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How it started:
Eubank Jr. telling Conor Benn he doesn't need to abstain nearly as long:
How It's Going:
Eubank Sr., once called "Simply The Best", a warrior who took on all challengers, then went on a Zoom call with Nigel Benn and told Nigel to his face he would do everything he could to STOP the fight:
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/bo...enn-clash.html
Which prompted Conor Benn (and others) to start roasting Junior:
Eubank Jr. telling Conor Benn he doesn't need to abstain nearly as long:
How It's Going:
Eubank Sr., once called "Simply The Best", a warrior who took on all challengers, then went on a Zoom call with Nigel Benn and told Nigel to his face he would do everything he could to STOP the fight:
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/bo...enn-clash.html
'If you have a child and someone's trying to actually take that child away from you, and do something wrong to that child, as a dad you wouldn't let them. That's all I'm doing,' Eubank said.
'I've given him my direction. If he doesn't want to follow it, he will be dragged along. But he will do what is right for him… he is coming down 1oz below 160lbs which cannot happen on my watch.'
Eubank Sr, whose son Sebastian died last year at the age of 29 of a heart attack, added: 'This is modern day 'gladiating', this is not a play thing for the audience. We have to be strict otherwise lives are put in danger and my son's life cannot be put in danger. I've already lost one. It can't happen again.'
His comments came as a surprise to both Nigel Benn and his son Conor, who joined the Zoom call and insisted: 'All I know was the weight was agreed.'
That prompted Eubank Sr to urge Conor to continue at welterweight rather than challenge his own son.
'If your dad won't protect my son, if they won't allow me to protect my son, you protect him.'
When his old rival asked him: 'So you're putting your foot down, saying to your son, at 32 years old: this fight is not happening,' Eubank responded: 'Absolutely.'
'I've given him my direction. If he doesn't want to follow it, he will be dragged along. But he will do what is right for him… he is coming down 1oz below 160lbs which cannot happen on my watch.'
Eubank Sr, whose son Sebastian died last year at the age of 29 of a heart attack, added: 'This is modern day 'gladiating', this is not a play thing for the audience. We have to be strict otherwise lives are put in danger and my son's life cannot be put in danger. I've already lost one. It can't happen again.'
His comments came as a surprise to both Nigel Benn and his son Conor, who joined the Zoom call and insisted: 'All I know was the weight was agreed.'
That prompted Eubank Sr to urge Conor to continue at welterweight rather than challenge his own son.
'If your dad won't protect my son, if they won't allow me to protect my son, you protect him.'
When his old rival asked him: 'So you're putting your foot down, saying to your son, at 32 years old: this fight is not happening,' Eubank responded: 'Absolutely.'
Which prompted Conor Benn (and others) to start roasting Junior:
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