Chris Eubank Jr on Saturday was taken to a hospital for precautionary checks after beating fellow Briton Conor Benn on a unanimous points decision in their thrilling middleweight grudge match.
All three judges scored the nontitle fight 116-112 after a pulsating 12-round slugfest with both fighters setting a ferocious pace and going toe-to-toe in front of 65,000 at London’s Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.
Eubank’s promoters, Boxxer, said just before midnight that the winner had been taken to a hospital by ambulance “on recommendation of the on-site doctor.”
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There was no love lost in the prefight hype to a clash between the sons of 1990s archrivals Chris Eubank Sr and Nigel Benn, but the night lived up to expectations and brought fresh respect and embraces on both sides.
“I knew I was capable of that, I just needed someone to bring me out,” Eubank Jr said. “I’m not going to lie, I didn’t expect he’d be the man to do that.”
“I think the fact our fathers did what they did all those years ago, it brings out a different soul and spirit into you and that’s what we both showed here tonight,” he said.
Father and son had become estranged, with Eubank Sr labeling the “Fatal Fury” fight a circus and his son’s behavior a “disgrace,” but they were together again in the ring before and after.
“I’m happy to have this man back with me,” Eubank Jr said, referring to his father.
“We upheld the family name like we said we were going to do. Onwards and upwards,” added the 35-year-old after an impressive display of determination and willpower in an explosive final round. “He needed to be here. All of this is because of what he did.”
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