Chris Eubank Jr needed to go to conflict to get previous Conor Benn in London, and his post-fight feedback indicated a brand new degree of respect for his rival.
Requested if he was shocked by Benn’s resistance, Eubank admitted he didn’t count on Benn to be such a tough problem.
“The whole lot shocked me. I didn’t know he had what he had in him,” he stated. “I actually didn’t. I believed I might break him early. I underestimated him. I didn’t practice for a struggle like that. I didn’t know he had that in him, he’s by no means confirmed that. However then once more he’s by no means needed to present it. He needed to present it tonight, and so did I.”
Eubank (35-3, 25 KO) added that the generational rivalry between himself and Benn (23-1, 14 KO) made their performances particular, and the struggle one thing greater than many had anticipated.
“I knew I used to be able to that. I simply wanted somebody to deliver that out of me. I’m not going to lie, I didn’t count on that he’d be the man to try this. However the truth that our fathers did what they did all these years in the past, it brings out a special soul, a special spirit. That’s what we each confirmed right here tonight.
“I pushed via. There’s a whole lot of issues which were occurring in my life that I’m not going to get into proper now, however I’m completely happy to have (my father) again with me. We upheld the household title like we stated we had been going to do. Onwards and upwards from right here.”
Eubank additionally stated it was inspiring to have his father ringside, after there being a whole lot of speak in regards to the elder Eubank not attending.
“It was a type of issues that was particular. He wanted to be right here,” he stated. “All of that is due to what he did, and we simply did it once more, child.”
