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Simon Jordan has labelled Chris Eubank Jr’s conflict with Conor Benn as a “freak show.”
Eubank Jr faces Benn on the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on April 26 in a rescheduled middleweight showdown.
The pair had been speculated to have fought again in October 2022, just for the bout to be shelved on struggle week after Benn twice examined optimistic for the banned substance Clomiphene.
Having been cleared by the Nationwide Anti-Doping Panel to renew his profession in November, ’The Destroyer’ will transfer up a weight class to face the Brighton man.
Outspoken pundit, Jordan believes their struggle is producing curiosity purely due to the legacy of their fathers, who fought twice in two traditional battles within the 1990’s.
“I do [think it’s nothing more than a freak show],” Jordan advised talkSPORT.
“I feel Chris is a charlatan at world degree.
“I feel he doesn’t take world title fights when there’s alternative to take action and each time he steps up he will get beat by a world title operator.
“I feel Conor Benn, with all due respect to Conor and I like [his father] Nigel and I like Conor, has by no means defined why drug exams have been failed and boxing shouldn’t tolerate that.
Benn was held again by safety after Eubank Jr slammed an egg in his face Photograph Credit score: Mark Robinson Matchroom Boxing
“My view is he’s a welterweight stepping as much as receives a commission and Chris Eubank is coming all the way down to receives a commission.
“The only reason this has the lure is because of the deeds of real world title fighters which are their fathers.”
After a heated first press convention in Manchester on Tuesday, Eubank Jr slapped Benn throughout the face with an egg, sparking a melee on the stage, with safety compelled to separate the pair.
Eubank Jr’s determination to launch an egg at his rival was based mostly on the WBC reinstating Benn into their rankings in February 2023 after ruling {that a} “highly-elevated consumption of eggs” was a “cheap clarification for his failed drug exams.”
The feuding pair had been denied a face-off alternative on Wednesday, however got here face-to-face on the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on Thursday night at a second press convention, the place they had been stored effectively aside from one another by safety.
The British Boxing Board of Management confirmed on Wednesday {that a} listening to would happen after the incident, with Eubank Jr more likely to be punished after sparking the altercation.
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