Chris Eubank Jr is a young professional boxer following in his father’s footsteps. He succeeded in this fort and had two prestigious titles so far; he was interim WBA champion and British middleweight between 2015 and 2016 and also became IBO super middleweight champion and reigned for one year – from 2017 to 2018. He is the son of the world boxing champion of five-year-old Christopher Eubank Sr.
Following in his father’s footsteps, Chris Eubank Jr has been ranked as the most active super middleweight in the world by BoxRec, third by the Transnational Boxing Rankings Board and fourth by Ring magazine.
Bio of Chris Eubank Jr.
Chris was born Christopher Livingstone Eubank Jr in Hove, East Sussex, England. He is one of four sons of Chris Eubank Sr and his ex-wife, Karron Suzanne Stephen Martin. Chris Eubank Jr attended Brighton College for his secondary education, but nothing is known about his college education.
At the age of 16, Chris and one of his brothers, Sebastian moved to the United States to live with a guardian named Irene Hutton. This arrangement, his mother explained, was just paperwork to allow her sons to obtain dual nationality and gain better boxing prospects.
Chris Jr went on to have a career in boxing and like all boxers, Chris started out with amateur boxing in 2007 and won his 6th amateur fight to win the Golden Glove Amateur Championship for Nevada State in his weight division of 165 lbs. He won another Golden Glove Amateur Championship for the Western States of the United States with his eight amateur fights in his weight division. His amateur career ended with an impressive record of 24 wins and only 2 losses.
BoxRec: Career Pro
He turned pro in 2011 and signed with MickHennessy as his promoter. He was mentored by his father and also by his trainer, Ronnie Davies. Over the next three years, after turning professional, he had 18 wins, 13 of them by knockout. Chris Eubank had a winning debut match against Alistar Warren on February 22, 2014 at York Hall in London. The British boxer had his next fight against Hungarian boxer, Sandor Micsko at the Copper Box Arena also in London. Chris performed well in a number of rounds in this fight; however, the referee called off the fight.
After that he added to his winning streak but conceded a loss at the Excel Arena in a fight against Billy Joe Saunders on Saturday November 29, 2014. In the first 6 rounds Saunders had the advantage with his dominating punches , however, starting in the seventh round, Chris woke up and took control. Chris Eubank Jr would however lose the fight by a very narrow margin after the 12th round with 115-114, 115-113 and 113-116. There was speculation that he lost the match due to nervousness and stage scare as it was the first major title fight of his professional career.
One of the highlights of his career was a fight against undefeated Russian boxer and interim WBA middleweight champion Dmitry Chudinor. On February 28, 2015, Chris wrestled Chudinor and defeated him to capture the WBA interim middleweight title. After this victory, he requested a redemption match with Saunders, if this request was granted is not known.
After the aforementioned fight, 2015 was mostly inactive year for the British boxer, he used this opportunity to sign a new promoter, Eddie Hearn under the Matchroom sports banner. Under Hearn, he had his first fight against American boxer Tony Jeter, alongside his Sky Sports debut on October 24, 2015. He defeated Jeter but was stripped of his interim WBA middleweight title due to inactivity since his victory.
He had other successful matches in his middleweight division like those against O’Sullivan, Blackwell and Tom Doran. In the super middleweight category, Chris Eubank Jr also had good years and recorded successes such as winning the IBO super middleweight title. He beat Renold Quintan and former multiple weight champion Arthur Abraham. In total, Chris Eubank Jr had 29 fights, winning 27 of his fights: 21 by knockout and 6 by decision. He has only lost two fights in his professional career.
Net value
Acquiring the IBO super middleweight title and the WBA middleweight and British titles alongside his salaries, British boxer, Chris Eubank Jr, is estimated to be worth $500,000.
The boxer’s family life
Chris Eubank Jr is the son of famous boxer Christopher Eubank Sr. who was also his mentor in the early stages of his career. His half-brother is also a boxer. Her parents finally divorced in 2005 and her father decided to marry Claire Geary.
Eubank Jr is single but is in a relationship with English TV and media personality Vicky Pattison. Vicky is best known for her appearance on the MTV show Georgia
Height and other measurements
British boxer, Chris Eubank Jr has been in the rings for over a decade and is also widely successful. As an athlete, especially a boxer, he couldn’t have come far without a healthy, strong and well-built physique. No wonder he maintains a muscular build with a weight of 167.5 pounds and a height of 5 feet 11 inches.