After Benn was slapped on stage, his father Nigel grabbed Eubank Jr by the neck, while Benn’s promoter Eddie Hearn shoved his counterpart Ben Shalom. Shalom denied any prior knowledge that Eubank Jr would pull the stunt.

Conor Benn was left enraged after being egged by Chris Eubank Jr. at their press conference. The bitter rivals will finally meet at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London on April 26, over two years on from their originally planned meeting in October 2022.