Benn vs Eubank Jr face-off canncelled after | Boxing News

A face-off between Chris Eubank Jr and Conor Benn set for later as we speak has been scrapped amid security worries.

This development follows a heated encounter in Manchester on Tuesday evening the place the 2 boxing skills exchanged sharp phrases at a press convention, escalating to a level the place Eubank Jr struck Benn with an egg. The altercation was shortly contained by security as Benn tried to retaliate. Taking to social media after the incident, Benn fired off: “That’s the only shot you’ll land on me you f****** p****. Two rounds you are finished.”

Benn managed to overturn his suspension final November and can now step into the ring on the middleweight restrict of 160lb, with a strict cap of including no more than 10lb by Saturday morning.

Eubank Jr could not resist taking a jibe at Benn after remarks in regards to the latter’s egg consumption being linked to his failed drug checks, which he maliciously introduced up to taunt Benn on the press convention. Not one to remain out of the limelight, the 35 yr previous Eubank Jr additionally took a shot at Benn’s promoter, Eddie Hearn, in a heated exchange that prevented Hearn from talking on the outset.

Uncompromisingly, he informed Hearn: “Eddie, you know I don’t like you, right? So if you know that, what on God’s sweet earth makes you think I’m gonna listen to anything you have to say? We’re gonna skip past whatever bulls*** you were going to say. You can sabotage the event, and I’ll just start talking to Benn directly.”benn

Following a chaotic press convention in Manchester, Eddie Hearn spoke to Sky Sports and recommended that something might occur now. “He came on stage with an egg. I thought it was glass. The noise and the way it shattered was like a glass. We don’t know what’s happened. All I’m saying now, all bets are off. If you bump into Nigel Benn in the next 10 minutes, watch yourself,” he warned.

Hearn additionally commented on Eubank’s premeditated actions, stating: “The thing is with Eubank is that everything is pre-mediated. He’s sat there at night and thought ‘I’m going to hit him round the face with an egg’. Some might find it funny. Imagine you in a head to head right now, the police would be looking for you. The game is the game, the fight is the fight. All bets are off. Anything goes. You’ve gone to that level. Thursday at Spurs. It’s on sight.”

Meanwhile, Eubank Jr’s promoter Shalom claimed ignorance about his consumer’s plans, admitting: “Honestly I don’t know what happened. It was an egg, we can see it was an egg, but I didn’t know what it was at the time. I was in shock at the time like everyone else. It kicked of there… it was a great press conference up till then but I think that was too far.”