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‘They squared off’ – Piers Morgan reveals how close Chris Eubank Jr and Conor Benn came to blows in blockbuster interview
Piers Morgan said his interview with Chris Eubank Jr and Conor Benn was one of ‘the most tense’ he’s ever conducted. Morgan thought it was all ‘a bit theatrical’ when he was informed security would be present during his conversation with the Brits. Eubank Jr slapped Benn with an egg when they came face-to-face the first timeGetty Benn and Eubank Jr nearly came to blows in the Piers Morgan Uncensored studioYouTube - Piers Morgan Uncensored But admitted that at one point during the interview Eubank Jr and Benn ‘very nearly’ got into a studio scrap. Eubank Jr and Benn will meet at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on April 26, and both sat down with Morgan following a heated first press conference that witnessed the former slap the latter with an egg. The chaotic press conference saw Eubank Jr produce an egg from his pocket and hit his British rival across the cheek with his left hand, in a move that has since cost him £100,000. “It was fascinating,” Morgan said, recalling the interview with Alan Brazil and Dean Saunders on Thursday morning via talkSPORT Breakfast. “It was probably the most tense interview I think I’ve ever conducted, with two guys sitting next to each other I was told I had to have security between them. “I thought it was all a bit theatrical. They went: ‘No you don’t understand, these guys really do hate each other and if you’re not careful they could just literally start winding into each other’, which very nearly happened. “They squared off at one stage. I thought they’re actually going to have a fight right here in the studio. “They really loathe each other and a lot of that is down to the 30 year history between their families.” Eubank Jr and Benn will meet 32 years after their fathers last locked horns at Old Trafford in Manchester. Eubank Jr and Benn had a second meeting on the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium pitchGetty Eubank and Benn staged a famous rivalry in the 90s which their sons will know continueGetty They absolutely hated each other, just like their sons do nowYouTube Eubank Sr stopped Benn in 1990 at Birmingham’s Resorts World Arena during the ninth round of their first fight. The pair boxed to a contentious split draw three years later, which Chris Eubank Sr has since admitted should have been awarded to Nigel Benn. A trilogy bout was expected to follow but it never came to fruition, as Benn retired following three consecutive defeats and Eubank followed in similar fashion. “There’s a lot of unfinished business here with these guys and it was a fascinating interview,” Morgan added, “You’ve got the whole interplay of the dads. You’ve got Nigel Benn right with Conor. “He’s gonna be there. He said that. You have Chris Eubank senior now estranged from Chris Eubank Jr. “They haven’t spoken or seen each other in a couple of years, there’s a lot going on there. Morgan said the pair are ‘about as coiled a spring’ as he’s seen “Will he turn up? Will he not turn up? I found them, I just gotta say that from a pure reality of two guys who want to get in a ring and smack seven bells out of each other. “These two are about as coiled a spring as I’ve seen in a very long time.” Eubank Jr opened up on his bitter split with his dad ahead of his upcoming clash with Benn during Morgan’s interview. “I realised I have to separate myself from this huge character that’s always next to me,” he said. “My old man was always next to me. I got to a stage where I decided that I needed to walk my own path. “He was not happy with that decision. And then you have a situation with my brother passing away. “That affected him in a deep way — affected all of us — mental health is a real thing. “That incident, coupled with the fact that we were already not seeing eye to eye, destroyed a large part of the relationship and it still hasn’t recovered.” Morgan’s explosive interview will be aired in full this Friday, March 14 on the Piers Morgan Uncensored YouTube channel.
Piers Morgan said his interview with Chris Eubank Jr and Conor Benn was one of ‘the most tense’ he’s ever conducted.
Morgan thought it was all ‘a bit theatrical’ when he was informed security would be present during his conversation with the Brits.
But admitted that at one point during the interview Eubank Jr and Benn ‘very nearly’ got into a studio scrap.
Eubank Jr and Benn will meet at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on April 26, and both sat down with Morgan following a heated first press conference that witnessed the former slap the latter with an egg.
The chaotic press conference saw Eubank Jr produce an egg from his pocket and hit his British rival across the cheek with his left hand, in a move that has since cost him £100,000.
“It was fascinating,” Morgan said, recalling the interview with Alan Brazil and Dean Saunders on Thursday morning via talkSPORT Breakfast.
“It was probably the most tense interview I think I’ve ever conducted, with two guys sitting next to each other I was told I had to have security between them.
“I thought it was all a bit theatrical. They went: ‘No you don’t understand, these guys really do hate each other and if you’re not careful they could just literally start winding into each other’, which very nearly happened.
“They squared off at one stage. I thought they’re actually going to have a fight right here in the studio.
“They really loathe each other and a lot of that is down to the 30 year history between their families.”
Eubank Jr and Benn will meet 32 years after their fathers last locked horns at Old Trafford in Manchester.
Eubank Sr stopped Benn in 1990 at Birmingham’s Resorts World Arena during the ninth round of their first fight.
The pair boxed to a contentious split draw three years later, which Chris Eubank Sr has since admitted should have been awarded to Nigel Benn.
A trilogy bout was expected to follow but it never came to fruition, as Benn retired following three consecutive defeats and Eubank followed in similar fashion.
“There’s a lot of unfinished business here with these guys and it was a fascinating interview,” Morgan added,
“You’ve got the whole interplay of the dads. You’ve got Nigel Benn right with Conor.
“He’s gonna be there. He said that. You have Chris Eubank senior now estranged from Chris Eubank Jr.
“They haven’t spoken or seen each other in a couple of years, there’s a lot going on there.
“Will he turn up? Will he not turn up? I found them, I just gotta say that from a pure reality of two guys who want to get in a ring and smack seven bells out of each other.
“These two are about as coiled a spring as I’ve seen in a very long time.”
Eubank Jr opened up on his bitter split with his dad ahead of his upcoming clash with Benn during Morgan’s interview.
“I realised I have to separate myself from this huge character that’s always next to me,” he said.
“My old man was always next to me. I got to a stage where I decided that I needed to walk my own path.
“He was not happy with that decision. And then you have a situation with my brother passing away.
“That affected him in a deep way — affected all of us — mental health is a real thing.
“That incident, coupled with the fact that we were already not seeing eye to eye, destroyed a large part of the relationship and it still hasn’t recovered.”
Morgan’s explosive interview will be aired in full this Friday, March 14 on the Piers Morgan Uncensored YouTube channel.
