Chris Eubank Q&A's (from his forum!)

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Q: How did you put on the xtra weight for super-middle-weight and stay so lean??

Eubank: Lot's of stretching, push-ups and pull-ups, also force-feeding bowls of pasta (I was never hungry in my fighting days).

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Q: Who was the best you fought ? Was it Benn ?

Eubank: Michael Watson in our second fight. He suprised me with his added power at 12 stone, he punched much harder that night than in our first fight. Not only that, but he abandoned his usual smart boxing style to attack me with endless sharp clusters. What he did was force me into the trenches that tragic night.

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Q: hi chris,

its clearly evident that you are in great shape..what diet do you follow these days and what would you eat if you needed to lose weight for a function..

p.s. how is it possible to get you as a guest speaker?

Eubank: When I wake up I don't feel hungry for anything but my wife. I love cuddling, especially in the morning, and I do it for as long as I can get it.

I find breakfast makes you hungry for lunch, lunch for dinner... and it all makes you overweight. So I start to eat after 12 o'clock. For lunch I like corned beef, white rice and fried onions, which I've eaten for as long as I can remember. My father used to make it; now, no one does it like me. My evening meal will be something like lamb roasted by my wife with probably the best lager in the world - Heineken. I also drink lots of water. Most of the planet is covered with water, so there must be a clue to its worth in that fact. Usually it's tap water because it isn't as old as bottled water. I buy biltong for a snack, from Harrods, since it is healthier than crisps. I also like salt beef and I have lots of vegetables. Cucumbers, organic carrot juice, and broccoli are favourites. Broccoli is not as bad as people make out. It might give you wind, but I'd prefer to have wind and have good health. Health is the number one thing on the planet. However, I am quite partial to rum and raisin ice cream.

I'm finding that the issue of gaining weight is becoming more important as I get older. I used to have a 12-pack and now it's gone down to a nine-and-a-half-pack. Mind you, I watched myself being pulled into a meat wagon after I protested about the Iraq war and I didn't look too bad. My back and my neck looked good. I've been thinking of late that since I stopped boxing I like food much more. It might be because I have more time to eat. Actually I'm quite hungry now... I never used to get hungry. I never used to be a food person. I've became a coffee drinker since I gave up boxing. I also love to eat anything cooked by a Jamaican. Carbs like rice, yellow yam, Renta yam, sweet yam. Also salt fish fried with onions... Oh yes, I am hungry

To lose weight I'd follow a vegetable diet.

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Q: just read your autobiography Chris - "marvellous" .
Have your taste buds moved on to any sweet delicacies other than Strawberry Bonbons and Black Jacks?

Steve

Eubank: Never


Q: dear chris,
do you think amatuer boxing helps alot wive a boxing career or wouldn`t it have that much of an affect because alot of things change

ash. thanks chris

Eubank: Amateur boxing is helpful to your career, you can learn from your mistakes. It is better to learn from your mistakes in amateur than in pro.

Q: True that Chris. Like Amir Khan's lastest bouts were he got knocked down would of been worse for him if he was a Professional suffering that. How did you get on as an Amateur Chris?

Eubank: I'd never even done any sparring before my first two amateur bouts, which I lost, I'd only been boxing for a few weeks. But I learned. I didn't fight again until the following year, I only lost twice after that and they were dodgy decisions. I avenged three of my four amateur defeats whilst still an amateur, I avenged my other amateur defeat as a pro.

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Q: Do you believe that Nigel Benn would of beaten Watson in a rematch.

Eubank: Nigel was supposed to fight the winner of the first fight between myself and Michael. But because the fight was so close, and because people thought that I hadn't proved myself enough or that Michael should of won, there was too much demand for a re-match between myself and Michael and so Benn went elsewhere then. I will say this, the Benn I fought in the first fight was better than the Michael I fought in my first fight with Michael, so Benn would of beat him there. But the Michael I fought in my second fight with Michael would of battered the Benn I fought in the second Benn fight.

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Tell us the truth JUYJUY...

you're Chris Eubank, aren't you?

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Tell us the truth JUYJUY...

you're Chris Eubank, aren't you?

No I'm not.

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Q: firstly mr eubank i got to say that u were my hero. i cannot thank u enough for the memories that u gave. u were a very special addition to brit boxing. i would just like to ask who u consider to be the best p4p fighter in the world today? thanks jamie

Eubank: Floyd Mayweather, and I've been saying this for years, I was saying it before Roy Jones got knocked out. Floyd has the skills to pay the bills.

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Q: Hi Chris. I have to ask- Have you ever seriously considered coming out of retirement since 1998? And ever been close to coming back?

Eubank: I was having dinner with Thomas Hearns, Emanuel Steward, Dennis Andries, Naseem Hamed and George Foreman in April 1999. Emanuel Steward wanted me to fight Thomas Hearns and I seriously considered it, at the time. I backed out because I didn't want to hurt Thomas Hearns, a living legend. That's not being arrogant or anything, because around that time I feel that I would of still been very competitive.

But after travelling to Las Vegas - the fighting capital of the world - in 2001 for Naseem's fight with Barrera, I actually got a buzz. I have to say that the whole trip was amazing. It seemed almost everybody on the plane on the way over there was an English boxing fan. I spent six hours of a nine hour flight speaking to fans about boxing – and all but one were Naseem fans and were coming over to support him. Everywhere I went in Las Vegas I met boxing people. Everybody from boxing was there - Lennox Lewis, Mike Tyson, Floyd Mayweather. I knew I hadn't had the chance to fight in Las Vegas because Roy Jones wouldn't give me a title shot out of the blue, and that's fair enough. The Nunn and Toney fights didn't come off when I was Champion. But then it suddenly dawned on me - in 2001 - that I could come back and give Roy Jones something to fight for if I managed to defeat Dariusz Michalczewski or Joe Calzaghe. I'd already fought in Wales and Germany in my career, I responded to a hostile crowd in my career. Another option was to try to defeat Johnny Nelson in Sheffield and then maybe get a fight with Toney in Las Vegas. But on the eve of Naseem's fight with Barrera, I was having dinner with Lennox Lewis and George Foreman and the guys advised me to not come back. I saw sense.

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Q: Who do you rate as being the best of the 1990's?? (PS you cant choice yourself lol)

Eubank: Pernell Whitaker. Pernell was poetic.