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'Headmaster' Eubank Jr silences Hearn and pledges to school Benn
The Guardian
|April 25, 2025
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 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 Sport, 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.
"If I'm not letting Eddie speak then there is no way you are getting a chance," Eubank Jr said with droll nonchalance.
Having seen off Benn's promoters, the 35-year-old turned his attention to tomorrow night's fight and his bitter rival in the ring. "I know what is coming," he said. "I prepared my whole life for these moments. I've put the time in, dedicated decades to this sport and have done it without cheating or cutting any corners."
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