National Sport

Boxing is a game of bluff. Of move and counter-measure. Feints and fakes, distraction and deception. But beneath all of that, there remains the truth.

Neither Chris Eubank Jr nor Conor Benn know how they will be received by the crowd when they fight at the Tottenham Hotspur stadium on Saturday night.

Chris Eubank Jr said his gruelling 12-round victory over Conor Benn was inspired by his father, who made a stunning surprise appearance just hours before the fight.

Yet again, the best teams in England were taken to school by the best teams in Europe.