Chris Eubank Jr has doubled down on his claims that he’ll retire from boxing if he loses to Conor Benn.
The Britons will face each other at London’s O2 Arena on Saturday 8 October, virtually precisely 29 years after the fighters’ fathers clashed for the second time.
Chris Eubank stopped Nigel Benn within the ninth spherical of their first in-ring assembly in 1990, earlier than the rivals fought to a cut up draw three years later. Now, in one of many largest British fights of this era, the pair’s sons will go face to face.
“There’s a huge amount of pressure on me for this fight, absolutely,” Eubank Jr stated in a joint-interview with Benn on Good Morning Britain on Friday (30 September).
“I’ve said it before, and this is the first time I’ve ever said it throughout my entire career: If I lose this fight, I retire. I love fighting, I love the sport, I love being a boxer. I don’t want it to end, [but] losing to a Conor Benn at this stage in my career, it means I’m not the fighter that I thought I was – or that I think I am.
“I want to challenge for world titles within the next six to 12 months; I can’t do that with a loss to Conor Benn. My father retired at 32, I’m 33 years old, so this is an extremely important fight.
“There’s a lot of pressure on me to not only win but to uphold the name, the family legacy that we have created. Right now the Eubank name is in front of the Benn name in the history books, and I’m gonna keep it that way.”
Benn, 26, is shifting up two weight lessons for the 157lbs catchweight bout, whereas Eubank Jr might be shifting down barely.
Benn is unbeaten as knowledgeable at 21-0 with 14 knockouts, whereas Eubank Jr is 32-2 with 23 KOs.
Eubank Jr’s solely skilled losses each got here through determination – towards Billy Joe Saunders in 2014 and versus George Groves in a 2018 world title struggle. Since the latter defeat, Eubank Jr has gained six fights in a row.
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Source: www.impartial.co.uk