Chris Eubank Jnr secured a statement victory over rival Conor Benn on points at the weekend but he’s still sporting some serious injuries when compared to his rival
Chris Eubank Jnr is still sporting some serious war wounds following his victory over Conor Benn at the weekend. Eubank Jnr emerged as the winner with all the judges backing him in a unanimous points decision.
The 35-year-old though was quickly rushed to hospital for precautionary checks after taking some heavy blows to the face. Benn suggested that he may have picked up a more severe injury, but Eubank Jnr ultimately walked away with some notable cuts and some stitches around his eye.
He claimed that Benn and Eddie Hearn “ran away with the story of a broken jaw” but laughed those off and detailed an injury to his eye, which is very visible. He said: “I got headbutted above my eye around the middle of the fight. It opened up and I had to go and have surgery on that to sew it up.”
Eubank Jnr has been out and about since and was on the set of ‘The Gentleman’, taking pictures alongside the likes of Vinnie Jones. It was clear that the son of the great Chris Eubank had been on the receiving end of some huge blows.
He joked in a social media post: “Maybe I should just become an actor… not getting punched in the face to make money sounds so nice.” Despite losing the fight Benn is cutting a far less damaged figure. He recorded himself walking around New York but had few visible injuries.
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Eddie Hearn has already claimed a rematch between the pair is “done” with the promoter desperate to see Benn as a world champion. He told Matchroom’s YouTube channel: “The future is massive for Conor Benn, the contract was a two-fight contract, the rematch is already contracted and done,”
“I said in the press conference after, ‘we’ll have to look at the weight classes and that,’ but Conor said to me on Sunday night, ‘you thought that was a war? Wait until you see the rematch!’ We’re confident in terms of what Saturday will give him.
“The activity, the confidence, the weight, everything, he’s ready to go now! He’s back in the gym. We have to look, I want Conor to be a world champion, he’s proved he’s a world class fighter. But the rematch is twice as big as the first one.”
Eubank Jnr meanwhile is keeping his options open and has talked up a potential bout with Mexican superstar Cancelo. He defends his world super-middleweight titles this weekend and the Englishman has claimed a fight between the pair would sell out.
He said: “That is another stadium filler, absolutely. Wembley, Tottenham, any one of the large football stadiums in the UK will be filled for a fight like that.
“He is an opponent I’ve been looking at for many years now. And the fans would love to see that. So 100 per cent that’s a name in my line of sight. And we will be doing whatever we can to secure that fight in the future.”
