Chris Eubank Jr was in life-threatening condition after ‘severe’ beating, tearful dad reveals
Chris Eubank Sr has revealed that his son’s life ‘was in the balance’ following his brutal win over Conor Benn. The 58-year-old was ringside as son Chris Eubank Jr beat his British rival last weekend via unanimous decision to settle their family feud. Eubank Jr and Benn exchanged blows in what was a brutal 12-round warGetty GettyIt was Eubank Jr who emerged victorious – winning by four rounds on all three scorecards[/caption] Eubank Jr was subsequently rushed to the hospital, where he spent two nights before eventually being released on Monday. His legendary father, who beat Conor‘s father Nigel in 1990 before drawing in their 1993 rematch, shocked the boxing world by turning up for the event at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. Despite labelling his son as a ‘disgrace’ in the build-up following his egg slap antics, Eubank Sr was by his side in the Royal London ward. With Eubank Jr’s heavily bruised face swelled up, his dad, whose son Sebastian tragically passed away in 2021, has opened up on how he feared he wouldn’t survive. Speaking on his Call Chris Eubank‘s YouTube channel, he said: “We were in the ambulance, the sirens, the horns are beeping, chaos. “My son Junior is very proud. His face looks like a blown up football almost twice the size and he’ll never let you see that because he’s proud. “People don’t know but my son is touch and go and the only way we’re going to know whether he’s going to be OK is after the CT scans. “He suffered mostly in the hospital because of dehydration even though the beating was severe and that’s why he was in such discomfort for 24, 30 hours. “I don’t want my son to have to go through that again. He doesn’t know that his life was in the balance, neither does he care.” Going into more detail on Eubank Jr’s harrowing situation, Eubank Sr remarked: “My son was in a touch-and-go situation. Eubank Sr fought back the tears as he spoke about his son being in hospital “He doesn’t respect that because he is a warrior and a warrior goes out on his shield, which he proved. “He’s not going to listen to the rules. If he can evade and sidestep the rules, he will, because he is a warrior. “It would be an extraordinary blessing for him, if he was wise enough to walk off into the sunset, there is nothing cooler than that, you cannot buy that. “There are billionaires who would give everything they have, to have what he has. “It cannot be bought, it has to be earned.” Describing Eubank Jr in hospital, Eubank Sr, who used an outrageous disguise to meet his son prior to the fight, added: “Junior was lying down on this stretcher bed. “He’s light sensitive, so he has a towel always over his eyes.” He continued: “When he was laying down on the hospital bed, he had this shroud [around his eyes and head], the same beard as Sebastian. “His face was swollen, bu from the position he was sitting, he looked precisely and exactly like Sebastian. “And I’m talking the spitting image.” It was at that point when Eubank Sr began to tear up as he clenched his fists when discussing his late son, while thinking about how Eubank Jr was in a life-threatening situation. Looking directly at the camera, he then simply stated: “It’s real for us.”
Chris Eubank Sr has revealed that his son’s life ‘was in the balance’ following his brutal win over Conor Benn.
The 58-year-old was ringside as son Chris Eubank Jr beat his British rival last weekend via unanimous decision to settle their family feud.
Eubank Jr was subsequently rushed to the hospital, where he spent two nights before eventually being released on Monday.
His legendary father, who beat Conor‘s father Nigel in 1990 before drawing in their 1993 rematch, shocked the boxing world by turning up for the event at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.
Despite labelling his son as a ‘disgrace’ in the build-up following his egg slap antics, Eubank Sr was by his side in the Royal London ward.
With Eubank Jr’s heavily bruised face swelled up, his dad, whose son Sebastian tragically passed away in 2021, has opened up on how he feared he wouldn’t survive.
Speaking on his Call Chris Eubank‘s YouTube channel, he said: “We were in the ambulance, the sirens, the horns are beeping, chaos.
“My son Junior is very proud. His face looks like a blown up football almost twice the size and he’ll never let you see that because he’s proud.
“People don’t know but my son is touch and go and the only way we’re going to know whether he’s going to be OK is after the CT scans.
“He suffered mostly in the hospital because of dehydration even though the beating was severe and that’s why he was in such discomfort for 24, 30 hours.
“I don’t want my son to have to go through that again. He doesn’t know that his life was in the balance, neither does he care.”
Going into more detail on Eubank Jr’s harrowing situation, Eubank Sr remarked: “My son was in a touch-and-go situation.
“He doesn’t respect that because he is a warrior and a warrior goes out on his shield, which he proved.
“He’s not going to listen to the rules. If he can evade and sidestep the rules, he will, because he is a warrior.
“It would be an extraordinary blessing for him, if he was wise enough to walk off into the sunset, there is nothing cooler than that, you cannot buy that.
“There are billionaires who would give everything they have, to have what he has.
“It cannot be bought, it has to be earned.”
Describing Eubank Jr in hospital, Eubank Sr, who used an outrageous disguise to meet his son prior to the fight, added: “Junior was lying down on this stretcher bed.
“He’s light sensitive, so he has a towel always over his eyes.”
He continued: “When he was laying down on the hospital bed, he had this shroud [around his eyes and head], the same beard as Sebastian.
“His face was swollen, bu from the position he was sitting, he looked precisely and exactly like Sebastian.
“And I’m talking the spitting image.”
It was at that point when Eubank Sr began to tear up as he clenched his fists when discussing his late son, while thinking about how Eubank Jr was in a life-threatening situation.
Looking directly at the camera, he then simply stated: “It’s real for us.”
