Chris Eubank Jr was stunned to hear that Oleksandr Usyk had Conor Benn winning their British classic last month.
The Brighton boxer got his hand raised via unanimous decision in a high-output affair that saw Eubank Jr outland Benn by 152 punches (367 to 215).
All three judges scored the fight 116-112 in Eubank Jr’s favour.
However, unified heavyweight champion and pound-for-pound king Oleksandr Usyk, told talkSPORT that he thought Benn edged the all-British showdown.
“I think Benn won, I didn’t watch the entire fight and count,” Usyk said last week.
“But I had him winning the first six or seven rounds.”
Eubank Jr sat down with talkSPORT’s Rory Jennings on Wednesday at a PokerStars event in Monaco to, amongst other things, cast his verdict on Usyk’s upcoming rematch with Daniel Dubois on July 17.
When asked how he saw the bout going, Eubank Jr admitted he was ‘rooting’ for Dubois after hearing Usyk’s opinions on his barnburner with Benn.
“I saw something about Usyk saying that he thought Conor Benn won the fight,” said Eubank Jr.
“I don’t know if this is true. I can’t imagine that he watched that fight and thought that Conor Benn won because I landed twice as many punches.
“But people are telling me it is true. If that is the truth, then I am low-key rooting for Dubois.
“That is crazy, that is really crazy to me. I have met Usyk a bunch of times, and we have always been cool, so I was kind of shocked to see that.
Eubank Jr outlanded Benn by over 100 punchesMark Robinson / Matchroom Boxing Eubank Jr is ‘rooting’ for Dubois over UsykRichard Pelham / The Sun“I think Daniel Dubois is on a roll, he is coming off a massive win against AJ.
“Usyk is also on a massive roll. I think that fight comes down to mindset.
“In the last fight, they both showed mental weakness.
“Usyk took a three-minute break from a shot that some people say was low, some say it wasn’t.
“But he still took that break. Then Dubois crumbled under the pressure after that.
“So I think it comes down to who can mentally tough it out.”
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