Chris Eubank Jr reuniting with father ‘worth its weight in gold’ – Conor Benn

Chris Eubank Jr reuniting with his father was “worth its weight in gold”, a sporting Conor Benn said following his painful defeat in their middleweight bout.

Eubank Jr settled his public dispute with his father, who attended the 35-year-old’s 12-round middleweight clash at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.

Despite branding his son a “disgrace” for a February egg-slap on Benn and not speaking to him in “years”, the pair were together as Chris Jr upheld the Eubank family name over the Benns with victory by a unanimous decision.

Conor Benn, whose father Nigel lost to and drew with Eubank Sr in the 1990s, showed grace in defeat at the post-fight press conference.

“I looked at Chris Sr, I grabbed him by the neck and I said, ‘Mate, I’m so happy that you’re here’,” the 28-year-old said.

“Because aside from everything else, all the noise, the promotion and the fight, your relationship with your dad never goes, that’s always there, it’s long-standing.

“If this has brought those two together, then it’s worth its weight in gold.”

The rivalry between the sons spanned two and a half years after their first fight in 2022, which was cancelled following two failed drug tests by Benn, sparking a war of words.

Nigel Benn, by Conor’s side in the build-up to Saturday’s bout and in his corner on fight night, hoped his son would avenge his own loss to Eubank Sr.

The younger Benn admitted after the defeat: “It’s hurt me, no-one likes to lose, whether it was a close fight or not, it’s not good enough for me.

“Winning the heart of the public is not enough, I want to win. I made sacrifices which were hard to make and I need to do better.”

Victorious Eubank Jr said after the bout: “The fact that our fathers did what they did all those years ago, it