The 36-year-old is unsure of his future after providing a concerning update regarding his health just weeks after losing to long-time rival Conor Benn
15:22, 02 Dec 2025Updated 16:17, 02 Dec 2025
Chris Eubank Jr has provided a very concerning update following his defeat to Conor Benn
Chris Eubank Jr is unsure when he will fight again after revealing he must first tackle his health issues.
The 36-year-old suffered a gruelling decision defeat to long-time rival Conor Benn last month – seven months after initially getting his hand raised over the ‘Destroyer.’ Eubank Jr was beaten in a battle with the scales ahead of his first fight with Benn back in April and was fined £375,000.
‘Next Gen’ then spent two nights in hospital before finally being discharged after undergoing checks. Eubank Jr admitted he suffered from severe dehydration in a desperate attempt to make the middleweight limit. It seems as if he struggled with the rematch after taking to social media with a rather worrying update.
In a video uploaded to X – formerly known as Twitter – the Brighton scrapper was seen lying on a hospital bed surrounded by doctors with a number of wires and monitors. He captioned the post: “I’ve been dealing with a lot of health issues over the last year and yeah it all finally caught up to me last month.
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“I will not box again until I’m back to 100 per cent and I don’t know when that will be, but one things for certain… For the fans that have supported me through thick and thin, I will do everything in my power to make sure that one day, the old me makes a big comeback.”
It remains to be seen as to what is next for the 39-fight veteran. Benn urged his foe to retire following their 12 round sequel at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. The son of legendary boxer Nigel Benn has urged Eubank Jr to focus on life after boxing after the latter revealed heading into the fight that he will become a dad to two twin boys next year. “I can see him asking for a rematch, but ultimately I think we should let it lie now,” he said. “We’ve done what we said we would do, we’ve sold out a stadium twice so let’s call it a day.
“He’s got more important things to worry about than fighting. He’s won at life with his two boys and if I was him I would look at his reasons for boxing. Ultimately he will be a dad of two and that’s always a priority. It’s not down to me to say whether he should retire but he has bigger things in life now.”
Eubank Jr was certainly a shell of his former self in the rematch after he landed 300 fewer punches on Benn in their sequel compared with their first fight. ‘Next Gen’ claimed to have been “to hell and back” ahead of his defeat to the ‘Destroyer.’ “I’ve been through hell and back to make it here,” he said. “I genuinely thought that regardless of the issues that I have been dealing with, I would be able to go in there and win, use my boxing skills and use what I used in the first fight to beat Conor Benn. From that first round, I realised that I was mistaken, but it’s OK. I’m a fighter and this is what I do. Regardless of the dangers and the risk, we go to war and that’s what we do.
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“I tried my best. Conor Benn put on a hell of a fight, he had a great performance and did everything that was asked of him. I congratulate him for his performance.” Eubank Jr was invited on more than one occasion to detail what he had been through, but declined. Asked if he might retire, he added: “We’re not talking about that right now.
“This is not about me. This night is about Conor. He did what he needed to do to win and he fought a great fight. You guys saw what I was in there tonight. Yeah, I thought once those bright lights hit and that round went, that I’d find something and I tried. I tried hard, but it wasn’t there and Conor was strong, was fast and he was tough. Yeah, congratulations to him.”
Chris Jr’s cousin Harlem believes the British star has nothing left to prove and is capable of finding success outside of the ring. “I think there is a lot that he can do. He has been one of the most entertaining figures in British boxing in recent times. There is a lot that he can go into. There is a lot he can choose to do,” he told Mirror Fighting.
“Whatever he wants to do really. At the end of the day, as a fighter, you can never really be told when is the right time to get into something else. It will be completely up to him, but I feel like he has got nothing left to prove in the sport. He has achieved a lot. He has been an integral part of the entertainment value of those two great fights that have kind of spearheaded British boxing back to the forefront. As Sr said he is a legend. He has won the hearts of the people. He has got nothing left to prove in the sport.”