"Lol he didn’t see that coming" : Fans react hilariously as Chris Eubank Jr slaps Conor Benn with an egg

British boxing's most highly touted grudge fight just got a whole lot dirtier (literally). At a heated press conference in Manchester, Chris Eubank Jr chose to add flavor to the pre-fight hype with a good old-fashioned slap with an egg, getting Conor Benn in the face with what can only be regarded as a breakfast-based disrespect.

The stunt with Benn seething and the crowd gasping comes before their highly anticipated bout at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium this April - two and a half years since their original fight plans were derailed. With tempers fraying and the mind games now extending to physical confrontation, this feud is getting juicier by the minute.

Chris Eubank Jr thought that trash talk was not sufficient, so he supplemented it with some protein. When Conor Benn leaned in to deliver some verbal volleys, Eubank Jr simply turned his head, let him get cozy, and then - BAM -introduced an egg into Benn's face like a chef experimenting with a new omelet recipe.

As soon as the video went viral, a fan took to his X account and commented:

"Lol he didn’t see that coming"

Chaos broke out immediately, with security rushing in to break up the two before things devolved from a "food fight" to a full-scale boxing match before it was even time.

Benn was expecting to exchange words, not breakfast, and now he knows to be on the lookout for Eubank Jr.'s supermarket moves.

If the egg slap wasn't crazy enough, the internet's response escalated it to a new level. In minutes, social media was filled with memes, jokes, and speculations.

Either way, fans went haywire, making the press conference the wildest breakfast special of the year. Here's how they responded to the most unpredictable 'crack' in boxing history.

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Netizens react as Chris Eubank Jr slaps Conor Benn with an egg

The entire episode unfolded as some sort of a surreal combination of a boxing stare-down and an improv skit. If mental games had a culinary section, Eubank Jr. would now be head chef:

"Bro will be a dry for life!," a user joked.

"Dude who got slap was like," another user hilariously commented.

"You gotta just lay down on the mat, right? It doesn't matter who wins. He owns him. Egged? Lmao," a netizen sarcastically expressed.

If this is the pre-fight atmosphere, the actual fight may require a grocery aisle sponsorship.

"That’s gotta be the most protein-packed punch of all time!," a folk commented.

"Bro spent $50 just to break an egg over someone. Must be nice to be rich," another user hilariously wrote.

"That’s an expensive message these days," another netizen joked.

Then there's the peanut gallery, enjoying a happy munch of popcorn and lobbing jokes in for the sake of it. No in-depth analysis, no taking a side - pure entertainment. For them, this was not a press conference or a build-up to a fight; it was the year's top comedy special, featuring two boxers and a very ill-fated egg:

"Thats so nasty," a user commented.

"That’s an Eggcellent punch," a netizen joking wrote.

With eggs in the air, tempers raging, and the internet roasting the entire debacle, this bout is already dishing up more drama than a reality TV show. If the pre-fight shenanigans are this crazy, who knows what comes next - pancakes at the weigh-in?

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