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Eubank would repeat his mistake in accepting a title fight at short notice again when Collins refused to face Joe Calzaghe. Chris had returned to training for a challenge for the WBC intercontinental light-heavyweight title, with a view to a world title shot at that weight. Yet with his old title vacated, he accepted the offer to try to regain his old title, facing a young and fit Joe Calzaghe. After an exhausting two week weight draining regimen the comebacking legend fought bravely, and to this day Calzaghe, himself a superstar, claims Eubank gave him the hardest fight of his life. This proved to be the finale of his middle and super-middleweight career, which he ended with an impressive 45-3 win/loss record.
His 1998 comeback fights against Carl Thompson at cruiserweight saw an ageing, once retired Eubank bravely lose to a young champion of a much heavier weight than Chris had fought at for a decade. Eubank lost narrowly on points in the first slugfest, and in the second was ahead on the scorecards when the fight was stopped by the ringside doctor at the end of the tenth, though Eubank protested bitterly.
The losses late in his career saw the British public respond warmly to him, as he proved his bravery which had not been tested since the wars with Benn and Watson. Eubank retired as a long unbeaten fighter, and two weight world champion for six years.
Eubank the celebrity
Away from boxing, Eubank comes across as an eccentric. He speaks with a lisp and in upper-class tones, dresses as a stereotypically upper-class Englishman (in jodhpurs, bowler hat and riding boots, and famously sports a monocle), drives unusual vehicles (including a customised Harley Davidson and a huge American Peterbilt 379 truck cab which is the largest truck in Europe) and carries a cane. At one time he owned the only Hummer in the British Isles.
In 1991 and 1993 he won the Britain's Best Dressed Man award, given by the Menswear Association of Great Britain. In 1998 and 2001 he won the Gold Tie Pin Award. In 1993 and 1995 he won the Daily Express Best Dressed Sportsman award. Also in 1993 he was awarded 'Best Capped Head' as well as 'Best Kept Hair'.
In 1991 Chris was the first celebrity to go on TV to talk about the 'Breast Cancer' charity, 'Breakthrough' when he launched the charity on GMTV.
In the early 1990s, Eubank was made a puppet on Spitting Image and saw it as a tribute and took it in good humour.
In 1994 he took over a prime site in the Brighton area, which he called 'Buckingham Place'. He knocked down the building keeping the grade II facade intact and building 69 flats for the homeless, using £1,250,000 of his own money. The building was leased to the charity sanctuary with the lowest rates in the country. The Prince of Wales architect Dominic Richards was so impressed that they are now working on doing a similar project in London.
He featured on the front cover of Esquire magazine for the April 1992 edition, and did a photoshoot for Esquire magazine for the May 1992 edition. According to Rosie Boycott, sales of Esquire magazine went up by 76% when Eubank was on the front cover.
In 1996, he was the guest presenter on Top of the Pops the week Suggs from Madness was at number six with a song called Cecilia; this was a move apparently made to capitilise on his minor speech impediment for humorous effect. The video of a boxer with a lisp saying 'Suggs is at six with Cecilia' was shown on programmes such as Never Mind the Buzz****s for a long time afterwards.
Eubank and his wife, Karron (married on 23rd December, 1990 in Brighton), have four children (Christopher, born on 18th September, 1989, Sebastian, born on 18th July, 1991, Emily, born on 19th April, 1994, and Joseph, born on 23rd October, 1996) and have over the years starred in various television programmes. In 2001, Eubank was the subject of a Louis Theroux documentary entitled "When Louis met Chris Eubank", in which Theroux and his camera crew accompany Eubank for a period of time. In 2003, they invited television cameras to follow their lives for nine months; the resulting show, At Home With The Eubanks, was broadcast on Five. In 2001, Eubank appeared in the reality television show Celebrity Big Brother on Channel Four, where he was the first celebrity to be 'evicted'.
Eubank also had his own radio show on Talk Radio called Eubanks People, where he invited the likes of Linford Christie, John Fashanu, Lennox Lewis and Naseem Hamed into the studio as guests.
He has featured in television advertisements (commercials) for Nescafe, McDonald's, and Jaffa Cakes.
Eubank has modelled for Vivienne Westwood and Versace.
In 1999, he launched the Sega Dreamcast.
In 1999, he featured in his truck on the music video for the song "Turn Around" by Phats & Small.
In 1999, Eubank was one of few of Londons A-list invited to the launch party of the Gumball 3000, as a friend of the founder Maximillion Cooper.
Karron petitioned for divorce from Eubank in August 2005.
His 1998 comeback fights against Carl Thompson at cruiserweight saw an ageing, once retired Eubank bravely lose to a young champion of a much heavier weight than Chris had fought at for a decade. Eubank lost narrowly on points in the first slugfest, and in the second was ahead on the scorecards when the fight was stopped by the ringside doctor at the end of the tenth, though Eubank protested bitterly.
The losses late in his career saw the British public respond warmly to him, as he proved his bravery which had not been tested since the wars with Benn and Watson. Eubank retired as a long unbeaten fighter, and two weight world champion for six years.
Eubank the celebrity
Away from boxing, Eubank comes across as an eccentric. He speaks with a lisp and in upper-class tones, dresses as a stereotypically upper-class Englishman (in jodhpurs, bowler hat and riding boots, and famously sports a monocle), drives unusual vehicles (including a customised Harley Davidson and a huge American Peterbilt 379 truck cab which is the largest truck in Europe) and carries a cane. At one time he owned the only Hummer in the British Isles.
In 1991 and 1993 he won the Britain's Best Dressed Man award, given by the Menswear Association of Great Britain. In 1998 and 2001 he won the Gold Tie Pin Award. In 1993 and 1995 he won the Daily Express Best Dressed Sportsman award. Also in 1993 he was awarded 'Best Capped Head' as well as 'Best Kept Hair'.
In 1991 Chris was the first celebrity to go on TV to talk about the 'Breast Cancer' charity, 'Breakthrough' when he launched the charity on GMTV.
In the early 1990s, Eubank was made a puppet on Spitting Image and saw it as a tribute and took it in good humour.
In 1994 he took over a prime site in the Brighton area, which he called 'Buckingham Place'. He knocked down the building keeping the grade II facade intact and building 69 flats for the homeless, using £1,250,000 of his own money. The building was leased to the charity sanctuary with the lowest rates in the country. The Prince of Wales architect Dominic Richards was so impressed that they are now working on doing a similar project in London.
He featured on the front cover of Esquire magazine for the April 1992 edition, and did a photoshoot for Esquire magazine for the May 1992 edition. According to Rosie Boycott, sales of Esquire magazine went up by 76% when Eubank was on the front cover.
In 1996, he was the guest presenter on Top of the Pops the week Suggs from Madness was at number six with a song called Cecilia; this was a move apparently made to capitilise on his minor speech impediment for humorous effect. The video of a boxer with a lisp saying 'Suggs is at six with Cecilia' was shown on programmes such as Never Mind the Buzz****s for a long time afterwards.
Eubank and his wife, Karron (married on 23rd December, 1990 in Brighton), have four children (Christopher, born on 18th September, 1989, Sebastian, born on 18th July, 1991, Emily, born on 19th April, 1994, and Joseph, born on 23rd October, 1996) and have over the years starred in various television programmes. In 2001, Eubank was the subject of a Louis Theroux documentary entitled "When Louis met Chris Eubank", in which Theroux and his camera crew accompany Eubank for a period of time. In 2003, they invited television cameras to follow their lives for nine months; the resulting show, At Home With The Eubanks, was broadcast on Five. In 2001, Eubank appeared in the reality television show Celebrity Big Brother on Channel Four, where he was the first celebrity to be 'evicted'.
Eubank also had his own radio show on Talk Radio called Eubanks People, where he invited the likes of Linford Christie, John Fashanu, Lennox Lewis and Naseem Hamed into the studio as guests.
He has featured in television advertisements (commercials) for Nescafe, McDonald's, and Jaffa Cakes.
Eubank has modelled for Vivienne Westwood and Versace.
In 1999, he launched the Sega Dreamcast.
In 1999, he featured in his truck on the music video for the song "Turn Around" by Phats & Small.
In 1999, Eubank was one of few of Londons A-list invited to the launch party of the Gumball 3000, as a friend of the founder Maximillion Cooper.
Karron petitioned for divorce from Eubank in August 2005.
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