Ferocious rivals are at the distance in the average weight combat while their famous fathers are looking at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London.
Chris Eubank Jr treated his colleague Briton Conor Benn a first career defeat after taking the distance to win his resentment match on a unanimous decision.
The three judges marked the 116-112 fight after a slugfest of 12 pulsatory rounds, the two fighters who hardly died from the start and the head on foot in front of 65,000 spectators at the Tottenham Hotspur stadium in London.
The fight between the sons of the ancient world champions and the Archritizations Chris Eubank SR and Nigel Benn, who met twice in the 1990s, was canceled in 2022 when Benn was tested positive for traces of traces of clomifen of fertility drug.
“I knew I was capable of it, and I just needed someone to get it out. I didn’t expect him to do so,” Eubank told Dazn.
“The fact that our fathers did before bringing out the soul in you.
“I didn’t know he [Benn] had what he had in him. I thought I would break it early. I did not train for a fight like this.
The two fathers were present, 32 years after their last confrontation, and kissed in the ring before the opening bell.
The fight itself made the years go back from the remains that their fathers produced with pure assault and dominant energy.
“It was close,” said Benn afterwards. “I need to look back. I thought I had won. Maybe I stayed on the strings for too long. I enjoyed it, and it was a massive return.
“We have always known that Chris was a good fighter and had good combat speeches.”
Benn had taken a step of weight to face someone who had been a fierce rival outside the ring.
“I think I can go up a weight and win a title,” said Benn during the reflection.
A revenge match between the pair is in the contract, and the promoter Eddie Hearn was clear that he had to perform, in his opinion.
“I couldn’t divide them. I thought Benn won the fight, then lost the last two laps,” Hearn told Dazn.
“That’s what it is, but I haven’t seen Eubank win this by four laps.
“Benn has become the people’s champion. He got up to fight an average weight, and he took the kitchen sink. He never stopped trying to win the fight.
“It was one of the most dramatic fights I saw.
“These two warriors should respect themselves after that.”
