Chris Eubank Jr has stated that a loss to Conor Benn next month will signal the end of his career.
Eubank Jr faces bitter rival Benn in a rescheduled showdown at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on April 26.
The Brighton man will be 36-years-old in September and feels a defeat to Benn, who is coming up a weight division to face him, will leave him with nowhere to go.
“Yes [I will retire if I lose],” the 35-year-old said on Piers Morgan Uncensored.
“There is a point in every fighter’s life where they will reach where they can’t go any further.
“If I can’t beat Conor Benn now, then I’ve reached my ceiling, which is why this fight is so deathly important to me, because I don’t want to retire.
“I don’t want to give up.
“I don’t want to sail off into the sunset.
“I still have things to achieve.”
Former super middleweight world champion, Carl Froch insists age is not on ‘Next Gen’s side and feels one more loss for Eubank Jr would send him into retirement.
Despite this though, ‘The Cobra’ expects his former sparring partner to continue if he is beaten by ‘The Destroyer’ in a close fight five weeks on Saturday.
Speaking on his YouTube channel Froch On Fighting, the Nottingham man said: “Even if it wasn’t Conor Benn.
“Approaching 36-years-old, he’s ready for retirement anyway at this stage of his career.
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“So a loss now to anybody would be retirement.
“But, if he loses to Conor Benn in a close one, is he going to retire?
“I don’t think so.
“I think he’ll fight him again.
“Get the second one. Maybe get the third one.
“If the fight’s close we’re going to have a number two let’s be honest.”
The pair, who were supposed to have fought in October 2022, before Benn failed a drugs test, reportedly have a two-way rematch clause in their contracts.
Benn was cleared by the National Anti-Doping Panel in November and their rearranged meeting will take place at the middleweight limit of 160lbs.
Neither man is able to come in above 10lbs at a second day weigh in on the morning of the fight and would be fined $500,000 per pound they come in over, according to insider Dan Rafael.
