Chris Eubank Sr claims Conor Benn’s Piers Morgan interview ‘proves he’s harmless’

Chris Eubank Sr says Conor Benn’s interview with Piers Morgan ‘has confirmed he was harmless’ regardless of failing a medication take a look at that led to the cancellation of his struggle with Chris Eubank Jr. 

Eubank Sr’s son and Benn had been as a consequence of struggle one another at London’s O2 Area final 12 months, however the bout was cancelled after traces of the fertility medicine Clomifene – a banned substance – had been present in Benn’s drug take a look at. 

Benn all the time maintained that he was harmless of any wrongdoing and was readmitted to the World Boxing Council’s rankings earlier this 12 months whereas UKAD and the British Boxing Board perform their very own investigations. 

Consequently, Benn awaits the choices of the British Boxing Board of Management and UK Anti-Doping, who maintain final sway over whether or not or not he will probably be licensed to struggle within the UK. 

However, Eubank Sr is adamant that Benn is harmless of any wrongdoing and pointed the finger at Benn’s boxing promoter, supervisor and coach for the adversarial findings in his drug take a look at. 

Chris Eubank Sr says Conor Benn’s interview with Piers Morgan ‘has confirmed he was harmless

Eubank Sr’s son and Benn had been as a consequence of struggle one another at London’s O2 Area final 12 months

The bout was cancelled after hint quantities of the fertility medicine Clomifene was present in Benn’s drug take a look at. Due to this fact, Benn went on Morgan’s present to plead his innocence 

Eubank Sr stated the truth that Benn appeared on Morgan’s information TV information channel, Uncensored, to double down on his innocence proved the 26-year-old had not doing something improper. 

Talking on talkSPORT, Eubank Sr stated: ‘Conor went to the Piers Morgan present – that is strolling into the sunshine. That reveals a person to be sincere. When somebody’s responsible there isn’t any manner they’d stroll into the sunshine. The sunshine of Piers Morgan? That proves his innocence to me.’ 

Eubank Sr clearly felt completely different to Eubank Jr after watching the interview – given the 33-year-old Tweeted: ‘I used to be 99 per cent Conor Benn was a cheat however after watching that interview with Piers Morgan now I am 100 per cent certain.’

Eubank Jr added: ‘Think about failing TWO medicine assessments after which making an attempt to play the sufferer!? The balls on this children!! Or ought to I say… the eggs on him’.  

Eubank Sr went on to debate his cut up from Eubank Jr’s crew – claiming his son ‘by no means listened’ earlier than claiming the 33-year-old’s loss to Liam Smith by no means would have occurred on his watch. 

Talking concerning the present state of his son’s profession, Eubank Sr stated: ‘David Haye referred to as me the opposite day and stated [Eubank Jr] does not spar, he does every little thing that he desires to do, he is bought sure males round him.

‘And so it appears to me, by what David Haye tells me, that he is nonetheless not listening. For those who will not hear, then life will educate you what it taught lots of the different fighters. It’s conceitedness once you shut your ears, and what conceitedness will get you is what it bought him in his final struggle.

‘The calibre of Liam Smith doesn’t beat Chris Eubank Jr on my watch. Junior on my watch just isn’t presupposed to lose to Liam Smith; on the watch of those PE lecturers something can occur, and something did. He has by no means listened.

Eubank Sr felt the interview proved Benn was harmless whereas his son Tweeted the above 

Eubank Sr went on to debate his relationship with Eubank Jr – agreeing his son was ‘charlatan’

Eubank Sr stated his son by no means would have misplaced to Liam Smith if he was nonetheless concerned in his camp

‘My son might have been an incredible fighter, he electrified me when watching him, however he hasn’t as a result of he does not hear, and in the event you do not hear then it’s a must to really feel. The reality will set you free. 

‘I didn’t go lacking, he despatched me away, you gave me the power to go away and stay my very own life. After all I’ll settle for something he asks me, however it’s a must to have the humility to ask. Dad is now not chasing you.’

Simon Jordan – who was interviewing Eubank Sr – beforehand referred to Eubank Jr as a ‘charlatan’ and requested the previous two-weight world champion whether or not he agreed. 

Eubank Sr stated: ‘On the planet of honesty, how can I disagree with you? I assume my silence says all of it. Reality is fact.’ He went on so as to add: ‘With out me, you may’t make the cash that he is made.

‘There have been three fights he had […] with fighters who had been like [Avni] Yildirim; $9 million, I bought him that. He cannot make that sort of cash with out somebody like me, they’re paying these guys $60,000 a struggle.’