Fans fear for Chris Eubank Jr’s health as worrying footage of boxer trying to make weight for Conor Benn fight emerges

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BOXING fans are fearing the worst for Chris Eubank Jr after seeing his gruelling weight cut regime.

The IBO middleweight champion will throw down with arch nemesis Conor Benn in a family grudge match at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on Saturday night.

Shirtless man in white sweatpants in a gym.

Chris Eubank Jr looked drained and visibly gaunt before missing weight for his clash with Conor Benn[/caption]

Chris Eubank Jr. on a stationary bike wearing a yellow raincoat and white suit.

Eubank Jr works out in a sweat suit on exercise bike[/caption]

Chris Eubank Jr. sweating in a yellow jacket and white pants.

Eubank Jr missed weight for the grudge match by 0.05lbs[/caption]

Chris Eubank Jr. wrapping himself in an orange sweat wrap.

He also used several towels and thermo sleeping bag[/caption]

Chris Eubank Jr. sweating after a workout.

Eubank Jr looked to be in extreme discomfort[/caption]

Eubank Jr agonisingly missed weight for the contracted 160lbs showdown, coming in at 0.05lbs and then 0.02lbs over the limit.

Next Gen, the son of British boxing legend Chris Eubank Sr, will have to pay Benn a whopping £375,000 fine as per the terms of the contract.

And he broke his silence on the fine with a series of videos detailing his gruelling attempt to make weight.

They showed him wrapped up in insulated sleeping bags and training on an exercise bike while wearing a sweatsuit.

The clips showed Eubank Jr, 35, covered in sweat from head to toe thanks to the use of several towels, padded sleeping bags and sweat suits.

His accompanying caption read: “Pain is temporary… Glory is forever.”

Boxing fans were quick to express their concerns after seeing how drained the Hove hitman was, with one saying: “The fact they were trying to boil him down to 157 for the first fight is absurd.”

Another said: “Seeing the videos from Jr’s weight cut makes you understand where Sr is coming from about the weight.”

And another said: “Just rehydrate fully now, please don’t dehydrate yourself.”

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Familial tension and a rivalry that has been brewing for years will finally be resolved when Chris Eubank Jr and Conor Benn meet at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on Saturday night.

There has been huge drama in the build-up with the pair engaged in a war of words and multiple clashes in person.

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One remarked: “[The] fight shouldn’t be on.”

Another chimed in: “F**k me, [he] looks dead.. crazy.”

A rehydration clause in the contract forbids Eubank Jr from weighing more than 170lbs tomorrow morning.

He faces another mammoth fine if he weighs a single ounce over his contracted rehydration weight, with an expected £100,000 hit for every pound they are exceed the limit.

Welterweight bruiser Benn, the son of Eubank Sr’s former arch rival Nigel Benn, celebrated pocketing an extra £375,000 thanks to Eubank Jr’s weight miss on social media.

He toasted his unexpected windfall by posting a video of the “Show me the money” scene from ‘Jerry Maguire’ to his socials.

‘The Destroyer’, who scuppered the pair’s first proposed meeting in October 2022 with two failed drug tests, grinned like a Cheshire cat as he said: “Show me the motherf***ing money.”