“I was willing to die in that ring,” says Eank JR after two nights in the hospital

Chris Eank Jr was happy to risk everything – even his life – to beat Conor Benn.

The 35-year-old middleweight of Brighton Spent two nights in the hospital with dehydration and a damaged eye After a brutal and bloody 12-round Slugfest against his bitter rival.

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And poker-loving EUBANK JR, that won 116-112 on the maps of all three jury membersrevealed that he went All Trumps come up in a full track stadium.

“There was never a moment when I thought I was losing, I was outgunned, I was injured,” the star told Sunsport.

“There were moments in the fight where I knew I was tired, I had dried out, but I pushed through it. I didn’t let myself stop to complete the mission.

“I was willing to go on my shield if I had to do that. I was willing to die in that ring.

“When there was no more in the tank, I still refused to stop. In boxSometimes you get the ultimate question: are you willing to go here? Are you willing to do this to win?

“Often hunters don’t answer the question, they don’t risk it. I risk it. And to be honest with Conor, he risked it too. But the better man won.”

The 5FT 11 in South Coast Boxer struggled to make the 11th 6LB middleweight limit and was fined £ 375,000 After being only 0.8 oz at the first weighting on the day before the fight last month.

EUBABLE JR Finally the required weight made on the morning of the confrontation.

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But his no less than fine was handed over to Benn, who Since then he has talked that he has splashed that on a brand new Rolls-Royce.

Asked about the pain of that weight -saving process, Eubank revealed how it could never compare with losing the 29-year-old brother Sebastian in 2023 And explaining to the three -year -old cousin Raheem why Dad is not there to take him to school.

He said: “Because of things I have experienced, emotion is simply not part of my life. It is not part of who I am like a man.

“That enables me to do the things I did in the tenth, 11th and 12th rounds. If you are emotional, you can’t go to those depths.

“Those are dark places you have to go. Most boys are unable to go there. I can go there and – while I go through it – I am happy.

“I enjoy it, no matter how sick that sounds. I enjoy the pain, suffering and challenge of what happens.

“That is what a hunter is, a real hunter. Someone who likes to be in that zone, sees how long you can last.

“You need an element of emotionlessness and cold in your mentality. I am so grateful that I could go there. It made the fight possible to be what it was.”

The fight with Benn28, was a blood and guts affair that shot in regular consciousness because of the iconic two-Fight rivalry that shared their doubleweight world champion fathers.

The eleventh hour arrival of EUBAB sr, 58- Back to the life and corner of his heir after years of alienation – was a time when the fight transcended.

JR also received a ‘good-leakage message’ from Little Raheem on Saturday morning and had missed the name and image of Seb a lot on his shorts.

“Family is everything,” Junior told us. “The fact that we all came together – even at the last minute, it meant the world for me. Because I thought I would be alone.

“I only walked into the weighting, I saw Conor with his team and dad, and I knew-in my heart, in my mind that that would not be what I would have in the night.

“I will only be at night, get used to it.” That was what was going on in my head. And to switch that at the last minute, it was surreal, it was incredible.

“It’s fun to do what you said you would do. And do something to do something that will remember for a long time.

“The fans have placed us in these positions. So to be able to deliver to them, that is what the hunter can really dream of.”

PokerStars Ace Chris Eank Jr spoke exclusively against Sunsport from their EPT Monte Carlo. Read more at www.pokerstarslive.com/ept/montecarlo/

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