Chris Eubank Jr spoke of the emotional agony of losing his brother and being far from his father at a chaotic press conference on Thursday evening.
Before his strength test with Conor Benn on Saturday evening, the two men were in bullish fit, but it was a moment of raw honesty that drew attention, before a long and intense confrontation of two minutes at the end.
When he was asked the pain of having to cut so much weight, Eubank Jr said: “What is pain?” I have a brother buried in the Dubai desert, it is pain.
“Her son asks why his father cannot take him to school, it’s pain. My own father does not speak to me and called me a shame, these things are what pain is for me.
“If I can manage all of this, cutting weight and dehydration are not important.”
Eubank Jr referred to the death of his brother Sebastian, who underwent a heart attack in the sea in Dubai in 2021.
Chris Eubank Jr (left) faces Conor Benn at the Thursday press conference
EUBANK JR refused to authorize the boss of the matchroom Eddie Hearn to speak at the microphone
Eubank Jr talked about the pain of being away from his father (right)
He left a newborn son, Raheem, who is now three years old.
Despite the fact that Eubank JR continues his father’s heritage, 30 years after his own fights against Nigel Benn, they have not spoken for years.
Obviously, there remains a source of sorrow for Chris, who was in eloquent form Thursday evening.
He continued: “I know what is happening, has prepared all my life for these moments, dedicated to decades in sport. No cheating or cutting, the mentality I have, courage and will is what I will use at night to eliminate my opponent, Conor Benn.
“ Conor talks about the pressure but there is a reason why he had a training camp in Spain, he knew that he could not manage the pressure of the British streets, he hid and now he thinks that he can use me to come back in the right graces.
“I felt the energy in the streets and it’s real, people are invested there. I think he feels the heat and will feel it much more in a few days. I will be director of my friend and you will be in detention.
He continued: “It is a question of preparing to get this child out of boxing. Now, I have a duty to box, to the public that he and Eddie Hearn have lied to people and I will erase them.
“All that matters is what happens when the bell goes, whatever the strategy or the match plan that they do not prepare them for the fire to come.
Sebastian Eubank died of a heart attack in Dubai and left a young son
Eubank Jr, photographed alongside Ben Shalom, admitted that he had more weight to cut
“It is not a question of strength, speed and age and weight, it is a dedication, which has paid their subscription and has done so clean, which is real and which is false. All these categories are in my favor.
Eubank Jr also refused to let Eddie Hearn speak at the press conference in comic scenes.
Hearn was prepared for this, then brought his n ° 2 Frank Smith on stage to try to place the fighter, in vain.
The matchroom promoters were only allowed to speak when Eubank Jr asked them a question, according to the headliner.
And he asked Hearn to rekindle their bet of 1 million pounds sterling on the fight. Hearn then finally managed to speak without being interrupted, saying: “If I will not have penalties, I will consider it, will come back to the hotel, gain the weight and prepare for an absolute spanking.”
EUBANK JR and BENN looked at more than two minutes before security removes them back
Benn was more succinct in his answers but overflowing with self -belief, insisting that there is no way that he lost the resentment match on Saturday.
“This is what I do, it’s the dream of each fighter,” he said.
“There is no more pressure than a 19 -year -old child in a crowded O2 arena. No pressure, I live for that, I had the fight 100 times in my head, I will not bend down to Chris, all this Pr is done.
“Focus on the abolition of weight, Fat Boy. It’s always personal, I am an emotional fighter, he is another man, I will not lose against a man who is Eubank. I come to remove my head.
