentic combat date in October 2022 was canned resulting from Benn failing two medicine’ assessments.
And when that subject arose after they got here face-to-face final week on Piers Morgan Uncensored, Eubank Jr instructed his youthful adversary that he had “put a black mark against the Benn name.”
Eubank Jr was fined £100,000 for slapping Benn with an egg Photograph Credit score: Mark Robinson Matchroom Boxing
“His father’s extra upset than him as a result of he’s destroyed his father’s legacy.
“He’s put a black mark towards the Benn title, that’s really what has occurred.
“I’ve upheld my household title. I’ve by no means minimize corners and I’ve devoted my life to this sport.
“The Eubank title continues to be on the prime, it’s nonetheless related and it’s nonetheless revered. The worst factor Conor’s achieved is put query marks over the Benn title.
“They are saying like father like son. So if he’s able to dishonest – did his father cheat? That’s the query that now arises.
“I don’t believe his father didn’t know what he was doing. So that means Nigel Benn could have been capable of doing the same thing in his career.”
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After a saga that lasted over two years, ‘The Destroyer’ had a short lived suspension lifted by the Nationwide Anti-Doping Panel final November and is predicted to reapply for his British licence, having relinquished it shortly after his two constructive assessments got here to mild.
A two-way contractual rematch clause is in place for subsequent month’s blockbuster, which means there’s each probability British combat followers may see the pair run it again in the direction of the again finish of this yr.
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