CHRIS EUBANK JR made an incredible ring walk last weekend with his dad – who demanded some last-minute changes.
The IBO middleweight champion went to war with Conor Benn in front of a sold-out crowd at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium last Saturday, nearly 32 years after their fathers’ controversial rematch.
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Eubank Sr initially refused to be part of the build-up to the fight but made an incredible last-minute appearance to be a part of his son’s big night.
And Senior demanded that the DJ for the night make some short-notice changes to his son’s ring walk, which is still being talked about by boxing fans.
Footage captured by talkSPORT showed the Brit boxing legend say to the DJ: “That part there, you can play that over and over.
“The words are good, but that there, with the base, the audience will be like this, ‘Ohhh’ [shakes his entire body].”
Senior’s changes had the desired effect as the crowd went crazy as he walked his son to the ring.
To add even more nostalgia to the event, the pair came out to Senior’s walkout music for the latter part of his career – ‘Simply The Best’ by Tina Turner.
The crowd went wild as the iconic track blared throughout the stadium’s sound system.
After the pair soaked in the atmosphere on a platform, the track eventually transitioned to a live orchestral version of Eubank Jr’s usual walkout song – ‘Still Dre’ by Dr Dre.
Eubank Jr and Benn, 35 and 28 respectively, put on a fight for the ages in what turned out to be a 12-round war.
Eubank Jr edged a closely-contested clash via unanimous decision, with the judges scoring the contest 116-112 in favour of the Hove hitman.
He said: “I knew I was capable of that. I just needed someone to bring that out of me.
“I’m not going to lie, I did not expect that he’d be the guy to do that.
“But the fact that our fathers did what they did all those years ago, it brings out a different soul, a different spirit.
“That’s what we both showed here tonight. I pushed through.
“There’s a lot of things that have been going on in my life that I’m not going to get into right now.
“But I’m happy to have (my father) back with me.
“We upheld the family name like we said we were going to do. Onwards and upwards from here.”
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