The son, hours from fighting Conor Benn, was lifted to new levels of motivation, which he later admitted, while the fight itself was all of a sudden less about controversy and back to being about nostalgia and two names: Benn and Eubank. It was also a surprise to see Eubank Snr, previously absent, accompany his son to his changing room and to the ring that night. It was the kind of surprise capable of upsetting the equilibrium of an opponent, who, until that point, will have felt settled and visualised every possible eventuality and turn the night might take. Suddenly, with Eubank Snr on the scene, Conor Benn had something new to think about. Suddenly, whatever momentum there was to grab at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in April had swung back the way of his rival. The stars, for Eubank Jnr, were starting to align. The night was clearly going to be his.
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