Chris Eubank Jr vs Conor Benn official scorecards released as judges cause controversy

The judges' scorecards for 's victory over have been revealed after the controversial unanimous decision - with all three giving the winner the first round and one even had Eubank winning round two. The pair put on an incredible spectacle at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in a bout that could go down as fight of the year after both men left everything in the ring.

But there was outcry on social media after , despite it being an evenly matched contest that could have gone either way.

Many pundits and fans scored the fight as a draw, with Benn's promoter Eddie Hearn questioning how anyone could think Eubank had won by four rounds. led the fury on , writing: "What? All three judges said it was 116-112 ?!!!! That’s ridiculous. Fight was way closer than that, a draw would have been fairer result."

It certainly looked like Benn had won the first three rounds, yet the three judges - Lee Every, Kieran McCann and Mark Bates - all gave the first round to Eubank.

After what looked like a dominant round from Benn in the second, McCann and Bates both gave it to "The Destroyer", but Every felt Eubank won it to put him 2-0 on his scorecard.

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All three then had Eubank winning rounds four, five and six, with two of them giving Eubank round seven and one of them awarding it to Benn. Rounds eight, nine and ten were difficult to score as both men swung at each other wildly and had their fair share of success. That was reflected in the scorecards with mixed verdicts.

However, the three judges all agreed that Eubank won the last two rounds and that appeared to be decisive in his overall triumph to leave "Next Gen" elated. He had already been given a huge lift by the shock appearance of his father Chris Eubank Sr, who walked to the ring with his son despite the two being estranged for many years.

When asked what impact the arrival of his father had, he told : "A lot, it was special. He needed to be here. All of this is because of what he did – and we did it again. I’m happy to have this man with me.

“I’ve upheld the family name, like we said we were going to, so it’s onwards and upwards. The fact that our fathers did what they did all those years ago, it brings out another soul and spirit – and that’s what we both showed tonight.”

“Everything surprised me, I didn’t know he had what he had in him,” Eubank Jr said. “I thought I’d break him early. I underestimated him. I didn’t train for a fight like that — he’s never shown that, but then again, he’s never had to show it. He had to show it tonight, and so did I."

Benn couldn't hide his frustration after the fight but refused to blame the judges and instead claimed he didn't do enough to win - vowing to get his "revenge" in the rematch.

“It’s a hard one to swallow,” Benn told a press conference. “I didn’t come into the fight thinking it would be that close, I didn’t come into it to lose, I came in to win and I was not good enough and I need to do better. I want the revenge, I want my revenge. I think inactivity played a big part. I think it took me back. I had Eubank hurt multiple times but I couldn’t get the finish and I’ll make sure for next time that the finish is there.”