After beating Benn in an enthralling contest, Eubank Jr was taken to hospital for what his promoter Ben Shalom known as “precautionary checks”.
Eubank Sr spent “two nights and three days” by his facet.
“He does not go away the hospital and he was sleeping within the hallway,” Eubank Jr stated.
“Was I anticipating that? To be utterly sincere, no.
“We might been estranged for 4 years and after I noticed that I knew ‘Okay, he nonetheless loves me. He is nonetheless my dad’.”
Within the aftermath of such a gruelling bout, Eubank Sr requested his son to think about retirement, however Eubank Jr is not prepared to hold the gloves up but as he prepares for a brand new chapter.
In a poignant second within the movie, Eubank Jr tells his father he’ll quickly be a grandfather to twin boys.
Eubank Jr says he desires to do issues otherwise to his father.
“I need to be the kind of father that my children can come to and discuss something. I could not do this with my previous man. He was too strict, he was too disciplinarian,” Eubank Jr stated.
For now, speak of boxing is off limits for the pair as they give the impression of being to concentrate on rebuilding their relationship as father and son.
“What I would like from him as a father is friendship,” Eubank Jr stated.
“I would like to have the ability to go to the cinema, go to an occasion or sit at a restaurant and discuss something however boxing.
“I simply desire a dad.”
Watch The Eubanks: Like Father, Like Son on BBC Three and BBC iPlayer at 21:00 GMT on Tuesday.
Observe dwell textual content commentary on Eubank v Benn 2 from 20:00 on 15 November on the BBC Sport web site & app.
