Chris Eubank Sr was a famously proud man who didn’t duck from any challenge.
Eubank Sr had a remarkable career in the 1990s when he became known for his flamboyant personality and iron will.
He held the WBO middleweight and super-middleweight titles and fought with an unorthodox style and always showed great durability as well as having an ability to entertain both inside and outside the ring.
He remained undefeated in his first 10 years as a professional and had famous rivalries with Nigel Benn and Michael Watson.
Speaking on Sky Sports Boxing, however, he admitted there was one man he wasn’t so keen to face in his prime and that was Roy Jones Jr who held multiple world championships in four weight classes,
“I didn’t have to go chasing. I had no ego to fight James Toney, to fight Roy Jones, this was a kind of suicide.
This man [Roy Jones], we met, when Naseem was fighting April 2001, I actually said to you, did you say the only person you think would give you trouble is Chris Eubank. If that fight had have happened, we both would have been hurt because I would have to go to war with you to win.
You can’t beat guys like this in his time, all respect [to Joe Calzaghe], Suicide. Same with Toney. I was never focused that way. For me, it was never about being the best. I was happy being one of the best. That was my truth.
Why would I want to fight a guy like Roy Jones in his prime?”
Eubank Sr retired in 1998 and in more recent times his son Chris Eubank Jr has carried on the family’s boxing tradition, including a heated rivalry with Nigel Benn’s son Conor.
