Chris Eubank Jr said that no pain Conor Benn could inflict on him in a boxing ring could match that of his fractured family.
Eubank and Benn’s fight is nearly three years in the making, the original date cancelled after Benn failed a voluntary drugs test. It follows the pair’s fathers, Chris Eubank Sr and Nigel Benn, fighting a pair of legendary bouts in 1990 and 1993.
The build-up to the fight has been far from amicable and both fighters shared choice words in the pre-fight press conference, but Eubank paused for a moment of vulnerability after Benn promised to ‘pain’ him in the ring.
Eubank responded: “What is pain, though? I have a brother who is buried in the desert in Dubai, that is pain.
"I have his son, three years old, he asks, 'why can't I see my daddy? why can't he take me to school?'. That is pain."
Eubank’s brother Sebastian died in 2021 of a heart attack. He was 29 years old.
He continued, discussing his relationship with his Father: “My own father, a man I idolised for my entire life, and he doesn't speak to me.
“We haven't spoken for years and he thinks I'm a disgrace.
“These things are what pain is to me.”
Eubank was otherwise brash in the conference as he accused Benn of fleeing the country as he trained, saying “he couldn’t handle the pressure of walking these UK streets and people shouting out egg jokes.”
Benn, though, maintained he is feeling no pressure: “I’m excited to get in there and put my hands on [Eubank] on Saturday night.”
