In 2016, Eubank Jr was moments away from welcoming Gennadiy Golovkin to the O2 Arena in London before outlandish demands from his father, Chris Sr, forced the contest to become a non-starter. Kell Brook got the nod to face the menacing Kazakh instead.

Chris Eubank Jr versus Conor Benn pulled in plenty of eyes. Matchroom Boxing chief Eddie Hearn claims more than one million households tuned in to watch the fight on pay-per-view. Hearn

Conor Benn and Chris Eubank Jr. will follow in the footsteps of their esteemed fathers when they put it all on the line in a long-anticipated and controversial middleweight matchup.