Chris Eubank Sr launches scathing rant as he tears into boxing promoters
The British boxing icon publicly slammed his son's fight with Conor Benn and the 58-year-old has now ripped into boxing promoters amid talks of a rematch
Chris Eubank Sr has hit out at boxing promoters and has viciously called for the Boxing Board of Control to 'do what they are supposed to do' in a passionate rant.
Ahead of his son's fight with Conor Benn in April, Eubank Sr publicly slammed the event and had real issues with Benn coming up two weight classes for the dust-up. He believed that the 'Destroyer' was putting himself at risk by fighting above his preferred weight.
The 58-year-old attempted to do everything he could to persuade his son not to compete in the clash after claiming that Chris Eubank Jr was "killing himself" to make the middleweight limit of 160lbs. Eventually, the fight went ahead as planned - despite Eubank Jr missing weight.
'Next Gen' would go on to defeat Benn on points, however, the biggest talking point on fight night saw Eubank Sr shock the world by turning up to support his son. In a recent video uploaded to his official YouTube channel, Eubank Sr was asked to share his thoughts on the potential rematch despite having to see his son suffer in order to make weight.
READ MORE: Chris Eubank Sr issues honest plea to son as Conor Benn rematch loomsREAD MORE: Tyson Fury waiting for Anthony Joshua to sign deal for comeback fightAs well as sharing his thoughts on the potential sequel, Eubank Sr was quick to hit out at the boxing promoters involved in the event. "These promoters do not know what they are talking about. I have heard them talk about... Conor has had to go up in weights, so really he is the one in danger because he is fighting someone who is 160 (lbs). The person who is 160 is really coming down from 175. He was not just weight drained, they put a rehydration clause in. They fined him $500,000 for coming two ounces over the weight.
"These rules have been put in place to save my son. To save the lives of fighters. They are dangerous and they are reckless. If the Boxing Board of Control do not do what they are supposed to do, which is to block fights from happening which do not abide by the weights and the rules. You are baboons!"
Eubank Sr went on to claim that promoters treat boxers like they are 'meat': "I am not overreacting. I do not overreact," he continued. "But what I am here to do is to protect and they are uneducated against those, what did my son call them? Scum buckets. If that is the term he gave to promoters, he is not wrong. They are treating us like we are meat. They are butchering us. My son is not going to back down from anything. One, money. Two, the heart."
The 58-year-old later added that his son is able to make money out of other things amid talks of the second fight taking place later this year. "Jr, you are rich, and you can make money out of other things," he said. "You said it, 'my dad is open and honest. He is not sneaky.' I am being open and honest. I am not being sneaky now. I am telling you of the state you were in. You got away with it. You have taken all the goods.
