Chris Eubank Jr. and Conor Benn overdeliver on expectations in giving fans a cinematic masterpiece
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The pair of fighters have been at each other's throats for years and all the waiting finally paid off for fans in the ring
Every once in a while, if we're lucky, boxing will remind us why the best stories are the ones written in blood, sweat and tears.
With enough family drama and swerves to fill a reality television script, the story of how Saturday's pay-per-view grudge match between Chris Eubank Jr. and Conor Benn came to be had already been a soap opera that was multiple decades in the making. But the fight itself, overflowing with pageantry inside London's Tottenham Hotspur Stadium and matching a pair of flashy personas who had each yet to achieve their defining moment, somehow exceeded every bit of expectation coming in.
It was emotional. It was savage. And it had a Round 12 that belonged on the cutting room floor of a "Rocky" sequel.
