Chris Eubank Sr has dismissed claims he was paid to appear at April’s fight between his son Chris Eubank Jr and Conor Benn, calling the allegations “bare-faced lies” as the two boxing families prepared for Saturday’s high-profile rematch at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.
The former world champion, reunited with his son after years of estrangement, insisted he was present only out of love and support, while Eubank Jr accused Benn, Eddie Hearn and Nigel Benn of spreading disrespectful rumours.
The fiery news conference saw both fathers exchange words before embracing, while Benn vowed his son would avenge his first professional defeat, and the fighters reignited arguments over weight and rehydration clauses ahead of their second showdown.
