5 Live Boxing with Steve Bunce - Eubank Jr v Benn 2: The Watch-along

Episode Date: November 11, 2025

Will the boys see it differently second time around? Popcorn at the ready as Buncey and Barry Jones rewatch the first fight between Chris Eubank Jr and Conor Benn, which took place back in April at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. Did they miss anything watching it ringside, and was the fight even better than they remember?

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when they walk on a stage for five minutes. Forget that. Today I'm going to sit down with Barry Jones and we're going to look the watchalong as we call it. Look back at the fight in April. Chris Eubank Jr. against Connor Ben. 12 rounds, 67,000 people. Soapum Hotspur's Stadium.

Barry, get your popcorn because I'm ready. I'm Steve Bunce, and this is Five Live Boxing. Now, one of the benefits of being in the top team, podcast-wise, is that we get to choose unbelievable venues. And the venue for the watch-along, this is what's going to be to watch-along. Barry Jones and I are going to sit and watch this film. Now, we're in a beautiful location in southwest London.

It's absolutely unbelievable. You know you're in a quality place when they invent a version of grey that you've never seen before. And it's beautiful. It's absolutely lovely. There's always lots of glass, lovely. One or two cats floating around, and that's cool cats and also the feline person. Barry, before we do the watch along, before we actually sit down and go through the rounds

round by round, I want to take you back to that night, 67,000 people, the 26th of April of this year. And your gut feeling, your reactions when you walked in there before the 930 arrival of Chris Eubank Senior today. What was your feeling when you got there? What sense did you get? You can't really put your finger on why you think it's going to be a huge night or a really good night, but you just...

You just do. You have a tingle, don't you? You think this is going to be something special this is. And I don't know why. because I thought, truthfully, it was going to be quite one-sided of the contest.

In New Bank's favour? Yes. New much, too big. More experienced. Technically a better fighter and far bigger, even though the other thing with the weight and so on and so forth,

but ultimately, by the time he rehydrated a naturally bigger guy with more experience and obviously better fundamentals, I would say. So I always thought it was going to be an easy night for him

if he can control the pace. But still, I just have a feeling, you know, you just think there's some experience, special way to happen to you. And I don't know why that. I'm quite pragmatic by my approach and I think, you know, all that fantasising about this, this and that's your job, Steve, not mine. Oh, easy. Now, and down the car was okay. It wasn't, it wasn't legendary, but that's understanding

what that often happens. But about, I think about nine-thirds, I think Chris Bill and Smith was in the ring. I think Chris Bill and Johnson, yeah. And that was a hard time. It was a really hard fight. It was a grueling fight. It wasn't made for an outdoor crowd who were there for a party, if you don't mind me saying. Yeah, sure. And that was when the screens suddenly all the screens in the arena, the four above than the two and three at the either end, they just came alive with the arrival of the dad. Now, bear in mind that four days earlier, Eubank Jr. had said to me, I really want my father there.

And two weeks earlier, Eubank Senior, Paddy and I had managed to talk to him outside Buckingham Palace on some Michael Watson commemorative walk. And Eubank Senior had said to us that he thought the fight was a circus and his son was a disgrace and under no circumstances, was he going to be at Whitehall Lane? Suddenly, at 9.30 at night, he was there. Can you remember your reaction? Were you talking at the time? Or did you just see it on the screen?

No, we were chatting, but not, I mean, but when that, when that SUV arrives and he, and he opened the door and Aldi came. In his fur coat. I went back to being 14 again. Yeah, me too, so. You went back to be, it was just, what? There's no need for that. I mean, I don't get, well, it wasn't in black and white Steve, so you were 14, that's for

sure. It wasn't on the read. So great silent. It wasn't on the wireless. It wasn't on the wireless. It wasn't on the wireless? It was amazing, wasn't it? Yeah, it was. But the excitement then.

I was almost like, oh, this is it, no, this is just get him in the ring straight to me. I mean, he's not even fighting by the way. No, no, no, just him being there. I didn't care. Before, before the fight, I didn't care if he was there or not. I think, I don't get carried away with the whole. Until he arrived, then you really cared.

I don't get, I never get carried away with all the circus and fights. I'm always interested in just a fight itself. So I'm a bit boring that way. But I mean, and I am. I don't get involved. I don't watch the build-up shows like you should. They get you build-up fairly excited, which they do a great job to do that.

So please watch them because that's my job. But it's, I do that. That got me so excited. I was pumped. And what about when they start the ring walks and when it's obviously it's simply the best? And there's a picture in boxing news. I look at this earlier on from the fight report.

and it's a picture of the U-Bank, the two U-Banks, and they both got, they looked like they got matching outfits on it. They both got massive fur-lined coats or coat in U-Bank Senior and a gown in the Sun's case. And there's this incredible picture of them just in front of the orchestra. I'd forgotten there was an orchestra for the start. So just in front of the orchestra, and as they're standing there, the cellist, right,

she's put down a bow, I hope it's called a bow. If it's not called a bow, then I apologize to all cellists worldwide who are boxing fans as well, therefore listening to this pod. And as she puts it down, she's looking at the two of them, and she's smiling, but it's a really lovely smile

because she is a cellist and an orchestra. She gets it. She gets what it means having the dad there. It was arguably one of the biggest night for everybody. I mean, maybe the spectators. I mean, I don't want to get too carried away. Go on, son. You're allowed to.

You're in opulent surroundings. You had a fancy cake from a fancy Swedish bakery that nobody, even the woman working in the bakery, could pronounce. But you went for it. To digress. The people behind us, I asked them, I said, if you could name that cake, I'll buy you one.

Yeah, they didn't even try it, though? No, they couldn't. Back to her night if you don't mind, Bell, thanks. It was, the, I've never, I can't remember seeing a crowd so invested that early before the fight started. That the ring, especially with the Ben, the Ben Room War was fantastic.

Yeah. With the Dad as well. Yeah, of course. The Eubank thing, that really, that, really caught the imagination. And when they were on the stage and the Eubank seniors behind him, strutting him,

not, not be fair, not trying to take the whole line, but just being there. It was his little silly mannerisms, which are really funny. Which his son does naturally. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. They were mirroring each other.

But the other things, because we've got a crack on and watched the fight. We're going to watch the entire fight, that's 36 minutes. But another thing, do you remember the three special guests? And I used that word in question marks. Sorry, in quotes,

the three special guests that were there. I'd forgotten this as well until I looked it up. I was reminded from my notes because I keep notes on the night. It's had... I had Declan Roeson and Rory McElroyd sat behind me. Yeah, but the three other guests are the imitators,

don't you remember? Ed Shear and David Beckham and Anthony Hopkins one. Yeah, they got in the ring, didn't he? I forgot all about them. We thought it was Ed Shearer because he was so good. Then we realised he had like a three and a half quid guitar from Woolwich. Do you remember?

That was what gave him away. We were calling the Beckham, Woolworth Beckham. Woolworth Beckham. And then the Hopkins one took about six hours to work. Anyway, let's crack on. That's that. So we've done the ring walks. We've done anything. They're in the ring now.

The ring's empty in. This is the first round of Eubank Jr. against Connor Ben, 26th of April. This year, 67,000 people at the Tottenham Hotspurs Stadium. It was a special night. Now we've got 12 rounds

here, Barry, because it's no secret. We know how it went. For a start, that camera angle there. with that capacity crowd. Look at that. I didn't realise there was such a long gap from the referee empty in the ring to call them together.

I mean, I was nervous at this point. Yeah, it was one of those fights, wasn't it? Because you take, especially when you've been in a fight, you take yourself back to that moment. Yeah, yeah. And you think, well, them see, in the fight like this magnitude, what might they be feeling right now?

It's 15 seconds in, and Ben's already missed with three big swarming punches, he's been claimed for the first time. That's the story, really, of Eubank getting through the fight. And the pattern was set here. always knew Ben had to be the aggressor.

Yes. But you knew if you, if you back could get that jab into play, Ben was going to have a hard night. Because there's a whipping left hand there of you bank. You see it there traveling up there with that left hand and then another solid jab just to, and not the hurt, Ben, just to make him reset. I think that jab something that he picked up all those years

he spent with Roy Jones. It's a very Roy Jones-style jab that, Bell, coming up. And it's a solid jab because Jones threw a jab like it was a proper shot. I think, you know, and something you're saying, but I think, you know, it's always been a whipping shot for him. Like, he's always constantly more on speed than power with it, I think. But again, and I think what you're seen here in the first round, it's just that natural size here, of Eubank,

be able to stick the centre of the ring, and it's been doing a lot of, a lot of movements. A lot of movement. But not a lot of those of it positive at the minute. Well, he's trying to find, he's trying to find angles. He's trying to find something. I mean, he's missed with the right. I mean, Eubank is quite a solid defense.

That right hand's very high. But let me ask you this. There was lots of debate about the, weights and everyone was overlooking the fact that Eubank had come in at 159 in his three previous fights did you get a sense of a size difference yeah once you worked from ringside

I did and you always knew that I think he struggles to make the weight tremendously struggles to make the weight but I think he overplayed it as well yeah of course he did over dramatize I say you get the sympathy vote of course and clever but I mean but he does he is too big for the weight I think but I don't you know he signed the contract to make the weight it's not a world title fight he not four

to make the wait. And for the rematch, he signed the identical, identical, identical contract according to everybody. So, we have to take that as the case. 45 seconds left. It has been Ben coming forward and missing, Ubank landing a jab and then, and it's a really good jab

that. And he's not even looking to do anything from it, is it? It's just a jab. It's simple. What it does, it gives you loads of confidence thinking, I haven't got to do much to keep him at bay. It's just the left-hands working for him. And for Ben, he knew it was going to be hard. He's going to take him a few rounds to break him break him down if he could but to miss wilder like that i mean you want to he wants to land with a

big shot bet he wants to have to be one shot to go back to the corner i think i've had a bit of success here but he didn't he hadn't he hadn't he hadn't been hurt he hadn't been caught with anything other than the jab but jubank even just touches him with her right there i tell you what's interesting watching it on tv that i didn't because i only ever watch live on the night even if i'm in the fifth row but we were in the front row here or the second row is that it's a really unholy alliance at ringside there's eddie herne sitting in one seat there's eddie hern sitting in one Frank Warren sitting in another seat and between them, their enemy, Ben Shalom, sitting in the middle seat. I mean, I think that's quite funny, the idea that he's in a completely, he's right in the middle of them, Ben Shalon.

You know, let's not mean that's not minceau words. That little threesome, don't like each other very much. You have a few words, Ben, there with Eubank when he went to the corner. I don't know what was said, but maybe it was like, you're running or I'll get you or something like that it was. I mean, might have been stopped running, fight me, like you said you would. I think, I mean, we know what, we know what happened in the fallout, and we know some of the stuff that Eubank said it was unbelievably complimentary about Ben. And I think it's probably, it's probably early in the fight that he realizes

that Ben's a lot faster than he expected him to do. Yeah, and do you know what? That means he's got to be sensible. I think the shoulder's just relaxing. He'll be here in the second round for Ben, because he came out using that jab. I mean, the first ride, he won't land with a big shot to make an impression. But he realised in the second round, he's just got to maybe get behind the jab of it. He just a little bit looser.

But he's also only 50 seconds in. he's also ducted underneath it twice. He's bent away from it, and Eubank has shot it over his shoulder. See, I think that's an early, I mean, listen, I think that's an early shout from the referee there,

and I think it's a good idea because he's telling him just to keep it tidy. Otherwise, if he doesn't say it now, it's round four, he's going to be saying it every 20 seconds. Yeah, and the fight gets out of his control. Absolutely, yeah, of course, yeah. He's checking it now.

That was a good shout. Even there, then Ben lands with almost a good right hand. He sort of hits the tip, but then Eubank spins off to his right there, not allowing Ben to get that follow-up attack. There's a good right hand there, And Ben, again, just starting to really relax a bit, just let the punches flow a little bit easier here,

Connor Ben. There was a good right, in that, to be honest with you. Well, it's off the jab as well, so you're punching off the punches of you, Bank. And again, that takes me with your confidence. When you throw, someone throws off your shots, you feel them more exposed, and it tend to not, not what you clam up a bit,

you don't want to let your punches throw as you normally do. It's an intense round again, Barry, isn't it? I mean, you get, you get, you get, it was intense on the night, but part of that was the crowd and the whole atmosphere and the expectation. but even watching it back now in silence, you really get a sense of the intensity.

You really can sense it in everything they're doing, every move and every shot. See, Conabend, like... He's good left-hook lead there. Yeah, Conabend, like his dad. Yep. You can switch off. You can't make...

You make a mistake. The whole purpose, all you're trying to do is land with that big shot all the time. That's all he's trying to do. And you think, okay, that's easy to read. Because he's so fast and committed, like his dad was... And a bit unconventional. Yeah, you know

It comes in very wide sometimes Yeah, so you know Your concentration has to be on point all the time So for you bank He's both staying calm But also staying focused So he can't take his eye off the ball

He can't take a little walk around Otherwise Connell jump on him What's what happens It's happened three times in this round Is that Connell will land with a right hand But then the follow up right Ubank will avoid it It'll duck underneath it

Or he move away from me Saying that I did think here And obviously I'm wise Because I've seen the pictures That have subsequently been posted that Chris Eubank posted of his face when he spent a couple of nights in hospital

after the fight. But he does look marked up on his left cheek already, Bell. And he's only taken three or four right hands. I know that's an after-timing style thing, but it does look marked up on the right side. Yeah, because left took there as well from Ben. Yeah, and he knew it. He was trying to claim him, Eubank.

And again, there's pockets of the fight there with the jabs work about for Eubank, but ultimately the bigger punches here are coming from Connor Ben, the more committed action. So you and I got it one each, Two of the official judges had it won each, and one judge had it two rounds to Eubank, if I'm not mistaken.

Yes, that's right, yeah. Okay, so we're going into the third round now, and, well, we know who the... So we're going into the third round now with it tight or Eubank just in front. Nothing in it. And I remember that, Barry, we just saw a little clip there with...

The two dads are in two separate chairs, both pulled away from the row. So Eubank's senior is right on the apron And Ben, Nigel's just slightly behind him We're going into the third round there They were by, they were sat next to Connor Ben's corner Yes Which is because you went a senior

Yeah, which I found a bit odd Yeah, Matt's massively really odd Yeah And having both close together, I think It turns out of be okay in the end But I had potential to go haywire, didn't it? Oh, absolutely it did Hey, listen, you know, we know what Nigel's like

I mean, I thought he was really passive And I thought he was exceptional all week and Eubank obviously was brilliant on the night but hey-ho that was then the history tells you that that's a calm But whoever you gave that second round to And I gave it to Connor Ben I did too

No he's going on in this He's going to Owe just good left hook wobbled You know what I'd forgotten that In my notes I've got good left hook For the third round But I didn't know it wobbled him And he's talking He's holding on there

Ubank and talking to Conner Ben See Eddie Heard smiling near at ringside He definitely wobbled him With that shot there About two minute mark But what I was going to say He comes out in this row having a bit of success more confident,

Eubank, Conor Ben. Okay. And again, Euban, look at a whole little bit more now. And just, you, when I said this earlier, when you throw a jab on someone counters that punch, it takes away your confidence to throw it with conviction.

Because you realise you being red. Yeah, so then what happens then is that you allow the fight are too close because you want to get through the perfect punch, but it works against you. And that's why Conor Ben's getting close in this round, and that's why Eubank is having to hold a little bit now and again. But in all fairness,

round, I mean, the first two rounds are intense. This round, they're starting to fight. They're not, they're not, they're far, far less bothered about defence in this round. They are both testing each other in this round. They both caught each other flush in this round. But they're also not either ones, not either one. They're not hard to read either, either by the way.

Because you know, Conner's going to, Connor's not going to just throw that right hand every time. That's his lead punch. He's forgotten about the jab again here in this round. And Eubanks throwing that jab, he's bringing it back to the chest. So you know what, you almost know what each one's going to do.

So no one's fainting here. I've forgotten that, wrestling each other to the floor, which was Connor Ben, claimed by Euban, then Conner Ben taking him down and slinging him off. I just think Eubank's a little bit dishevelled here.

From that left hook at the start around. Yeah, and also just the fact that the first round was smooth for him and the second one wasn't, and this round now, just momentum just swayed a little bit to Ben's favour here. That's a good right hand.

Yeah. He sold that. He's almost fainted with a jump to the body. I was just about to say, He shows a shot, moving a little bit close and lands it, because it comes inside, it comes inside Eubank's arms. That's a good shot. And what he does so...

This is a good Ben round. What he does so well, Ben, like I say, so can he commits to every shot? When he throws that right hand, he turns all his body into the punch. So even though Eubank takes a great shot, he had to take it. That was a big round.

So now, I've got, I've got Ben now two one up. Yes. I mean, that was maybe the clearest round of the fight, but what's more? You can see that Mark. Jonathan Banks's in the corner, Obviously, he's been replaced for the rematch by Brian McIntyre Beaumack. But you can see when he goes back to the corner, Eubank,

that his left cheek is starting to as well. And that's what we saw in the picture. Here we're coming out for the fourth round. Eddie Hearn up, screaming only five feet away, then turning a turkey out of shake and telling him, Frank Warren not involved. He was neutral. He was just there because he had a couple of people on the undercard.

Ben Chalom being overpowered by the two sentinels either side of him, not saying a word. And here we go into round four. But more importantly than even the damage is the fact that Ben's are two good rounds. Yes. So if you're Eubank, you've got to be thinking, no, I'm the bigger guy here with a faster jab with the better fundamentals. I should have been keeping him at bay here. He should be struggling to get close.

And the first round he did, but the last two rounds, he's been able to get inside quite easily. So you've got to change the tide here. Because I'm convinced that, oh, that was good. This is the people around here for you, Bank. it really is. If he doesn't win this round, then he starts to get a bit of a gap machine of two on the scorecards.

Well, I'm convinced it's Ben's speed that still catching Newbank off guard. I think he's just that bit faster because he's not only smarter and I don't think he's really hurting even though that left hook at the start of the third. But I think it's just Ben's speed. I mean, I do, I really think it's just...

All of his movements, even if he's not throwing shots, you can see Eubank having a second guess. what might be coming. But it's more what Eubank's doing wrong than what Ben's doing right. He throws that jab

on the hip, which makes it hard to read, but it's coming back low, which means it's easy for Ben just to commit with that right hand, but there's a lovely, lovely uppercut there from Eubank. Which was a dangerous shot,

but it worked. And that's good movement there, making Ben miss, and that's what you need to do. Need to make him miss. And then just pepper him with shots. See, in the first couple of rounds, even though I think Eubank lost the second,

in the first couple of rounds, Eubank's jab was a more forceful shot. Now it's not, it seems to lack to, it's dropped a bit of zip from it. Again, because he's being conned with it. That's what I was trying to say. Because he's being condoble with that jab. You take your confidence to commit to you. You're now in a second and third guess.

You're trying to work out why you're being in it. We're thinking somebody's going to come back here, then you don't throw it with conviction with belief. Ben, Ben, has kept up a ferocious pace. I know that the whole thing is relentless. Him and his father, they're both relentless. Their entire modus operandi is to be relentless. Victor Locke when they're getting caught with a left hook.

But he hasn't had much success here though, Ben. No, he hasn't, but he's looked busier. I see the left hook there, though, from Ben. Well, I don't think Eubanks's been that busy in this round. I mean, some of those lazier jabs. This is a hard round to score. And as you said, Barry, this is a round that Eubank has to win. Otherwise, Ben goes three one up.

And it's a close one, I think. I have think that Eubanks maybe done enough here for me, Steve. What we're going to do at the end of this round, we're going to check with the official scorecards and see how everyone had it after four. Because on the night, Barry, I scored this. I scored this on the night. This is live room.

I scored this for Ben. So I would have, at the end of this round, I would have Ben three, one up. I'd listen to two, too. Don't get me wrong. Yeah, of course, yeah. But I just, I just, see, let's have a little look. Let's have a look at the official scores, if we can.

Okay. At the end of four rounds, just the three scores. Well, two judges have it. two apiece and one has it three one for Connor Ben. Okay, so one's got it the way I've got it and two have got it the way most people have got it. That was a dangerous right up-cut, looking at the replays this. So now we're going into the fifth round,

working on the theory that one judge, one judge at this point has been three one up. Yeah. This is around the fifth, in my opinion. You fought the fourth. I say the fifth, and I made a note at the time that Eubank has to win this round. Yeah, I thought,

I also, like, giving away the first two out of the three rounds, where I thought maybe he did, then, yeah, you've got to pull them back here, especially if you thought you were the lost this round, the fourth round, then this fifth round, then there's a big gap there, and then he's struggling. I tell you what, I'd forgotten. I'd forgotten how much abuse they're giving each other. Especially Connor Ben.

This might be Victor Loughlin now, put her in the start of the fifth, maybe telling the turdum, shut up and fight. I think whichever you got has scored, Connor Ben is full of confidence. of them. Yes, he's flying. All that size and know the guys go more experienced than you and people like me saying, no, he's technically probably better. All that hasn't transpired.

You probably helped Colin Ben win, really. What's that? All your negativity towards Conner Ben or weak. You probably helped Colin Ben win. He hasn't thanked you. You say that. You say that and you'll listen to this and then you think I got a problem with him. No, that's true.

Yeah, I've taken that back. Let me check. So if he comes looking for me, I'll just pass him on to you, okay? But in all fairness, though, you've upset. You keep upsetting lots of fighters and they keep coming with you. They keep asking me. Unless there's six for eight, I don't want to know. Is that a starting line?

Six or six, six, six seven. Anything below that, forget it. See, I think here, Ben, trying to really engage too much has allowed Eubank maybe back into it. I mean, him darting in and out was really working for him. But just by getting too involved,

this is where Newbeck's strength can and does tell. The intensity hasn't flagged. Just got a glimpse there were Tony Sims in the corner. So this is ragged and hard. This is really, from the fifth to the 12th, this is how the fight is. It's just desperate, ragged. Some people said I was a bit wild, bit novice. Forget that in a fight of this intensity.

A good jab there from it. It was a great jab. But he was coming forward with it. So that was a difference. That's back to the early fights. So that's him throwing a left right. I'm not sure he's come forward and thrown a left right all night. No, yeah.

And again there as well there, Eubank, one, two. So Banks has told him in the corner, or he's told himself, or he's maybe heard from his. father who's screaming across at him. You've got to win this round, son. Because he has got, in my opinion, he has got to win this round massively. Yeah, most definitely, Steve, he really does. And using that shoulder there, U-Bank, just pushing off Ben.

But that's not the bad thing. Just show me the strength you have. That's a lovely jab in a right hand. That's two jabs in the right hand. Yeah, that's some of the best work, U-Banks. And half-smart on his face when he's done it. His left side is getting increasingly swollen, Barry. Also, Ben slowed down a little bit here as well,

and that's helped U-Bank just to get a little bit of control in this round. I remember thinking, was it a brever. And I just think it was natural wear and tear, to be honest. Good lunging left hook there. That was a real Nigel Ben-style shot from his son, Conraden. There's so many, many movements involved for Ben to be explosive. It's constantly moving all the time. That tires you out.

It really does. Don't stop talking to you. I'd really overlook that. Both of them. You bet's just skipping it with a mouth when Ben's come back with it. See, that's good head movement there from Ben. Good up a body movement. And that takes away the jab there of you.

Bank, just keeping that body moving. But it's hard to maintain it. A bit low with that lunging left hook there. Not intentional. I just think it landed low. So again, it's a good round for you, so far. Very good round.

It's just running in the bag, isn't it? But without doing loads again, though. Yeah. Well, that's how you did take place. I did give that round to you, but we won't go to the judges' scorecards here. We'll go to the judges' scorecards after the six round. Because that was a round, I believe, that Ubank needed.

So in my books now, I've got it three, two, going into the six and going into the serious part of the fight. Bear in mind, Barry, bear in mind, that Eubank at this point had been 12 rounds six times in his career plus he'd stop three people in the 10th round of a 12th rounder

so he's seasoned over these last five or six rounds brother he's been there he is but he's also been a little bit shot worn as well by the way you're having those long distance fights hard fights they take a toll on you yeah of course they do yeah Declan Rice you're mate there Marcus Rashford

yeah Ashley Walters the actor there of course there's plenty of stars there stars. They were the real ones. They weren't the imitators, were they? They were genuinely. It was Marcus Rackett.

They were sat behind this year. Oh, okay. Behind you, that's what I like to hear. That's right. So the unofficial Carl Frampton scorecard was you, was you bank up by one at that point. So we're going into the sixth round. I disagree with Carl. You have the other way?

You have the other way? Yeah, I've got it the other way, yeah. I think I go to the same as Carl. But in all fair, I mean, I think there's only been about two really clear rounds. The first and the third were really clear. Oh, no, the last one was clear. clear for you bank. Yes, that's true actually.

Yeah, okay. So that's that, well, yeah, but that's second round. Still two or three. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

We're into the six. We're coming up to the halfway stage. In my books, Eubank needs to also win this round to bring it even and set us up for the final six. The home straight, the straight, neither of them really,

I think seriously contemplated being in. They both talked about stopping, stopages by about this time. But again, it was important for Eubank at this stage, as it is for Ben to get a wrong back, for Eubank, again to keep that dominance.

No one's really really taking control of the fight yet. No, it's a scrappy around this as well. So a little bit of not fatigued. It's a little bit of tiredness creeping in. Not fatigue, that's too strong a word. Well, you always felt the engine was more important for... Oh, wow. Sorry, pal.

For Ben. Just noticed something there. I hadn't seen on the night. Ubank Senior pointing out something to Nigel Ben. And Nigel Ben nodding. So Lord knows what that was. So the two dads, not only are they sitting close to each other. Conferring.

They're conferring. That's it. That wasn't on my bingo card. Again, Ben, he just lost a little bit of acceleration in his work. That's just, he just can't get to the target quick enough. There's a nice left hook there from Eubank. And again, it's the left hand that's doing the job here, isn't it? For Eubank Jr. And he did a sensible thing there, Eubank.

When he'd land that left hook, he took a little stroll, a little smile to let Ben know. Look, I did that easily, son. Don't worry about that. So this is, I think this is a hard round to score. This is a scrappier round to score. Well, it's a you. All the quiet rounds tend to go to you, Ben, because he's the jab. The jab, yeah.

Ben just landed a nice little right hand there, but he just needs to be more consistency in his work. And I felt that in the night. There was pockets of success, but it wasn't clean enough, maybe, for these close rounds to give it to him. Did you expect Ben to try and go to the body a bit more? Or has he tried and he keeps getting caught if he, if he whips shots into the body? I mean, because Eubank offers you the chin. Yeah. You aim for the tiger.

That's the cleanest route. So the referee, Victor Loughlin, saying to Ubank, calm yourself down. And Ubank's hit me on the back and head. Ubank's left cheek now. Ubank's holding as well. Of course, they're both at it. He's holding on, he is. So that's it, that's the end of six.

I've got, I gave that to Ubank. So I've now got to fight three three. What was the official score? How did the three judges at ringside have it after six, Bell? Three judges got four rounds to two for Chris Eubank, Jr. And the other judge, five rounds to one. Five rounds to one, Eubank. Junior, yes.

Well, I've got it 3-3, and I thought 3-3 was fair. I could see 4-2, but 5-1. Yeah, I got it 4-2, I think. I can't see 5-oh. Oh, that's a great. Now, this round is interesting. It's like Ben New. It's like Ben New, he got a tip-off that the one judge had him 5-1s down,

five-lines down, because this is, this I thought was going to be a big Ben round, but U-Bank responds beautifully. Well, it is, you've got to be feeling, and surely in the corner of you, man, of Ben, they're saying, listen, you've got to sign, you've got to get closer to the target quicker. Like you were in the early round. But with that, committing from too far out,

close the guy. Because he's not using the jab, Ben. And he very rarely uses the jab as much as he should. It means you're going to swing from too far out. And that's why that uppercut for Eubank is in play. Good shot though there from Ben. Nice little left hook. Also look to me, like in this round,

you can see Connor Ben there. His mouth's a little bit open. Yeah. And he's like gulping in the air, doing it the wrong way. But that's fine. That's attrition, it's normal. But also, he has that sort of engine

where he works to exhaustion and then recovery is in the minute. Yeah, a great, good point, Bell. This is a good round, this seventh round. It's a really good round. A big, big U-Bank round. He looks like, I hate to say the word, he looks like he's half enjoying it.

Yeah. He's relaxed, he's nice and relaxed, the good shots. Look at that there. That's a lovely, left, left, left, left, left, left, left, left right, left up, and he avoids two shots in the middle. That's going some, Bell.

And he didn't load up, just nice smooth work. Yeah. And he's using, Ben's aggression against him. Yeah. He'd be a good sailor, son, when you've got to read the wind.

And the thing is, like, when you fight the way that Connor Ben does, you can afford to lose the speed. Yeah. So when you, because you come into every shot, when you slow down, you become readable. And that's what's happening at the minute. Yeah, U-Bank is absolutely, it looks to me, and I'm going to tell you what I wrote

in my pad on the night at the end of this round. Oh, that's a great round. Lovely one, two-fold. But look what Ben does. comes back. Maybe stupidly, but he comes straight, digs his toes into the canvas and lets his own right hands go.

He takes a good shot, Ben. I've got to be honest, because there's some shots you've been hit with here that he hasn't seen. They're cleaned on the line, and he's taking them well. So I think this is a really big U back around. What's more, as I say,

he's starting to enjoy it, he's starting to lead with different shots. He's landing with two and three punch combinations. He's avoiding most of Ben's work. Ben's having to really dig deep. You can just see his toes digging into the canvas to let the big shots go, both left and right hands.

This is a hard, hard round for young Connor Ben. But more than just having to work hard, the deficit's getting bigger now between the two. Yes. There's a bigger gap now here. Well, 6'1 according to one. Yeah, yeah. Surely.

Now, could I tell you what I wrote in my pad at the time? I wrote in my pad at the time, Ben only has a round or two left. Okay. I thought after seven. Yeah. I thought, I didn't like his body language. He didn't like the way he was being picked off.

I thought Ubank was coming on strong. I wasn't sure about the energy. I wasn't sure that I wasn't convinced that he had nothing left in the tank. But there was a feeling that he was going to make more mistakes trying to close the gap. There you go. That was my worry here at this point. That's a lovely right hand there in the replay from Ubank. But again, showing Ben, showing that resolve, that fitness,

you know, to be able to take the shot and fire back. And there's the picture of the spaceship. That's what it is. Let me just point out. When I say that, it wasn't because Ben was reeling full nor over. the place. I just thought that Ubank was starting to read him just a little bit better and just starting to just

starting to feel his way in and starting to fancy it. And it goes back to that point that I meant about when you fight the way he fights, once you slow down the acceleration slows us slightly you become readable. But Ben has responded to obviously Tony Sims and the rest of the corner

imploring him to go out. I mean we've had a ferocious 10 seconds. That's the 10 seconds that can stand in its time, test the time of any eight rounds. But there's a big lead, no, isn't there for you, Bank? You'd feel. Worst ways, worse ways, it's 5'2. But the best ways to Ben, it's 5'2.

You know, it's the, suddenly, we know one person's 6'1. The other two are 5'2, aren't they? Good right hand from Ben there. This is hard and groan at this stage. At this point, Barry, I think we knew earlier. I think we knew from the first round with the intensity and just the atmosphere. But now we know we've got a really good fight, A fight that we're not going to just be forgetting about.

This is special now. These are the moments in fights where you fight by yourself. All that, you're knocking people out and you're tough and you're hard. You're a good boxer and you can cook with like a hard-piece fight. But this is hard, this is tough. And also with the pressure of the crowd, everything else, what you're made of. And Ben here is showing what he's made of by really trying to force the pace here against Eubank,

who was the last couple of rounds relatively comfortable, but not so far in this round. Oh, good shot there from Conner Ben. Nice right hand. Look at the crowd standing. And again, and again. And again. Eddie Huron has spent most of this fight standing up.

Nigel Ben sitting in front of him in her and looks very serious. Chris Eubank doesn't give much away. He'd been a great poker player, because if you can just sit him down for an hour. Let me just point out something here. See the judges there, right? The judges are actually behind some of the photographers. Oh, that's crazy. So you know when people talk about judges, well, you know, they should do this job and this job.

Sometimes it's intimidating and a mad atmosphere. What a round that was. Some finish of the round that was. Unbelievable. That eighth round, I think, was the best round of the fight. How did you think you scored the eight round? I think Ben did enough for that round. Okay, so I think you bank just...

So let's have a little look at the scores again. Let's put... So we're eight rounds in. The last time we looked at the scores, it was 4-2, 4-2 and 5-1. We're two rounds on now. How have you got it? So it's five rounds to three-olds. on one judge's card, five rounds

to three on another judge's card, six rounds to two on the other judge. Okay, because I've got it at this point, I've got it five, I've got it five, three at this time. Yeah. That round is a memorable round, because Eubank Senior was just up and goes to his son's corner, which is a long way around the ring.

I remember him walking round, and I think he would have been saying that it's right, son, you're absolutely dominating here. So we know Ben needs a big round here. Even if you gave the last round to Ben, he needs a big round here. I think, for me, if I remember rightly, I know, like, I think Eubanks stole the sort of...

Oh, good shot. He's hurt Eubank again with that left hook, I'm sure he has. I think Ben stole the crowd in the last round, I do. Could he end up some shot? He'd come back with a big shot. Could he look like it was Eubank's fight, didn't he? He's starting to take over. Yeah, that's what I said.

After seven, it looks like Eubank's only needs one or two more rounds. When he landed with that first right hand, what was that, like, two minutes in? Yes. Kind of, Ben. I think the crowd went a light, and I think for him. It'd be really nice at any point to have a shot up in the cheap sheets, up in the gods,

up where most of the 55,000 and the 67,000 are because no one is standing up there. At ringside they might be standing, not all the time, but not up in the gods. There's Carl Frampton's card. In fact, he's given the last five rounds to Eubank, 78, 74, he's got Eubank in a commanding league. Yeah, well, he is, but that last shot might have gone the other way, though.

Yes, I kind of agree. On the night, I scored it for, for Eubank. But watching it again, I don't want to do too much to this because it opens debate, but I could have easily gone for Ben in that eighth round.

You always got to go for your first impression, haven't you? Yeah. The ninth round, Bell, we're looking for, we're looking for the cut.

This is when the cut comes and it's a nasty looking cup. So far, good round here for Ben, so far. Yubank's having his moments again, no, without right talent.

I gave this round to Ben. I mean, no, it's just fine down instinct. That's what it felt like here. Heart and guts. Yeah, all that, like trying to get behind the jab and for Ubank sort of went out of the window, didn't they?

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You bank caught again. No, but Ben also did his legstip, they're all flound with shots. This is a savage round. This might be better than the eighth. Oh. That's a great run. Left tucks to the body, left tucks to the head.

I would argue to say, right, I think the ninth round is the greatest round in boxing history. in every in fights overall oh yeah yeah yeah there's more

there's better nine nine rounds the ninth round is the ninth round is probably there's better nineth round I can't get the word you know what you know what

it's a really good study looking at rounds some six seven on look at the state of Victor Lachlan shirt covered in blood Turkey Alla Shake up at ringside

they're throwing his trademark punches Look how confidence can you know When you're having success Yes You forget about tiredness What a round

What I mean I mean honestly We're We're watching this in our cinema room and Paddy the producers clapping that way. You bank cut on the right eye and his face is swollen. Lots of repair work going on there. Jonathan Banks now moved to the outside of the ring

because the cuts man is in the ring. Ben knows he's had a really good round. We're going in to the 10th. Look at the state of his face. The thing is, though, your first thought is in a big round, in a big head round like that, you come out, oh, there's a clash of head, said.

Yeah, accidentally. throwing a hook, yeah. But when you think whoever wins that round goes back with more confidence. Yeah. But I don't think so. I think there was such a hard round that even if you won that round,

it takes a lot out to you. You're just going back thinking, well, this is hard. That was an intense and hard and savage round, but it's been a lot of hard rounds about. We've read three or four that are clear, but they're still hard rounds, but they're just clear one way.

For me, I thought Ben, no, that was a round for Ben. I thought that was a big round for Ben. And then you sat out of field, is he starting to close the gap a little bit no. Well, listen, he's already gone past where I thought he would go at the end of the seventh, to be perfectly honest with you. Yeah, me. And also, you thought, is that, is that problem with the weights that Eubanks been going on about all week? Is that, is that

going to start? Because, you know, when fatigue sets in, that, that, that stamina reserve comes into question. And I think that's what you need it the most. All the long runs, the floor work, all the punching the bags, this is where it comes in. It's not, all the technicals they do on the pads. I think in a fight like this, at this point, that's almost irrelevant now. it's just guts and attrition. It's a mental attitude and what you've done. And also, oh, how you've trained and all fit you out?

Now, we know going, this is the round where, as I said earlier on, Eubank had stopped three men in the 10th round of 12 round fights. Okay, so he's done it. He's done it. He's been there. This is his ninth time in the 10th round, in a 12 round fight. He's been already in a couple of other tens. So he's got the rounds.

He's got the experience. But at this point, it's just got an instinct. and it's those stamina, it's those runs, it's those beach runs. Yeah, it is. Or, you know, like Enzo Mac used to run with cement up a hill. Great left hook. Ubank thought of that wide hook, but Ben gets at first with a knee to shot down the middle, and Eumanks's getting a sound afraid of the edges here, isn't he?

Could you see this fight? I thought the wheels were coming off for Eubank. I didn't this time. No, no, listen, because Ben has such a massive night. This round we're watching here in the 10th, of everybody covered in blood, including the referee, the crowd ecstatic. Did you see this in your wildest dreams? No, I thought it was going to be a dominant display by Ubank.

I really did. Honestly, I just thought the size and the experience and just technically a little bit better. Like I said before, I thought he had too many things in his favour. But Ben, be fair to Ben, he's coming from a massive deficit, he's pulling back on the head. The right crosses and the left hooks to the body. Ben is sticking with the left hooks to the body.

Even if he's getting clipped with right hands, he knows that's a shot. At some point, and it's starting to beat a shot now. Or is it? Chins for both of them kept them in this fight. By the way, yeah. For the both of these fighters. And pride.

You know what to get them in this fight. Family tradition. Come on, Val. This is, this is... Maybe, but when you didn't... Steve, when you didn't really hard fight, all you think it was yourself. That's the truth, mate.

It really is. All you think about is yourself. Getting through. Getting through, getting win, whatever it is. Surviving. You're selfish. We're all selfish. Your boxers are the most selfish people on a planet.

You have to be because you're in wars like this. How have you scoring this round? Because on the night, I gave this to Eubank, but I'm now looking at it. I think I might give this to Ben. I think I give it to Ben and all, you know. I think, could I add Eubank in the command and lead? And for me, if I remember rightly,

I think I give Ben a maybe two or three rounds on a spin. He pulled it back a bit. So this is two rounds. And I saw it from what I've dropped in, but it's two rounds that on the night I gave to Eubank. But watching it again, I might give them to Ben. I might have this really close going into the 10th, sorry, going into the 11th.

Good finish, though, from Eubank. this this is a it's an even more savage and draining and damaging fight watching it's second time six months later in the comfort of this room than it was on the night and they're in the corner now all that listen keep your hands up all that's that's that's it's forgetting you're going you're Andrew Dundino yeah you're you're Ted the Atlas yeah you're doing the fireman talk you're going get up champion you've got six minutes

but then there with with Dundee against win with Lendez versus Hagler, it's all about just mug division. I'll get him up, get him fired up. Come on, son. Yeah, the finishing lines. You've got six minutes to change your life. It's about getting as much liquid, much water on the body, down the throat,

getting as much air in the lungs as possible, and sending that kid out, just to get through the 12 minutes. Turkey had a shake there talking to Frank Warren, telling Frank Warren he thinks, has got up, Ben Shill on there, a silent passenger, Eddie Hearn, ecstatic at this point,

jumping around. I'm sure Eddie believes it. His man, is massively in this fight. I'll tell you what everyone was thinking right now. It's a better fight than what we thought was going to be. Which is the question I just asked you. Because at this point, I have no, I have, I wish I could lie like lots of people in our business

and say I was, say X, Y and Z and say, oh, I knew it would be an unbelievable fight going into it. I knew it would be a great fight. I didn't think it'd be disgood. And I didn't think we'd be in the 11th round and they're both throwing shots here like it's made in Hollywood. I thought it'd be a good fight because I thought the way Ben is, you know, he's tough. He's shown, I know he's tough kid, but I thought he was going to be outdone. But, I mean, he didn't think he was going to be like this, but he don't, it looked like he was going to turn it around.

And again, it's, it's ebbed and flowed, haven't they? They both had to win at different stage of the fight. Had to show something in the next round, otherwise the fight gets away from him. So going into this 11th round, bow, not that the judges, we didn't check the judge's scorecard. The judges would have had Eubank in front. Yeah, so did I, Steve. But, but look at it in now.

I've got it a tight fight. I mean, Ben definitely leads to win the last two rounds. You bank probably needs to win the last two rounds if you don't mind me saying so. I can't remember exactly. I think I think I had Eubank ahead, but if Ben can win these last two rounds, he makes a conversation for maybe a draw.

Yes, yes. Or maybe you can nick a win, but I mean, so he's closed the gap dramatically. In my score, on my score on the night, I've got it 6-4, but tonight, the way I've got it now, the way I'm watching it now, I've got it 5-5 going into the 11th round.

Yeah, no, I think I still would have it like a wrong 6-4 for Eubank, But Ben's been tremendous. It is hard and grueling, as you say, Bao. It's nothing about what you did on the pads or the mitts or whatever you want to call them, or the sticks or the technical work you've done. And the hours you've spent watching the other man fight. Now it's about the hours you've spent running on the beach,

running in the heat in Dubai, running in the heat in Spain, running in the heat on those steps that they do down on the Essex coast that Tony Sims has his fighters do. Because it's just attritional, it's just brutal. It's just bloody. Look at you, Bank here, though, really trying to... Relent use the weight on Ben. as well and he's throwing loads of punches.

They don't care where they land. Just let your hands go. The weight's really a factor here, it looks to me. I remember putting that down in my pad in the 10th and 11th round. The Eubank side's starting to tell. And Ben admitted that afterwards. That's a good job there from Eubank,

just jumping in with our left hand. And he's just been the busier, haven't he, in this, right? The quality of the work's been sort of equal, I think, but just been busier with his hands. He's been a lot busier, Bell. And really committed to pushing Eubank, Ben back. Looking up at a lot. The clock there.

Ubank, that was a great gaze up there, 20 seconds into the fight looking up at the clock. Oh, a lovely combination. Yeah. A great combination from you bank.

Just cleaner work, isn't that's all it is there. You know, they're just a little bit busier. Fighting him bursts. Keeping his shape. You love that. It's a great round again,

isn't it? Look at this. Oh, this is, I mean... Can you remember the crowd? You just, the noise was unbelievable. But we've got 8, 9, 10,

11 and when coming up the 12, there's five unbelievable rounds. There's five rounds that in any year could win round of the year. Any year could win round at the year. It's surpass all expectations. So we're going into the 12th round there. Victor Loughlin's collecting the scorecards. You can see there how tired Eubank is.

He can barely look up. His left eyes marked. His right eyes cut. His right cheek swollen. And we saw that picture that he published just recently. So going into the 12th and last round, Barry, if I'm not mistaken, all three judges had it seven rounds to four in Eubanks' favour. Yeah, they haven't all got the same method.

But they've all reached the same total. The same total there, Steve. So, you know, Ben needs a stoppage or a couple of knockdowns. Which is the exact score I had on the night. However, now, now I've changed it to 6'5. Okay. Which is okay, I'm not going to change it. I've got it at 6'5.

So that means it's all down to this last round. Great pitchers there of the two fathers. Eubank is standing, nodding his head. Nigel looked to me like he was breathing in. He's not stupid enough. he knows and there was never no complaints at the end. Here we go.

The last 180 seconds of a truly memorable night in April at Spurs, 67,000 people had the privilege to be ringside. The noise, I said that in the last one. The noise of this. Look at the staff as well.

Look at the fighters responding to it, Barrett. See, Eubank doesn't need to do this. Because there'd be such a hard fight, they're not sure, because every wrong has been hard, even the ones he's been winning. And also, Eubank's convinced, remember, the world's against him.

So he's convinced, everyone's against him that he's actually losing by 10 rounds to 1 going into the 12 round. I'll tell you why, it's a lovely uppercut. Come a hook there from Ben as he was going back. Look at U-Bank. The engine on U-Bank, his strength, all his power. The engine on U-Bank is just phenomenal.

Unbelievable. He is a freak like his father, Ben. Oh, he is a freak like his father. He trains, though. People tend to think that neither the U-Bank's train. They train like dogs. Let's get that absolutely right.

I mean, you can be in a fight like this, the way they are in the last round, doing what they're doing. And not sure. If you're not a crazy lunatic. in the gym. That's just the truth. It really is.

Yeah, I completely agree. I've saw Eubank Senior and I've seen Eubank Junior train in private in different gyms and they leave nothing. I can't be honest, Steve, to be fair, throughout the fight, neither one has really looked for a rest.

Never. They've had a few rows but they've slowed down a little bit. Only slow. That's rare in any fight. Listen, they've only slowed down slowly. It's still a great round. It's just not as good as the previous one

or the next one. What a shot there from Eubank. Look at that. No one is standing. one is standing out. Except for Eubank, tipping the legs a few rounds ago. That's the first time someone's really looked at it hurt.

Yeah. And also part of that is weariness. He really does sagged it. I was really worried for Con a bit. About this point here, a minute in, that's what I got on my note. Oh, and again,

65 seconds. He's hurt now. He's in trouble now. He's throwing, though. Like his dad. Like his dad. That instinct to throw in, throw, to punch yourself out of trouble.

But the thing is, Bell, you don't, you know, you can get stopped here at one second left on the clock. It's 54 at the moment. And he's been trapped in no. those ropes there and it maybe he needs to just, maybe he needs to claim a little bit as a bit of a break here as Victor Lachlan separates

them and he comes straight back bench straight back with an incredible shot. But he knows and he must know, like, he got to win this round. If he doesn't win this round, he doesn't win this round, he doesn't win this round, he doesn't win this wrong. But if he doesn't mean this wrong, look at a shot there from you back on left hand. Look at the crowd all throwing points. Bell, there's a chance

he won't see the bet, won't hear the last bell in this round. Let alone this round. I felt that way, Steve. I did. Oh, I did too. I rode it down. I mean, the crowd's up and down. like a yo-yo, brother. Look at that. This is just unbelievable stuff. It's mad stuff.

Look, a body shot there from Ben. Oh, 10 seconds left. They have fought themselves to an absolute bloody standstill. Everybody up, clapping them over the line with a 10-second gong. Ubent caught right on the belt. Brilliant shots. There is. It's all over.

I tell you what, Barry, that was truly unbelievable. I tell you what, it was better second time round. And I don't often say it. You know, unless we're doing a watch-along, there were great fights in history that I was reined like that I've still never watched I refuse to watch them do you know what when you're watching it when you're commenting on the fight

you're thinking this is a good fight but you're concentrating on other stuff watching that back end you can't underestimate the effort I mean that last round there Eubank is a machine and half he really is like everyone goes about Connor Ben and rightly so tough he really is and how tough he was in that fight he was tremendous but

Eubank I mean that last round he didn't have to win it and he went out like his life depended on it The punches, U-Bank, I reckon U-Bank through, what, 100 punches in that round? Yeah, so for a fight like that to finish like that, U-Bank not really didn't a lot of celebrating. Connor Ben has just come off his father's shoulders

and now being congratulated by U-Bank senior. Nigel Ben has gone over to congratulate Chris Eubank, Jr. Nigel Ben, I, in Chris Eubank, senior, warily there. They're just talking, they'll just look at each other. There'll be a slap. Will there be a shake of hands? No, I doubt it.

the intensity. Ronnie Davis in the corner, still part of the team as he's like a sort of birthright. He was the second person to hold Chris Eubank, Jr. when he was born. But you see there,

Nigel Ben's quiet. Yes. And Eubank Senior is not. He feels that he's won. And Nigel's not quite sure. He doesn't think his son's lost, but he's not quite sure, so he's a bit more,

he's less vocal. And he's also, giving him his absolute dues, Chris, Nigel Ben. He was unbelievable. complimentary of U-Bank, the U-Banks at the end, as were the U-Banks, unbelievably complimentary of Connor Ben. There was, I think they both discovered things about each other

in that particular fight that they didn't believe, and it's given them, they may never like each other, Barry, don't get me wrong. But they will respect each other. And they didn't afford a bell. Like the dads, you're tied together forever, no, aren't you? There we go. You can see the celebrations there, Ben Shalom. All three judges return in the same scorecard,

116, 112, three times. Chris Eubank, Jr., the winner, Connor Ben, the loser, boxing fans, the ultimate winner. And we knew that moment there'd be a rematch. He's sick, he's sick and the course he is. Barry, that was an exceptional night. Just try and sum it up in a few words. I'll give you 10 seconds to finish the show.

Just tell me, come on. Simply the best. Oh, he's done it. He's nailed it. He's simply the best. Well, that's what we had back in April. We're going to do it all again this weekend. Will it be the same?

Who knows? Can it be the same? Could we possibly have that fight? Slight changing teamwork. Jonathan Banks has gone. In comes Beaumack. There's still Tony Sims and Connor Ben. The dads will be there.

67,000 people will be there. And so will we be there. Live on 5 Live. This has been a watch-along for UBank Jr. against Connor Ben from April. Barry Jones has been with me. I've been Steve Bunce, and this has been Five Live Boxing.

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