(Essentially Sports) – Chris Eubank Jr. is set to face off against long-time rival Conor Benn this Saturday night at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, in what promises to be a highly charged showdown.
However, as anticipation builds for the bout, a somber reminder from Eubank Jr.’s past has resurfaced on social media—the harrowing story of Nick Blackwell.
Blackwell faced Eubank Jr. in 2016, a brutal contest that left him with a life-altering brain injury and brought his professional boxing career to an abrupt end.
Now, over nine years later, a pressing question lingers: has Blackwell fully recovered from the trauma? That, too, after suffering not just one, but two serious brain injuries. CONTINUE