Chris Eubank Jr spoke of the fractured relationship with his father and the death of his brother before the very publicized fight on Saturday with his rival Conor Benn.
The fully British match will take place at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, more than 30 years after their fathers began their own emblematic rivalry.
Speaking at the press conference on Thursday, Benn, 28, promised to inflict the “pain” on the Eubank Jr, 35, in their average weight competition
“What is pain, however?” Reported Eubank Jr, whose brother Sebastian died in 2021 29 years old. “I have a brother who is buried in the Dubai desert, it is a pain.
“I have his son, three years old, he asked:” Why can't I see my dad? Why can't he take me to school? “. It's pain.”
It is becoming more and more unlikely that Chris Eubank Sr, who beat Nigel Benn in 1990 before a controversial draw three years later, will be in the fight on Saturday.
EUBANK SR fell with his son and was not involved in any accumulation of combat.
“My own father, a man I have idolized all my life, and he does not speak to me,” added Eubank Jr.
“We haven't talked for years and he thinks I'm a shame. These things are what pain is for me.”
Eubank Jr and Benn had to fight in October 2022, before Benn failed a volunteer drug test.
A long and intense look down has followed the game, although there was no February rehearsal sadly famous press conference When Eubank Jr slapped Benn with an egg.
