Chris Eubank Jr has heartbreakingly admitted that he doesn't want his father in his corner anymore - and that the pair are now 'in a weird and somewhat strange place in our lives'.
It's an open secret that he wants to fight Conor Benn but that his father, Chris Eubank Sr, has concerns about the bout.
Eubank Jr has now decided to cut him loose from his corner, insisting he needs to be able to forge his own path.
As a result, the relationship between the two has now changed.
Chris Eubank Jr has heartbreakingly admitted that he doesn't want his father in his corner anymore - and that the pair are now 'in a weird and somewhat strange place in our lives'
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In an interview with the Daily Mail, the boxing star said: "My dad and I are in a weird and somewhat strange place in our lives at the moment.
"It's very hard to go through an entire career being with your old man, and then to not have him around anymore in terms of the boxing side of things.
"I just felt that that's what I needed."
Eubank Sr has concerns about weight management and associated health risks as Eubank Jr continues to hold out hope of facing Benn.
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The 34-year-old has navigated virtually all of his boxing career with his father backing him every step of the way.
He now admits that the situation is tricky and that he can't see the situation changing until he finally hangs up his gloves for good, despite the painful decision.
"I think this situation will probably continue for a while," he continued.
"I think it will take me retiring for us to be able to kind of just become father and son, because at the moment, he can't separate business and boxing from just being my dad.
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"I said to him I don't need advice. I don't need a coach. I don't need a mentor. I just need a dad.
"But, he can't do that. He's still trying to figure that dynamic out, so I've just got to let him go, let him do his thing."
At the age of 34, Eubank Jr clearly feels it is the right time for him to make the change.
He is grateful to his father for all the wisdom he's passed on over the years, helping him become the boxer he is today.
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However, Eubank Jr acknowledges the decision was a tough one for his father - and that he's more than happy to now shoulder all of the responsibility for the decisions he makes.
"I felt like I wanted to - and I would say this to him as well - make my own decisions. My career couldn't be controlled by my father anymore," he stated.
"I'm going to write a book one day and the book can't be everything that my dad said I should do, I did.
"I've got to find out my own path and I've got to make my own choices. I've got to write my own future.
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"He guided me, he helped me. He stuck by me through the early stages. But as an adult now, I'm confident enough to make my own choices. Whether it be for good or for worse I need to do it.
"If I succeed, great. If I fail, it's still great, because it was on me. I can't fail because of something I did that someone else told me to do. I wasn't going to give him that power or that pressure.
"I wanted everything to be on me. As a man, I think that's fair. "But that was hard for him to hear because throughout my whole life, he's always been there. He's always been the one kind of controlling me and telling me what to do, and I would follow.
"So, that's been hard for him to deal with. That mindset, what I was saying and I wanted to proceed with things. He struggled with that."
