Former British boxing star Nigel Benn took on son Conor Benn, as they put their family links aside in a comical punching competition live on Good Morning Britain.

The pair appeared on this morning’s instalment on ITV presented by Ben Shephard and Kate Garraway, and competed against each other to see who had the stronger punch via a machine.

Both Benn Snr and Jr were allowed two attempts at the machine-powered bag, and in the early stages it seemed experience proved stronger than youth as Nigel stepped up first to smash 848.

This was then followed up by son Conor – who is the current WBA Continental welterweight champion – however he was unable to live up to the power of his dad with his first attempt.

Benn Jr stepped up for his first strike and after his punch repeatedly shouted: “I missed it, I missed it!”

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Despite what he claimed to be a mis-hit, the score kept on creeping up on the machine, however did not rise far enough as he could only manage 766, 82 points behind his veteran father.

The father-son competitiveness was clear to see following this, as Nigel moved into a quick celebration, before youngster Conor ordered that they both hit again.

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However it was once again not good enough to defeat the 57-year-old as Nigel himself also smashed the exact same score – 860 – to ensure the pair tied, and the spoils were shared.

Twenty-five-year-old Conor was quick to defend his weaker first punch, telling his gloating dad: “I’ll take a draw [but] I skimmed the first one. I’ll take the draw.”