However you personally felt about Eubank Jnr vs. Benn going in, the feeling afterwards would have been the same. Like the aftermath of the wedding, or the funeral, or the dinner party you had been dreading,

The emotional Benn took his loss with humility. Benn was overpowered by Eubank Jr., who settled his festering grudge with Conor Benn on Saturday. Benn, 28, had been inactive for three years due to a prohibition for a positive drug test,

At the conclusion of the 12 rounds, it was Eubank who was given a unanimous points decision to leave Benn devastated but humble in defeat. Both men were subsequently taken to the hospital as a precaution after what had been a brutal 36 minutes of non-stop action.