'It was attempted murder and they wanted me to be an accomplice': Chris Eubank Sr goes on the warpath AGAIN over his son's collapsed fight with Conor Benn after he was asked to work as a pundit... as he reveals his 'outrage' that it nearly went ahead

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Chris Eubank Sr has shockingly claimed that organisers behind the collapsed fight between Conor Benn and his son Chris Eubank Jr were committing 'attempted murder'.

London's O2 Arena was set to host a grudge match between the sons of British boxing legends Eubank Sr and Nigel Benn last Saturday, before Conor tested positive for the banned substance clomifene.

The bout was axed after the British Boxing Board of Control released a statement to insist they were prohibiting the fight from taking place.

Chris Eubank Sr has accused the organisers of his son's collapsed fight of 'attempted murder'

Ahead of the drugs test saga, Eubank Jr was required to cut his weight down to below 157lbs in order to match the agreed catchweight.

The 33-year-old boxer had also agreed to a rehydration clause on the day of the fight, which would have resulted in him having to weigh-in a second time.

The weight stipulations caused great concern for Eubank Sr, who felt the bout should have been halted long before news of Benn's positive drugs test last week.

Eubank Jr's grudge bout with Conor Benn was called off last week after Benn failed a drugs test

He insisted the organisers were at fault for quickly forcing his son to shed weight in an effort to put on the showpiece.

The 56-year-old told talkSPORT: 'Anyone who attempts to murder my son, I have my view of them, of what I'm going to share with the world.'

When asked whether he felt he had made a strong accusation, Eubank Sr swiftly replied: 'What do you mean strong? That's not strong, that's very polite for anyone who would attempt to murder my boy. Why is it strong?

'You don't know – if you're 33 years old, you can't do what you used to do in your mid-20s, which is to lose weight and to be able to handle the loss of that weight.

The British boxer was required to cut his weight below 157lbs in order to face Benn on Saturday

'To take a man down 3lbs beneath the middleweight limit (160lbs), to have him boil down to 157lbs is literally attempted murder.

'And they wanted me to be an accomplice to it. They were asking me to take money to come onto DAZN and be a part of it.

'They asked me to be in my son's corner, they were trying to pay me to be in my son's corner, they wanted me to be an accomplice to my son's murder.

'Now if you think that's strong you need to talk to Michael Watson, you need to talk to Gerald McClellan – if he can make sense.

'You need to speak to Nick Blackwell, you need to speak to Mike Tyson, you need to speak to Lennox Lewis, then you'll understand the magnitude of this outrage.'