It could have been one of many best British boxing fights of all time, however sufficient for the loser to be congratulated?
Properly that was the case for Conor Benn, who obtained some fairly awkward plaudits over his defeat to Chris Eubank Jr.
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Benn misplaced to Eubank in a slugfest for the ages on the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium through a unanimous resolution final week.
But that truth appeared to flee System 1 legend Martin Brundle on the Miami Grand Prix.
The pundit was staging considered one of his iconic grid walks in Florida.
And regardless of it being one of the star-studded occasions of the season, there was just one particular person he was in search of.
So titanic was Benn’s defeat that Brundle was in search of him from the off, solely to make a giant error upon discovering him.
“What a boxing match that was, what a outcome, congratulations,” Brundle mentioned.
Benn did nicely not react to the error, merely replying: “Thanks, I admire that.”
He then added: “Though it was an important struggle I didn’t get the W [win] which I got here for therefore hopefully we are able to run it again in September and I could make amends.”
Brundle then requested if there will likely be a rematch and Benn replied: “Oh most positively.”
If that wasn’t awkward sufficient, Brundle then made a dangerous joke about Benn’s measurement, which fortunately went down nicely.
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“I in some way anticipated you to be greater, taller, with the punch that you just pack,” he mentioned.
Benn replied: “I pack a heavy punch however I am mild although!”
Brundle then completed with aplomb, saying: “I am going to take your phrase for that to be trustworthy!”
Benn was trying in first rate situation after he and Eubank have been left fully battered in 12 rounds of hell in north London.
There was loads of historical past between the pair with their fathers staging a rivalry within the Nineties.
Benn then failed a medicine take a look at forward of their preliminary struggle, and there was fixed debate over whether or not it ought to have taken place in any respect given the load discrepancy between the pair.
But on the night time they staged a gladiatorial struggle which despatched Eubank to hospital in an ambulance shortly after his victory.