Spike O’Sullivan and Chris Eubank will go toe-to-toe on Saturday night in the final eliminator for the WBA World Middleweight title.
The two men have been engaged in a lot of verbal sparring ahead of the fight, which takes place as part of the under-card for the Anthony Joshua and Dillian Whyte bout.
O’Sullivan has promised to knock Eubank out when they meet, while the Englishman has been aggrieved at previous comments allegedly made by O’Sullivan about his family on social media.
Unfortunely for Eubank, things got off to a bad start at the weigh-in as he came in overweight for the fight
Eubank JR is .2 overweight. Surely he can't get away with that
— PeterPan (@LordClarkStark) December 11, 2015
Then things got a little strange.
The Englishman warned O’Sullivan earlier in the week not to try the same stunt he pulled back in November 2014 when he planted a kiss on opponent Anthony Fitzgerald which Eubank called disrespectful.
Clearly the Irishman didn’t get the memo as he leaned in for a smooch during a tense face off between the two.
Spike lands a kiss on Eubank! Eubank weighs over the weight. @KOKINGS4 @TheFightGuru @TOPCLASSBOXING @LDN_BOX pic.twitter.com/PSjGmUk8wR
— Only Full Fights (@OnlyFullFights) December 11, 2015
Fans watching felt it was a bold, but perhaps foolhardy, move:
Gary O'Sullivan making Eubank Jr look scared and then goes and kisses him for bant 😂😂 #lad #badintentions
— Niall Flannery (@nyloflannaz) December 11, 2015
@EddieHearn would love Eubank to knock him out after giving him punishment for 8/9 rounds. What a bellend that Spike geezer is
— Sam B (@Sam2Brown7) December 11, 2015
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