WBO Middleweight and Super Middleweight Boxer

Born in Dulwich, England, Christopher Livingston Eubank spent his early years in Jamaica from the age of two months to six years, before returning to England to live in East London. Eubank grew up in poverty, and his mother left for New York when he was eight years old. After being suspended and expelled from several schools, care homes and boarding schools, Eubank ended up homeless in his early teens. At the age of 16, his father sent him to New York to live with his mother in the South Bronx.

Eubank made a fresh start in the South Bronx, attending church and studying at Morris High School (he graduated in the summer of 1986). All his time outside of church and school was spent training at the Jerome Boxing Club on Westchester Avenue (his older brothers, Peter and Simon used to be boxers in Peckham and later retired). Eubank became obsessed with trying to improve his skills at the boxing gym and trained seven days a week, becoming an amateur boxer and winning the 1984 New York Spanish Golden Gloves. He then reached the semi-finals of the 1985 New York Daily News Golden Gloves at Madison Square Garden.

Boxing helped give Eubank discipline and direction during his tough teenage years.

Eubank turned professional after running up a $250 telephone bill that his mother couldn't afford. His debut was at the Atlantis Hotel against Timmy Brown, shortly after his 19th birthday. He won over four rounds on points, and four more four-rounders followed (all in Atlantic City) with four more points wins. He finally returned to the UK in January 1988, making Brighton, where his brothers Peter and Simon had settled, his adopted home. He was determined to become world champion. In October 1988, when he was 10 and 0 as a professional boxer, Eubank first started calling out Nigel Benn, and they would become arch-rivals.

His vault over the top rope (he first vaulted over the top rope on his professional debut, and every fight after) and trademark posturing became the stuff of legend, and he had a reputation for controversy. He kept his unbeaten record for over ten years, and was the man everybody loved to hate due to his ring persona. In 1990 he won the world title against Nigel Benn in a legendary fight, then, in 1991, he was involved in one of the greatest fights of all-time at White Hart Lane where he sent the ill-fated Michael Watson into a coma and contemplated quitting the sport.

Eubank revelled in his role as boxing's great showman, with 20 world title fights in a row before finally losing. His comeback fights against Carl Thompson, at a much heavier weight, saw fight fans finally warm to him due to the courage and bravery that had long gone missing since the first Benn and second Watson fights.

Chris has been one of the only fighters to articulate and intellectualise the art of boxing.

Away from boxing, Eubank comes across as an eccentric. He dresses impeccably (he used to wear jodhpurs, bowler hat, riding boots, and famously wore a monocle), drives unusual vehicles (including a customised Harley Davidson, a Hummer and an American Peterbilt truck) and carries a cane. However, Eubank insists he is not an eccentric - just a showman.

In the United Kingdom Chris is a household name.

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.

Eubank and his ex-wife, Karron, have four children. In 2003, they invited television cameras to follow their lives for nine months; the resulting show, At Home With The Eubanks, was broadcast on the UK television channel Channel Five. In 2001, Eubank appeared in the reality television show Celebrity Big Brother on the UK television channel Channel Four.

In a poll published by BBC Homes and Antiques magazine in January 2006, Eubank was voted the second most eccentric star, being beaten by Björk.

He is the Lord of the Manor of Brighton.

Chris joined one and a half million people in London in a protest against the war in Iraq in 2003. He made a statement on his American Peterbilt truck which bore the message “Tony Blair: Military occupation causes terrorism”.

Chris has worked with many charities over the years including Sparks , Rainbow Trust, Aspire, and the Homeless. He launched the Breast Cancer charity 'Breakthrough' in 1991. Chris also has travelled to South Africa for the International Fund for Animal Welfare to help their campaign.

One of Chris’s hobbies is public speaking. He has spoken at Oxford twice, Cambridge six times, Eaton, the London School of Economics, the London University, Exeter University, Sussex University and corporate functions many times. He has spoken at three prisons in the UK - Ford, Layhill and Durham.

Chris has done integrated marketing campaigns for Nestle/Nescafe, MacDonalds, Unigate, Reebok, Wrigleys, Govermental campaigns for the environment, British Rail and Sky.

Chris has made three citizens arrests, one of which he was given a 999 Award for.

Brand Eubank is blue chip.

In 2004, Chris's autobiography ‘Eubank’ was published.

In Chris's career he had 52 fights, 5 World Championship Loses, 2 World Championship Draws, 45 Wins, 19 of which were consecutive World Championship wins at middle and supermiddle weight.