Nigel Benn v Chris Eubank 3: Let’s Hope They Don’t Get it on

As Nigel Benn and Chris Eubank contemplate a third fight that will net the pair £10 million each, Lee Davy gives his view on why he believes the pair should stick to appearances in the jungle.

It was the warmth that made me realise my uncouth little buddy was pissing down the back of my leg. I turned to face him. He was holding his dick in one hand and a plastic pint full of piss in the other. He had this beguiling look on his face. I was more worried that some of the piss would splatter onto Jason Dozzell. The Spurs midfielder was standing next to me. Those were the days before selfies. He had just signed the back of my ticket, and now my mate was dangerously close to turning his white chinos a nasty shade of yellow.

We were three rows back from the ring. There were over 40,000 lunatics crammed into Old Trafford to watch Nigel Benn v Chris Eubank 2. They billed the fight as ‘Judgement Day’. 12-pints of Boddington’s later and for me it was slowly turning into “Won’t Remember Anything of it Day.”

Benn and Eubank hated each other. You don’t get that kind of venom in boxing today. There’s a lot of bravado, a lot of bollocks. It was the real thing. Eubank is currently appearing I’m a Celebrity, Benn appeared in 2002. A few days ago Eubank said of Benn, “I am not really competitive. I can easily always walk away, and then I come to Nigel Benn, the bad blood between us is fierce. So I am not competitive, only with him.”