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Chris Eubank Sr reveals 'unrecognisable' disguise that got him into son's fight vs Conor Benn

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Chrus Eubank Sr has revealed how he used a disguise to sneak into his son’s hotel and ensure their reunion would remain a secret until they got to Stadium. But he admitted he was seriously concerned for his son as they travelled to hospital following

claims Jr’s head is swollen “like a football” after the 12-round battle. But it was a dramatic night at the home of Spurs which was kickstarted when

It came after the two-weight champion had claimed he would have nothing to do with the fight. But he changed his mind late on Friday night, contacted his son by text then waited for him to call back two hours later as he agreed to be by his side.

He then concocted a plan to get into the Park Plaza in Vauxhall without the public or media spotting him. “Junior called and he said, ‘I didn't want to call dad because I can't hear anything negative’," Eubank Sr said on his own podcast.

"I said to Junior, ‘okay all right so uh where are you?’ Okay so he explained. How am I going to get in now in my mind you know you have the world's media there everyone's hanging around so how am I going to get in?

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“So I put on the disguise, the disguise when he saw me he said ‘No one's going to recognize you’. You couldn't see me I had a um Miyake coat on which is down to literally your ankles, I had a hoodie.

“The coat they wore in the 1960s on their mopeds and then I had a mask that went up and a cap. The shoes I wore. they were trainers they're black and Junior even said, 'Wow there's no way anyone's going to recognize you looking like that.”

It set up an iconic entrance with ‘Simply the Best’ - Eubank Sr’s entrance music - played as they departed the dressing room and entered the arena. Eubank Jr then outpointed Benn in a slugfest, with Chris Sr watching ringside with .

But it had been a to get down to 11st 6lb and then not be able to rehydrate more than 10lbs overnight. That was one of the reasons why his father didn’t want to be involved as he felt it was dangerous.

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Eubank Jr’s team took no chances after the bout and suffering from dehydration. He was also given precautionary checks with a CT scan on the brain.

Sr said: “We were in the ambulance, the sirens, the horns are, beeping the chaos. My son Junior is very proud. His looks like a blown up football almost twice the size and he'll never let you see that because he's proud

“People don't know but my son is touch and go and the only way we're going to know whether he's going to be okay is after the CT scans.

“He suffered mostly in the hospital because of dehydration even though the beating was severe and that's why he was in such discomfort for 24, 30 hours. I don't want my son to have to go through that again. He doesn't know that his life was in the balance neither does he care.”

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