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Chris Eubank Jr has admitted he is worried about shedding enough weight to prepare for his bout against Conor Benn, with Eubank currently 15lbs off making fight weight.
The middleweight boxer is set to face welterweight Benn in a controversial catchweight fight on October 8.
The pair are due to meet at London's O2 Arena on October 8, re-igniting a family feud three decades after their fathers, Nigel Benn and Chris Eubank Sr, met in the second instalment of British boxing's greatest rivalry.
Chris Eubank Jr and Conor Benn are set to face off on October 8 in a catchweight fight
And Eubank Jr has admitted that losing enough weight to meet the 157lb limit continues to be a 'tough, tough challenge', but backed his decision to agree to the fight.
'As fighters we take chances, we gamble, and I don’t believe Conor is going to be able to take me into deep waters,' he told Telegraph Sport.
'Maybe I’m wrong but I don’t feel that that’s what he’s going to be able to do, so I agreed to this weight.
'If I was going in there with someone that I considered a killer, I would never do anything like this, I just don't see that pedigree or grade from Conor so I’m taking the risk of cutting to a weight I’ve never been before and I’m taking the risk of not being able to fully hydrate after the fight.'
The pair's fathers, Nigel Benn and Chris Eubank Sr, shared British boxing's greatest rivalry
However, Eubank did admit that there are challenges regarding reaching this weight and is unsure about what it will do to his body.
He said: 'Is it a concern? I mean I guess so yeah, I've never had to do anything like this in my career so I don’t know how my body is going to react, I don’t know how I’m going to feel on the night, I know I’m not going to be 100 per cent.'
Benn is stepping up two weight divisions to face Eubank and faces an equally tough challenge to reach the weight required for the bout, but Eubank claimed he was relishing the test the weight loss gave him.
He said: 'It’s going to be a tough, tough challenge to get down to this weight but it’s worth it, it’s absolutely worth it, to make a fight like this and be part of a one of
