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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
Donald McRae

Chris Eubank Jr: ‘I shouldn’t be doing this. But we are the daredevils of sport’

Chris Eubank Jr poses for a photo at Brighton and Hove Boxing Gym
‘He was cleared to fight, but … Conor is not cleared of being a cheat,’ says Chris Eubank Jr. Photograph: Bryn Lennon/Getty Images

Chris Eubank Jr sits in his hotel room, locked in the extremes of a savage weight cut. Boiling down in weight gets even harder at the age of 35 but the words still flow freely. Eubank Jr can produce intelligent insights as easily as he churns out typical bombast and so he has no difficulty in explaining why his fight on Saturday night with Conor Benn will darken the British sporting landscape this week.

They were first meant to fight in October 2022, when a manufactured scrap was built on the enmity between their fathers, Chris Eubank Sr and Nigel Benn, in the 1990s. Separated by two weight divisions, the sons were brought together in a dubious catchweight contest while banging on about family feuds and legacies.

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