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The Guardian // Sport

Chris Eubank Jr silences Eddie Hearn and pledges to ‘take out’ Conor Benn

Thursday 24th April 2025, 9:00PM

In a circus-like press conference, Eubank Jr goads his rival while Benn threatens to ‘take his head off’The latest saga in the endless hyping of a bout that should not be happening unfolded in a pantomime atmosphere at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on Thursday evening when Chris Eubank Jr and Conor Benn held their final press conference. Eubank Jr would not allow Eddie Hearn, Benn’s promoter, to talk as he constantly interrupted him and pointed out that people wanted to hear from the fighters rather than their salesmen.It presented an easy victory for Eubank as the normally garrulous Hearn soon retreated from the stage and asked his CEO at Matchroom Boxing, Frank Smith, to take over. Smith is in a relationship with Eubank Jr’s sister, Emily, but his attempts to thank various people were not much more successful. Continue reading...

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