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Chris Eubank Jr has been presented with a jacket featuring his last opponent Liam Smith’s blood ahead of his upcoming fight with Conor Benn. The jacket, which took over six months for streetwear brand 1909 to create, includes panels made from the blood-spattered ring canvas from the Smith rematch.Eubank Jr beat Smith by technical knockout in the 10th round of their September 2023 rematch, having lost the first bout.
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addToArray({"pos": "inread-hb-ros-inews"}); }The canvas has been used to form the initials NG, standing for Eubank Jr’s moniker “Next Gen”, referencing his father Chris Eubank Sr, the former WBO middleweight and super-middleweight world champion.Another blood-stained panel on the grey jacket reads “It’s in your blood”, as well as a Union Jack and his name in large font on the front, as well as the date of the Smith rematch. View this post on InstagramA post shared by 1909 (@1909heritage)Eubank Jr could wear the jacket during the pre-fight press conference on Friday evening, ahead of Saturday’s fight at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.
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addToArray({"pos": "mpu_tablet_l1"}); }An initial fight between Benn and Eubank Jr scheduled for October 2022 was postponed after Benn twice tested positive for banned substance clomifene.Eubank Jr recently paid fighters on the undercard for that clash £50,000 each, which was confirmed by former world title challenger Lyndon Arthur.The fight is being fought at middleweight, with 28-year-old Benn required to move up two divisions to fight Eubank Jr.
Benn says he intends to retire 35-year-old Eubank Jr by beating him, the next step in a personal feud.#color-context-related-article-3589299 {--inews-color-primary: #8BC419;--inews-color-secondary: #F6FBED;--inews-color-tertiary: #8BC419;} Read Next square FOOTBALL The photo that should send chills through English footballRead More“We’re focused on the future. We’re focused on finishing what we started,” Benn told Sky Sports.
“I hate what he stands for. I hate who he is as a man, what he’s chasing.“Just him as a man personally for reasons that aren’t public, personal reasons, between me and Chris that he’s fully aware of as to why I really dislike him.
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addToArray({"pos": "mpu_tablet_l2"}); }Benn’s father Nigel fought Eubank Sr twice in 1990 and 1993, with the latter winning the first and the second ending as a draw.Benn said: “A fight’s a fight. Obviously there is interest with the history of our dads, us being our fathers’ sons, the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree.
“But I think there’s a big personality clash, the controversy, the adversity, it sells. It doesn’t change the outcome of 26 April and what I’m going to do to him.“When he loses he has to retire.
I don’t understand why at this stage of his career he’d choose to fight a welterweight over a world title. I can drop down and go and get my world title.”.
