"I feel like I'm going to go home and cry, Conor Benn said quietly in the early hours of Sunday morning at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. I think I'm going to cry here. Oh man, it's been hard. Despite the surprising ease with which he had beaten his nemesis Chris Eubank Jr over 12 one-sided rounds on Saturday night, Benn's face was bruised."
"Facing your own demons every single day. That's your hardest fight. You have to live in your head every single day. Getting in the ring is no problem. He said his uncharacteristically composed performance was driven by a resentment towards those who doubt him: It's the chip on my shoulder, people saying Oh, you can't box, you can't do this or that.' I woke up with that feeling every morning people think I can't outbox him for 12 rounds? Watch me. That fuelled me."
Conor Benn beat Chris Eubank Jr over 12 one-sided rounds at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium while appearing bruised and emotionally raw. Benn experienced public turmoil after testing positive for clomifene twice in 2022, protesting innocence without releasing the evidence he claimed cleared him. Financial returns remained large: Benn reportedly earned £7.5m on his return seven months ago and about £8m on Saturday, while Eubank Jr earned about £10m. Benn described facing personal demons as his hardest fight and said resentment at doubters fuelled his composed performance. Benn acknowledged pressure from his team and difficulty in toning down his intense emotions.
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