Full steam ahead

CHRIS EUBANK JNR’s training camp for the cross-generational clash with Conor Benn began amid uncertainty this week with his legendary dad Chris Snr still “missing”.

Eubank Jnr and Benn, whose fathers Chris and Nigel created British boxing’s greatest ever rivalry across two brutal fights during the 1990s, will meet at the O2 Arena on October 8 after agreeing a complex deal following weeks of negotiations.

The duo came face to face in central London on Friday last week and traded barbs at a kickoff press conference that simmered but never quite boiled over, despite their long-standing family feud. Tensions are guaranteed to rise, however, between now and October 8.

Neither of the fathers were in attendance, with Benn set to fly