Eubank and Benn clashed repeatedly this week (Picture: Mark Robinson/Matchroom Boxing/Getty Images).In his latest column, former Olympian and heavyweight contender Frazer Clarke looks back on a week of chaos for Chris Eubank Jr and Conor Benn and the ramifications it will have on their fight in April.Everywhere you have turned this week, it has been Chris Eubank Jr vs Conor Benn.
It’s been explosive and two wild press conferences have everyone hyped for when they meet in the ring on 26 April.I know both fighters and I know both are keen to sell a fight, put it that way. If it was me on the receiving end of the egg, I would be fuming and no doubts the PPV numbers will go through the roof off that alone.
Benn and Eubank grew up on cucumber sandwiches – but the hate is realSome have been saying it went a bit too far, that a line was maybe crossed. I don’t think that’s the case. Maybe the world has gone a bit soft.
We are talking about a welterweight and a middleweight. Speaking as a heavyweight, they are hardly going to shake the universe. Get a couple of the big security lads around them and they won’t get near each other.
Eubank Jr vs Benn hyped to the moon for good reason (Picture: Mark Robinson/Matchroom Boxing/Getty Images).They are dangerous fighters of course but it’s not like we are dealing with Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury who tower above everybody else with the heavy artillery. They are two guys who have grown up in relative luxury.
These boys grew up on cuc.