Chris Eubank Jr Scolds Promoter After Storming Out of Press Conference

Chris Eubank Jr swiftly left the end of his post-fight press conference after losing to Conor Benn and made it clear to his promotor to not say too much about difficulties in his life outside of the ring in the build-up to the bout.

Eubank Jr won the previous fight between the duo - the sons of British boxing legend Chris Eubank and Nigel Benn - by unanimous decision back in April at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.

But last night at the same venue, it was Benn who emerged victorious by unanimous decision with the judges scoring the fight 119-107, 116-110 and 118-108 in his favour.

Eubank Jr's record now stands at 35 wins and four losses from 39 fights, while Benn's is 24 victories from 25 bouts, with the sole loss coming earlier this year at the hands of the former.

In his post-fight press conference, Eubank Jr gave his account of the fight and suggested he has been through serious issues in the build-up to it.

He said: "I’ve been through hell and back to make it here. I genuinely thought that regardless of the issues that I have been dealing with, I would be able to go in there and win, use my boxing skills and use what I used in the first fight to beat Conor Benn.

"From that first round, I realised that I was mistaken, but it’s OK. I’m a fighter and this is what I do. Regardless of the dangers and the risk, we go to war and that’s what we do.

"I tried my best. Conor Benn put on a hell of a fight, he had a great performance and did everything that was asked of him. I congratulate him for his performance."

Eubank Jr did not give any further details about the issues he has experienced prior to the fight and kept his answers to a minimum, even refusing to entertain certain questions from journalists.

He also declined to answer if he might retire from boxing, saying: "We’re not talking about that right now.

“This is not about me. This night is about Conor. He did what he needed to do to win and he fought a great fight.

"You guys saw what I was in there tonight. Yeah, I thought once those bright lights hit and that round went, that I’d find something and I tried.

"I tried hard, but it wasn’t there and Conor was strong, was fast and he was tough. Yeah, congratulations to him."

Eubank Jr swiftly departed his press conference after fewer than seven minutes to applause from the room and his promotor Ben Shalom gave some closing remarks.

However, after Eubank Jr left the table, he shouted back to Shalom on a few occasions to make sure his promotor did not divulge any of the pre-fight issues he had referred to.

Shalom said: "All I want to say is what Chris went through in camp he won't want to talk about but the things I saw, he did incredibly well to get in the ring tonight and I just want to say he's the reason this has been so big."

Turning to and responding to Eubank Jr, Shalom said: "I know you don't [want to speak about the issues] - Chris doesn't want to see it but I saw what I saw and he deserves a huge amount of credit to get in there tonight. It was an unbelievable spectacle again. We'll see what's next."