Chris Eubank Sr is widely regarded as one of British boxing’s biggest ever stars.
He competed throughout the 1980s and 1990s, becoming a two-weight world champion at middleweight and super-middleweight, along with being involved in some of the most memorable fights the UK has ever seen.
He famously had clashes with the likes of Nigel Benn, Steve Collins, Michael Watson, Joe Calzaghe and Carl Thompson, and Eubank has now named who he deems to be his toughest ever opponent.
Speaking on his Call Chris Eubank YouTube channel, Eubank stated it was the final fights of his career against Thompson that he views as the toughest.
“I fought a fellow in my last two fights, Carl ‘The Cat’ Thompson. These two fights were fights in which I was to be assassinated. What I mean by that is being punched to pieces where I wouldn’t or shouldn’t be able to speak.”
After spending his entire career at middleweight and super-middleweight, Eubank moved up to cruiserweight for the initial clash against Thompson in April 1998, suffering a unanimous decision defeat in a close encounter where two of the judges scored the bout to Thompson by just a single point.
It meant that an immediate rematch then took place just three months later, with Thompson securing a ninth round retirement victory on this occasion, the only time in Eubank’s career 52 fight that he was ever stopped.
Thompson’s career ended with a record of 34 wins and 6 defeats, having famously handed a young David Haye his first professional loss, whilst also taking on fellow former British cruiserweight champion Johnny Nelson.
