Chris Eubank fought 52 times in his illustrious career, and is one of Britain’s most iconic boxers.
Chris Eubank retired with a record of 45-5-2, having lost to just three men in his entire career.
Eubank, like Arturo Gatti and Micky Ward, cannot be mentioned without naming Nigel Benn alongside him, as the pair gave British fans one of the biggest rivalries of all time.
Chris Eubank almost asked Nigel Benn to let him win
In 1990, Eubank and Benn squared off for the first time for the WBO middleweight title, and Eubank won via ninth-round TKO.
Eubank, who revealed the insult that cost him a world title, said on his YouTube channel that Benn was his most feared opponent, and that he even considered pleading with him to let him win their fight:
“Don’t laugh, because this is the human condition. It must’ve been about a month, no, two weeks, before the fight and I was wondering whether I could actually ask Nigel ‘You’re already so well known and I’ve been working so hard for this opportunity and…’
“Would you believe this, I mean I don’t even know whether I should say this, it went through my mind to ask him ‘Please let me win.”
Eubank, who is now a police officer in Louisiana, claimed he “quickly trampled” this mentality and pulled himself together. The pair fought again three years later in a much-anticipated rematch, where the pair fought to a draw, though many believe Benn was the rightful winner.
Chris Eubank is proud his son followed in his footsteps despite being estranged
Eubank’s son, Chris Eubank Jr. is due to fight next month in the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium against Nigel Benn’s son, Conor Benn, in a continuation of their fathers’ legacies.
Eubank and his son have not been on great terms for some time, and Billy Joe Saunders claims a fight between Eubank and Eubank Jr. is the reason for this.
However, when asked: “Are you proud of your son following in your footsteps?” Eubank replied with the following:
“Yes, because he can now see what I had to go through, and, even more so, around four years ago, he decided he wanted to do it his way, so he got a completely new team and they’ve been running his career ever since.
I’m very happy he chose boxing, but I’m saddened by him thinking that he was going to find another group.”
Eddie Hearn had offered a £1M bet on his man to win, but Hearn withdrew from the Eubank bet after suggesting it could cost him his license, something Eubank Jr. believes to be nonsense.