Chris Eubank Jrs reaction to Conor Benn fight | Boxing News

Chris Eubank Jr’s reaction to his initial bout with Conor Benn being cancelled spoke volumes concerning the long-standing rivalry between the 2. The son of multi-weight world champion Chris Eubank Sr, the 35-year-old was set to face Benn in October 2022 at London’s O2 Arena, till the latter failed a medication take a look at within the build-up to the bout.

After testing constructive for clomifene – a substance which may help elevate testosterone ranges in males and is banned on the planet of skilled boxing – Benn noticed his day within the solar with Eubank Jr shelved whereas enduring a two-year battle with UK Anti-Doping and the British Boxing Board of Control. And after the fight was referred to as off, Eubank Jr was fast to take to social media to break the information to followers who had purchased tickets for the occasion.

He wrote on X: “Conor got caught using an illegal substance so the fight is off. Can’t believe it. I really apologise to the fans & everyone that bought tickets, traveled & booked hotels, this should not of happened.” Capping off his post, Eubank Jr proved how deep-rooted their rivalry is and how he wasn’t prepared to let the fight by no means materialise, including in ice-cold fashion: “He has escaped his schooling… for now.”

Benn noticed his provisional suspension withdrawn in 2024 after the National Anti-Doping Panel was “not completely satisfied” that it was confirmed that he had dedicated a violation of the anti-doping guidelines, with Benn including that he had been “cleared of any wrongdoing” and that he has all the time been “an advocate for clean sport”.

Taking to X, Benn wrote: “This past 24 months has unquestionably been the toughest fight of my life. [It has been] a rollercoaster period within which the WBC had already decided that I was innocent and the NADP decided in the first instance that there was no case to answer and I was free to fight.”

During the case, Benn additionally claimed that he may have probably examined constructive for clomifene as a outcome of consuming poultry. He stated in 2023: “How can that be strict liability if that’s in our food? You can’t stop that. Look at the Wada (World Anti Doping Agency) website, because before people start saying poultry and eggs…the case study was done.”

He added: “If you’re eating a banana and it says it’s a banana and it tastes like a banana… What else? How can that be strict liability?” In January 2025, it was introduced that Eubank Jr vs Benn had been rebooked for Saturday, April 26 on the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, as soon as more giving the pair of pugilists the chance to settle the rating.

And tensions boiled over in a face-off the next month, with Eubank Jr slapping his opponent with an egg earlier than the 2 have been pulled away from each other. Eubank Jr’s father, who had his own pair of tussles within the squared circle with Benn’s dad Nigel in 1990 and 1993, was fast to slam his son’s actions on the evening.

He stated: “Junior, you are smashing an egg against this guy’s face. I taught you that? I didn’t teach you that? Who taught you that? Did Karron [Eubank Jr’s mum] teach you that? Who taught you that? That is disgraceful. That is disgraceful.

“I’m going to be in your nook? I’d by no means have been in your nook; that’s a shame. You are smashing an egg in somebody’s face, and you are attempting to justify it. There is no justification for it. There is nothing noble about that.”

It is known that Eubank Sr is not going to be in attendance as his son hopes to bury the hatchet with Benn within the capital, given that he’s additionally opposed to the weight distinction between his son – a natural middleweight – and Benn, who has persistently fought lighter at welterweight all through his profession. The two will meet at 160lbs on Saturday night, with a hydration clause within the contract which prevents weight gain of 10lbs or more earlier than fight evening within the pursuits of equity.