{"id":64035,"date":"2025-04-30T22:20:12","date_gmt":"2025-04-30T22:20:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/64035\/"},"modified":"2025-04-30T22:20:12","modified_gmt":"2025-04-30T22:20:12","slug":"chris-eubank-jr-almost-died-and-was-touch-and-go-in-hospital-after-conor-benn-fight-claims-father-chris-sr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/64035\/","title":{"rendered":"Chris Eubank Jr almost died and was ‘touch and go’ in hospital after Conor Benn fight, claims father Chris Sr"},"content":{"rendered":"

CHRIS EUBANK SR says his son almost died after the Conor Benn battle.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The 58-year-old British ring legend rushed to the hospital with his 35-year-old heir<\/a> after the brutal unanimous decision<\/a> Tottenham win.<\/p>\n

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Chris Eubank Jr was in a life-threatening condition when he was admitted to hospital on SaturdayCredit: Reuters\"Chris<\/a><\/p>\n

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Eubank Sr has opened up about the ordealCredit: YouTube \/ Call Chris Eubank<\/p>\n

Junior was suffering with severe dehydration<\/a> after boiling his 5ft 11in frame down<\/a> to 11st 6lb and fighting his 28-year-old nemesis for 36 frantic and breathless minutes.<\/p>\n

The Brighton bruiser spent two nights in the Royal London ward, getting released on Monday<\/a> morning, after suffering swelling and bruising to his usually chiselled face.<\/p>\n

And Senior – who stunned the world when he arrived at the Spurs stadium to flank alongside his boy<\/a> against Conor and his father Nigel, who Senior boxed twice in the 1990s – revealed there were desperately worrying times when he didn\u2019t know if his boy would survive.<\/p>\n

Sr – whose 1991 win over Michael Watson left him with life-changing brain injuries – revealed on his Call Chris<\/a> YouTube show: \u201cIt just brought me back all those years ago to think about what Michael went through, and I was feeling and seeing and hearing all of that.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd I’m saying to myself, people don’t know, but my son is touch and go.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd the only way we’re going to know whether he’s going to be okay is after the CT scans.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe suffered mostly in the hospital because of dehydration, even though the beating was severe.\u201d<\/p>\n

Chris Jr lost his brother Sebastian<\/a> in 2021, following a heart attack in Dubai, leaving their father utterly devastated.<\/p>\n

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Round by brutal round<\/p>\n

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CHRIS EUBANK JR secured the family bragging rights in his second generation grudge match against Conor Benn.<\/p>\n

With three unanimous 116-112 verdicts, Eubank Jr prevailed in the family feud, with his dad making a return to his corner to watch it.<\/p>\n

It lived up to the all hype –\u00a0EVERY<\/strong>\u00a0round was bloody, tasty and violent, before the\u00a0more-experienced Eubank stood strong\u00a0to come back into it and snatch victory.<\/p>\n

Here, SunSport’s\u00a0Jack Figg\u00a0gives you the ultimate breakdown <\/a>of a gripping clash between the sons of two British boxing legends.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Junior had his sibling\u2019s name and photo etched onto his iconic shorts on Saturday night.<\/p>\n

And there was an even more touching moment once they arrived at the hospital and Jr\u2019s second fight of the night – to live – began.<\/p>\n

Chris Eubank reveals he was smuggled into hotel in disguise hours before son Chris Jr’s fight with Conor Benn\"A<\/a><\/p>\n

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Eubank Jr was left with a huge cut over his eyeCredit: Geoffrey Knott\/ Matchroom.<\/p>\n

Senior explained: \u201cJunior was lying down on a stretcher and he was sensitive to light, so he always had a towel and something over his eyes.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe had a shroud around him, around his eyes and head, and just his beard poking out.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd in that moment he looked exactly like Sebastian, the spitting image.<\/p>\n

“It\u2019s real for us\u201d<\/p>\n

Junior is yet to be seen or speak in public but Team Benn<\/a> and promoter Eddie Hearn<\/a> are already trying to flog the rematch.<\/p>\n

Matchroom promoter Hearn even claimed Eubank Jr<\/a> could be made to boil down to an even lower weight, to give Benn more of a chance in the rerun.<\/p>\n

But Senior would prefer his son to leave the dirty hurt business behind and enjoy the fruits of his life-threatening labour.<\/p>\n

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\u201cMy son was in a touch-and-go situation,\u201d he said. \u201cLife or death.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe doesn’t respect that because he is a warrior and a warrior goes out on his shield, which he proved.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe’s not going to listen to the rules. If he can evade and sidestep the rules, he will, because he is a warrior.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt would be an extraordinary blessing for him, if he was wise enough to walk off into the sunset, there is nothing cooler than that, you cannot buy that.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere are billionaires who would give everything they have, to have what he has.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt cannot be bought, it has to be earned.\u201d<\/p>\n

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