CHRIS EUBANK Jr is handing over £50,000 to the undercard fighters who lost out when his first Conor Benn bout was called off.

Ahead of the two Brits’ long-awaited family grudge clash on April 26, Eubank is keeping a promise made over the original fight date of October 2022.

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It means the IBO middleweight champion will pay more than £3,5000 to each of the boxers who were on the card three years ago.

He posted on Instagram: “After my first scheduled bout with @ConorNigel got cancelled… @EddieHearn & @MatchroomBoxing never compensated anyone for their training camps, which never sat well with me.

“So here’s a little something to help out the undercard fighters that were left out of pocket.”

Eubank added a screenshot of payments made to 10 fighters.

And at the bottom of his message he added in brackets: “Few boxers didn’t want to give me their bank details… maybe they will now.”

The 2022 bout was cancelled at short notice after Benn failed two drugs tests.

And three months ago, Eubank Jr slapped his rival with an EGG in a reference to Benn’s explanation of his anti-doping violations.

The son of former world middleweight champion Chris Eubank Senior also said he would “set it right” after undercard fighters were left out of pocket.

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Nearly all all boxers involved on the card from three years back had a rescheduled date almost immediately.

But Eubank Jr said: “The first fight, 20,000 people bought tickets. Hotel rooms, plane tickets, accommodation, planned their whole weekend about this fight and none were compensated by Eddie/Matchroom/Conor.

“Worse than that, the undercard… there were a number of fighters who went through entire camps – they aren’t cheap – thousands if not tens of thousands on trainers, gym fees, nutritionists, physiotherapy, these fighters all paid for their camps, lost all that money and were never compensated.”

The original night had a bumper list of fights down the card.

Eubank Jr’s younger cousin Harlem, Olympic gold medallist Galal Yafai and super-bantamweight titleholder Ellie Scotney were amongst those scheduled to box.

Matchroom are yet to comment on the 35-year-old’s Instagram post about payments.

It comes as Eubank Jr sticks to a tough regime for his meeting with Nigel Benn‘s son at  at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium a week on Saturday.

He told sky Sports:  “Every day is a graft.

“Everything is scheduled, it’s strict, it’s regimented. That’s what you have to do to prepare to go to war.

“It’s not fun, it’s not a nice part of the sport having to boil yourself down to a certain weight.

“Adding in the fact that I can now not rehydrate fully, I can’t eat and drink as much as I want after the weigh-in, adds another element of discomfort and hardship to what I’m going through.

“But this is what we sign up for, this is what we do as professional athletes.

“As elite-level fighters, you have to go through these trials, these tribulations, and I’ve been doing it my entire career so I have no doubt that the weight will be made.”

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