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Chris Eubank Sr believes his son had an alternate choice to going through Conor Benn.
Eubank Jr will meet Benn in a rescheduled showdown on April 26 on the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.
Eubank Sr, who fought Benn’s father twice within the 1990’s, has been vocal in his disapproval of the pair’s assembly and believes his son ought to have chosen a rematch with Billy Joe Saunders, who beat him on factors in 2014, however has not fought since shedding to Canelo Alvarez in Might 2021.
“You lost to a fighter called Billy [Joe] Saunders, you shouldn’t have lost that fight,” the 58-year-old mentioned on his YouTube channel Name Chris Eubank.
“You misplaced it since you have been disobedient to the plan that I gave you, you began combating after the sixth spherical to show to me that you would be able to beat him at anytime.
Eubank Jr and Benn will lastly settle their grudge Picture Credit score: Mark Robinson Matchroom Boxing
“I expressly put down in stable phrases, you aren’t combating Billy [Joe] Saunders, you might be combating the promoter and you’ll not beat the promoter.
“As they’d say you’d need to knock him out to get a draw, that’s the humour they use, that’s the affect of the promoters.
“You should be fighting Billy Joe Saunders.”
Eubank Jr and Benn meet two-and-a-half years on from after they have been speculated to have fought, with their first scheduled bout shelved on battle week after Benn failed two drug assessments.
‘The Destroyer’ was cleared in October to renew his profession by the Nationwide Anti-Doping Panel, who lifted his suspension.
Turki Alalshikh, the Chairman of the Basic Leisure Authority of Saudi Arabia, says Eubank Sr might be in attendance on battle evening in addition to Benn’s father Nigel.
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“We discussed it with them, and everyone will be there,” Alalshikh informed Sky Sports activities.
“And now we have a whole lot of surprises contained in the Tottenham stadium and all through the battle week.
“There may be additionally might be an enormous live performance for 20-Half-hour with very well-known artists contained in the stadium.”
Saunders beat Eubank Jr in 2014 Picture Credit score: Michelle Farsi/Matchroom
Benn will transfer as much as middleweight to face his Brighton rival and there’s a rehydration clause within the contract, which prevents each males from coming in any larger than 10lbs on the second day weigh in.
The British rivals will face-to-face in Manchester on Tuesday night to kick off a two-city press tour to promoter their April bout, concluding in London on Thursday.
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