The rivalry between Benn and Eubank dates back to a pair of fights between their fathers in the 1990s. Eubank Sr. knocked out Nigel Benn in the first meeting before the pair battled to a draw in the rematch in a rivalry that did big domestic business in the United Kingdom.

Even then, at just 22, the son of Chris Eubank had established himself as his own man. His thoughts were his own, and he cared for nobody else’s. His hands were for punching, not shaking. “If I give you only support,

Chris Eubank Jr has been hit with a £375,000 fine after missing weight for Saturday’s fight with Conor Benn. On Friday morning, Benn tipped the scales at 156.4lb, comfortably under the 160lb limit, while Eubank Jr was nowhere to be seen in the following hour.