This is a fight for the fans, the history and the legacy – Chris Eubank Jr

Chris Eubank Jr has vowed to follow his father’s philosophy and maintain self-discipline as the hype over a showdown with rival Conor Benn heats up.

The two British fighters will go head-to-head some 29 years after Chris Eubank Sr and Nigel Benn slugged it out for a second time in their explosive WBC super-middleweight world title contest at Old Trafford.

The ‘Born Rivals’ showdown will be screened exclusively live by DAZN from the O2 Arena on October 8, with the fight set to be at a catchweight category, understood to be 157lb.

Given both men had fought at varying weights, it seemed as if a third instalment of the family rivalry would never materialise.

While the contest will generate plenty of headlines given the history involved, Eubank Jr, 32, has no intentions of allowing himself to lose focus.

“This is this is a fantasy fight right here. This is this is a fight for the fans, a fight for history, a fight for legacy,” he told the PA news agency.

“I’ve got to uphold my family name in this fight, 100 per cent, so there is a lot of pressure, but pressure is one thing I deal with exceptionally well so I am ready to go.”

Eubank Jr continued: “I need to be responsible in this fight – I have my family name to uphold here, not just in winning, but in how I conduct myself.

“I would not want to do anything to disrespect what my father felt during this fight.

“You guys saw it – in the interviews where Nigel was talking about how he hated him and trying to goad him into getting involved in fight probably outside of the ring.

“Nigel was the type of guy who would have loved to have done that, but my father would not rise to it.

“He had discipline, he knew that this was a respected sport and he was an ambassador, that there were