Piers Morgan presided over a stormy encounter on his chat present, earlier than one visitor departed abruptly.
Morgan was internet hosting two boxers – Chris Eubank Jr and Connor Benn – on Piers Morgan Uncensored this week, when the topic of Benn’s earlier failed drug assessments arose.
Benn was scheduled to combat Eubank Jr again in October 2022, however the bout was aborted after Benn examined constructive for clomiphene. He was later cleared by the National Anti-Doping Panel.
The Sun newspaper studies that Eubank Jr, who has by no means believed the Panel’s verdict, was vociferous, calling Benn “still a cheat.”
He stated: “If somebody was to have pinned him down and jabbed a syringe into the facet of his ass and squeezed it in, if that had occurred and I noticed it.
“Guess what? He’s nonetheless a cheat. He shouldn’t have let it occur.
“It’s his responsibility to protect himself at all times, he didn’t do that. He’s a cheat. End of story.”
When Morgan tried to intervene, Eubank Jr angrily defined, “Don’t ask me again Piers. Don’t ask me again,” earlier than upping and leaving the studio.
Last month, the press convention for the upcoming bout had beforehand descended right into a little bit of chaos when Eubank Jr produced an egg from his pocket and hit his British rival throughout the cheek along with his left hand – he was later fined £100,000 for this outburst.
The middleweight pair is now scheduled to combat on April 26 on the Tottenham Hotspur Football Stadium in London. The match has been billed ‘Fatal Fury,’ named after the upcoming online game from SNK, titled ‘Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves’ as a part of a partnership.
Eubank Jr is at the moment the IBO middleweight champion. The combat will likely be broadcast within the UK on Sky Sports Box Office, and on DAZN in Ireland, the US and worldwide.