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Saturday’s event was promoted as “unfinished business”, but in the build-up it did not feel like that really rang true – there was no contention over the result of the first contest.<\/p>\n
Maybe it was harking back to the rivalry between their fathers, who fought a controversial draw in their second and final meeting in 1993.<\/p>\n
It was a feud that gripped the British public but felt unsettled.<\/p>\n
The scars of that fight still haunt Benn’s father Nigel and at the post-fight news conference he was dragged right back into that mindset.<\/p>\n
“He [Eubank Sr] just loves the limelight, he doesn’t care about his son, ” Nigel Benn said.<\/p>\n
“I don’t think I’ll ever speak to him again. He tries to quote scripture but he doesn’t know what he’s talking about.”<\/p>\n
As Nigel was growing more and more animated, his son began to laugh and could possibly picture himself speaking about Eubank Jr in three decades.<\/p>\n
Despite still holding a grudge, it did feel like Nigel was able to gain some closure on the feud through his son.<\/p>\n
“I don’t know if Conor knows but this is my last training camp,” he added. <\/p>\n
“I won’t be doing this any more. I have three lovely kids in Australia that need me. I have a lovely wife that needs me.”<\/p>\n
The sons were never meant to fight. Eubank Jr is seven years older, and Conor Benn has operated two weight classes lower for most of his career.<\/p>\n
But the appetite to see two icons – Eubank Sr and Nigel Benn – back in the boxing sphere alongside their offspring was insatiable.<\/p>\n
As characters, they could not be further apart.<\/p>\n
Eubank Sr is a performer, often pulling focus from his son with his dance moves, while the elder Benn is straight and to the point.<\/p>\n
At the post-fight news conference, Nigel had changed out of his cream suit and donned a blue Team Benn tracksuit.<\/p>\n
He entered the room next to his son and they were followed by a group of around 20 people made up of family, friends and coaches.<\/p>\n
Benn made sure to pay tribute to every one of them after helping him through “dark times” when he was banned from boxing after testing positive for a banned substance.<\/p>\n
“There were a lot of people in the changing room that were there for me in those dark times,” Benn said. <\/p>\n
“I wasn’t strong enough to do it alone and they gave wisdom and helped carry me. The win is for them.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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