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CHRIS EUBANK Jr issued a moving plea for his dad to be by his side for the biggest fight of his life.
He revealed father Chris’ hatred of his upcoming clash with Conor Benn has destroyed their relationship. While Eubank Sr’s old rival Nigel Benn is a staunch supporter of his lad, the damage to his own relationship is yet to be repaired.
Eubank Jr, who has been fined £100,000 for slapping Benn with an egg, believes the scars left by the death of his brother Sebastian from a heart attack at the age of just 29, in 2021, affected his dad.
In an exclusive interview on Piers Morgan Uncensored − where the pair had to be separated − the 35-year-old said: “It got to a stage where I needed to step out of the shadow completely. It’s a big shadow.
“I realised I have to separate myself from this huge character that’s always next to me.
“He’s different. His father kind of let him do his own thing; jump in and sink or swim.
“My old man was always, always next to me. I got to a stage where I decided that I needed to walk my own path.
“He was not happy with that decision. And then you have a situation with my brother passing away.
“That affected him in a deep way — affected all of us — mental health is a real thing.
“That incident, coupled with the fact that we were already not seeing eye to eye, destroyed a large part of the relationship and it still hasn’t recovered.”
Eubank Sr, 58, had two epic fights with the Dark Destroyer Benn — ending his rival’s 22-fight winning record to become WBO middleweight champion in 1990 before their 1993 rematch ended in a draw.
But when their sons’ cash-grab bout was due to take place in 2022, Eubank Sr spoke out passionately against it. He predicted that fight — for which his son boiled down to an emaciated 159lb — would be cancelled.
That was proved correct when it was canned two days out, as Benn’s two failed VADA drugs tests were laid bare.
And he still insists this re-arranged version — scheduled for Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on April 26 — will be binned too.
When Eubank Jr was asked to send a message directly to his dad, he replied: “I’m here. I’m getting ready for the biggest fight of my life.
“If you want to be next to me, like his father’s next to him, we can do it together. If not, no hard feelings, I’ll get the job done for you — don’t worry about it.
“He’s my old man. It doesn’t matter if I don’t talk to him until the day I die.
“I’m always gonna love him. He taught me everything. As far as I know, he doesn’t want this fight to go ahead.” − Sun
Online Reporter