After a pulsating 12-round slugfest, both fighters came out loud and went toe-toe in front of 65,000 spectators at London’s Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, scoring 116-112.
The conflict between Chris Eubank Sr and Nigel Benn, the sons of former world champions, and Chris Eubank Sr and Benn, who had previously met twice in the 1990s, was called off in 2022 when Benn tested positive for trace amounts of the fertility drug clomifene.
I simply needed to demonstrate that to myself. He was not the person I anticipated him to be, Eubank told DAZN.
The soul in you is brought out by our fathers’ previous actions.
He [Benn] had what he had in him, I did not know. I anticipated breaking him early. I didn’t do that in my training. ”
32 years after their most recent conflict, both fathers were present and embraced in the ring before the bell rang out.
The fathers’ generation’s dominance of the scraps that their fathers produced rolled back through the years in sheer aggression and energy.
Benn later said, “It was close. I must rewatch it,” she said. I believed I had won. I might have spent too much time on the ropes. It was a big welcome homecoming for me, and I enjoyed it.
We are always aware of Chris’s strong fighting style and approach. ”
Benn had increased his weight in response to a fierce adversary outside the ring.
On reflection, Benn said, “I think I can go back down a weight and win a title.”
Promoter Eddie Hearn made it clear that a rematch between the pair is required under their contract.
I was unable to divide them. Hearn told DAZN, “I initially believed Benn was winning the fight, but we lost in the final two rounds.”
Although it is what it is, Eubank didn’t manage to win by four games.
Benn rose to the position of the people’s champion. He took the kitchen sink when he rose to challenge a middleweight. He fought unabated until he won the fight.
One of the most dramatic fights I’ve seen was it.
