Chris Eubank Jr., the lad of the erstwhile satellite champion, spoke openly astir a bid of superior problems helium faced during the preparations for the rematch against Conor Benn. The archetypal pre-fight property league was an accidental for him to marque claims against promoter Eddie Hearn and Matchroom Boxing, claiming they hampered his preparations, sabotaged combat conditions and adjacent prevented him from getting to the infirmary successful clip aft the match.
The existent bout, which volition instrumentality spot connected November 15 astatine Tottenham Stadium, comes aft Eubank bushed Benn by unanimous determination successful April. However, the lad of the legendary boxer present reveals that during the archetypal combat helium faced a bid of problems that spell beyond the accustomed conflicts betwixt the camps.
He accused Benn's squad of impeding his value nonaccomplishment process, that a idiosyncratic force of his was sent into the locker country to propulsion him retired of sync, and that Benn utilized gloves improperly filled with horsehair. The astir drastic happening was that aft the fight, an ambulance was prevented from taking him to the hospital.
Dangerous situation
- "After the fight, owed to terrible dehydration, they enactment maine successful an ambulance and had to instrumentality maine to the hospital. I was truthful dehydrated that my toed nail fell off. I'm lying connected a stretcher with an oxygen mask, and that excavator blocked the ambulance for 20 minutes. I was adjacent to dying," said Eubank.
Promoter Hearn instantly changeable down the accusations, calling them "absolute nonsense," starring to a heated verbal melee. Eubank maintained that the hold was so dangerous:
- "If I had a superior injury, those 20 minutes could person been the quality betwixt beingness and death."
Hearn persistently demanded much details and publically challenged Eubank to marque it wide who stopped the ambulance and to straight impeach Matchroom. The struggle is further heated, and fans can't hold for the rematch to spot however the concern volition make successful the octagon.