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Chris Eubank Jr joked he had been sabotaged by Conor Benn after getting stuck in a lift on arrival at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.
The boxer and his legendary father smirked as the elevator stalled as they rolled up for his second fight against Benn this year.
Eubank Jr is looking to make it back-to-back wins in the family feud after inflicting Benn's first defeat of his career on him back in April.
The 36-year-old has promised the show will be a 'fight of the decade contender' despite there being no belts on the line.
'The sabotage begins again, huh?' he said after the lift ground to a halt. 'Now the lift doesn't work.
'It's okay. Stop the lifts, stop the cars from coming in, it will not change your fate, my friend.
Chris Eubank Jr claimed he had been 'sabotaged' by Conor Benn as the lift stopped after he arrived for their fight
'An a***-beating is coming. That schooling is hours away. Only a few hours left.'
Ever the philosopher, his father chimed in with a nugget of hopeful wisdom. 'Everything that happens happens for our own good,' he said, with a wave of his hand underneath his coat's fur neck.
As it turned out, Eubank Jr and the crew had to take the stairs as the lift was out of action.
While not receiving as much attention as their first, this London clash is still a big deal as the fighters once again revive the old Eubank-Benn rivalry their fathers started.
Eubank Jr came out victorious 116-112 on all of the judges' scorecards last time out.
Daily Mail Sport was granted exclusive access to his training camp, overseen byBrian 'BoMac' McIntyre, trainer of the supremely talented American boxer Terence Crawford.
There, Eubank Jr told Charlotte Daly that he wants to do better than a points victory this time.
'We've got to throw in banana skins, catch Benn off guard. I want to stop him. For that, I've got to fight differently.'
That's why he brought in BoMac. 'I decided to team back up with BoMac because he's smart, cunning, cerebral,' Eubank Jr says. 'He studies guys, figures them out, finds the weak points. I wanted new eyes on this fight.'
