In the end, we got a terrific contest, one loaded with excitement and bravery. But after a fight like that, can it really be the end?

Perhaps it should be for Eubank, who acted his age in more ways than one while containing the youthful abandon of Benn.

It threatened to mimic WWE at the start, as the fathers played their role in the circus, but it was a fight we’ll never forget and one that left the winner in hospital. And regardless of all that came before in this long and winding story, perhaps that final plot twist is the most pertinent of them all.

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