CHRIS EUBANK JR has given fans another look at his horror eye injury as he recovers from a ghastly gash sustained during his win over Conor Benn on Saturday.
Eubank Jr was rushed to hospital at the Stadium at the weekend.
The 35-year-old was after winning the bout and had to miss out on his post-fight press conference.
The Brighton bruiser then spent two nights in the Royal London ward, before .
Now he is back fighting fit and showed off his war wounds in a post on social media after visiting the set of show ‘The Gentleman’.
Eubank Jr showed a close up picture of his bloodshot eye and the stitches required to close the gash above his eye on X.
Alongside pictures of him with actor Theo James and icon-turned on-screen talent , Eubank joked: “On set of ‘The Gentleman’ today.
“Maybe I should just become an actor... not getting punched in the face to earn a living sounds so nice!!”;
during the Benn fight, speculation he was quick to rubbish when he .
He said: “When you get into a fight for 12 rounds there are injuries that are sustained.
“I got headbutted above my eye, right in the middle of the fight it opened up and I had to go and have surgery on that, I had to sew it up.
“ and ran away with the story that a broken jaw – there was no broken jaw here.
“We are strong, our bones are dense, I’m feeling good. I’m feeling grateful that the fight was so well received. I’m in a great place.”;
His comments came after he posted a message on addressing his wounds.
He wrote: “As a fighter we sign up to walk through the fire.
“Once you make it through, the burns and scars are what you have to show the world for the rest of your life. Present them with pride.”;
His father, Sr, had
The 58-year-old icon, , revealed there were desperately worrying times when he didn’t know if his son would survive.
Speaking on hisCall ChrisYouTube show, he said: “Junior was lying down on a stretcher and he was sensitive to light, so he always had a towel and something over his eyes.
“He had a shroud around him, around his eyes and head, and just his beard poking out.
“And in that moment he looked exactly like [his late brother] Sebastian, the spitting image. It’s real for us”;
Adding: “My son was in a touch-and-go situation, life or death.
“He doesn’t respect that because he is a warrior and a warrior goes out on his shield, which he proved.
“He’s not going to listen to the rules. If he can evade and sidestep the rules, he will, because he is a warrior.
“It would be an extraordinary blessing for him, if he was wise enough to walk off into the sunset, there is nothing cooler than that, you cannot buy that.”;
