Former world boxing champion was eating curry and chips in polystyrene tray one week before winning on Eubank-Benn card

A FORMER boxing world champion ate curry and chips in a sulk just one week before fighting on the Eubank-Benn undercard.

Back in October 1993, the two boxing legends were ready to meet at Old Trafford for their highly-anticipated rematch.

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Barry Jones ate curry and chips in a sulk just one week before his big break[/caption]

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Former champion got a last minute call to be on the Nigel Benn and Chris Eubank undercard[/caption]

In a blockbuster month for boxing, Lennox Lewis was fighting Frank Bruno in Cardiff the week before.

Future world champion Barry Jones watched the clash with his feet up after being brutally snubbed of a spot on the undercard.

The young Welshman had won the first five professional fights of his career and believed he should have got his big break that night, only for Joe Calzaghe’s debut to be chosen instead.

But Jones would get his opportunity sooner than expected, telling DAZN: “I remember it so well, I was having curry and chips from in a rugby club from a polystyrene tray.

“I was watching Bruno vs Lewis on the screen and I was sulking because I wasn’t on the show because I was undefeated and a big ticket seller. 

“On the Sunday morning, I got a call from my trainer, not asking me but telling me, I was fighting on the undercard at Old Trafford. 

“I boxed out my skin and I remember the atmosphere being fantastic.”

Jones beat John White on points that evening before Eubank and Benn was judged a draw.

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It turned out to be just his first huge win and he went on to claim the WBO super featherweight title in 1997.

But Jones was stripped of his belt after a routine brain scan flagged an anomaly.

There was a gap in his membrane and doctors were concerned over an increased likelihood of him suffering brain damage as a boxer.

The British Boxing Board of Control suspended him and stripped him of his title before he was cleared to fight again a year later.

Since retiring, Jones has become a top commentator for the likes of Sky Sports and BoxNation.