Eubank Sr had been publicly critical of his son and the spectacle in general over recent months, calling his antics after slapping Benn with an egg at a press conference in February a “disgrace” and repeatedly voicing safety fears over Benn jumping up two divisions from welterweight to middleweight and his son having to cut weight, which appeared to be at least partially vindicated on Friday when Eubank Jr was fined £375,000 for fractionally missing weight on the scales.
