Eddie Hearn teases Chris Eubank Jr over his ‘excuse’ ahead of Conor Benn fight

Eddie Hearn has teased Chris Eubank Jr in the final weeks ahead of the long-awaited Conor Benn fight night on April 26.

Hearn’s comment follows Eubank taking to Instagram to share the grisly image of his blistered foot, captioning the post: ”Boxing is as easy as it looks I promise. 6am run tomorrow is going to be so much fun… can’t wait.”

Hearn told Boxing Social: “It’s the David Haye toe, I don’t know, but maybe he’s getting the excuses ready, you wouldn’t pull the blister excuse, would you, really?”

Both fighters have been undergoing intensive training camps in the approach to their fight on April 26, but Hearn is convinced Eubank is pre-emptively lining up his excuses incase he loses against Benn.

Eubank Jr vs Benn were initially scheduled to fight back in October 2022, but the bout was called off after Benn tested positive for the banned substance clomifene and subsequently failed his drugs test.

Hearn’s fighter Benn has since cleared of wrongdoing, with the WBC saying in 2023 that an ‘elevated consumption of eggs’ was a reasonable explanation for the presence of the banned substance. This decision spurred an explosive incident in February at a press conference in Manchester, as Eubank slapped Benn with an egg.

After protesting, and fighting his innocence, Benn’s provisional UK Anti-Doping ban was lifted - allowing him to fight on home soil again. The lifting of the ban enabled the rescheduling of his bout with Eubank, with the inclusion of a rematch clause.

The bitter rivals look to settle their ongoing feud at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on April 26.