Christopher Livingstone Eubank Jr (born 18 September 1989) is a British professional boxer. He held the International Boxing Organization (IBO) middleweight title from 2024 to 2025. Previously, he held the World Boxing Association (WBA) interim middleweight title twice between 2015 and 2021. He also held the (IBO) super-middleweight title twice between 2017 and 2019. At regional level, he held the British middleweight title in 2016. He is the son of former two-division world champion boxer, Chris Eubank.
Eubank Jr's first meeting against Conor Benn was named Fight of the Year by The Ring magazine, Boxing Writers Association of America, ESPN, BoxingScene, and CBS Sports.
Early life Eubank Jr was born in Hove, East Sussex, the son of boxer Chris Eubank and Karron Suzanne Stephen-Martin. He was a pupil at Brighton College, Shoreham College for one year, and Spring Valley High School in Las Vegas for two years. Eubank featured alongside his father in the reality TV series At Home with the Eubanks.
At the age of 16, Eubank Jr and his brother Sebastian (1991–2021) moved to the United States to live with a guardian named Irene Hutton. It was explained by their mother Karron, as a paper adoption, as a means of gaining the two brothers dual citizenship without the need to marry, and to enhance their prospects of sporting careers.
Amateur career Eubank Jr started his amateur career in 2007. With the winning of his sixth amateur fight, he became the Amateur Golden Gloves Champion for the State of Nevada in his weight division of 165 lbs. With his eighth amateur fight he became the Amateur Golden Glove Champion for the Western States of the United States in his weight division. Eubank was 1–1 in the 2008 National Golden Gloves. He ended his amateur career with a record of 24–2.
Professional career
Middleweight
Early career Eubank Jr turned professional in 2011 and signed with promoter Mick Hennessy. He was mentored by his father, and trainer Ronnie Davies who also guided his father. Over the next three years, Eubank Jr amassed a record of 18–0 with 13 knockouts to his name.
On 19 February 2014, Eubank Jr signed a deal to appear on BoxNation, with his first fight being at the York Hall in London on 22 February. In his first fight on BoxNation Eubank Jr stopped Alistair Warren, after Warren retired on his stool before round four.
Eubank Jr next fought at the Copper Box Arena in London on 12 April against Sandor Micsko. Eubank landed a big uppercut in round two, which dropped Micsko. The referee waved the fight off. In the post-fight, Eubank said, "I'm the next generation. I worked on the uppercut in the gym and I connected beautifully tonight. When I connect with these guys I'm taking them out, no one can stand up to my power and I'll only get better and stronger. I'm ready for a title fight now."
On 10 May 2014, Eubank Jr defeated Robert Swierzbinkski at the Olympia in Liverpool, Eubank dropped Swierzbinkski (13–2, 3 KOs) seven times, stopping him in round seven. Eubank Jr fought Štěpán Horváth, at Newcastle Arena in Newcastle on 7 June 2014. Eubank dropped Horváth four times, stopping him in round six. This was Eubank's eighth straight stoppage win.
On the Saunders vs Blandamura undercard on 26 July at the Manchester Arena in Manchester, Eubank Jr stopped journeyman Ivan Jukić (19–2, 12 KOs) after 2 minutes and 40 seconds of the opening round.
Eubank Jr fought German Omar Siala at the Liverpool Arena on 25 October 2014 in an eight-round fight. Eubank Jr won the fight after a right uppercut knocked out Siala in the second round
Eubank vs Saunders On 15 September 2014, Frank Warren announced that Eubank Jr would challenge unbeaten Billy Joe Saunders for the British, Commonwealth and European titles on the undercard of Derek Chisora vs Tyson Fury II on 9 November at the ExCeL arena. On 25 September 2014 the fight was postponed due to contractual issues. On 3 October the fight was confirmed, but would take place on 29 November instead and would also serve as a WBO final eliminator.
Eubank Jr lost his unbeaten record when he lost a split decision to Saunders. The bout went the distance, with the experienced Saunders controlling the first six rounds with his footwork, style and technical boxing ability, as Eubank Jr was mostly inactive. From round seven onward Eubank Jr was in control with a much higher punch output, this resulted in the two young boxers brawling and trading hard shots for the rest of the fight. In the twelfth round, Eubank Jr came out gunning for the knockout but was unable to get it. The early inactivity turned out to be the deciding factor as Saunders was victorious. One judge scored the bout 116–113 to Eubank Jr, while the other two judges scored it 115–114 and 115–113 in favour of Saunders.
Eubank vs Chudinov On 30 December 2014, Frank Warren announced that Eubank Jr would fight undefeated WBA interim middleweight champion Dmitry Chudinov (14–0–2, 9 KOs), on 28 February 2015 at The O2 Arena in London on the undercard of Tyson Fury vs Christian Hammer. Eubank scored a twelfth-round TKO win over Chudinov. Eubank Jr at the time of stoppage, was ahead on all three judges scorecards 106–103, 108–101, 107–102. In round two, an accidental clash of heads caused a cut above Chudinov's left eye. Eubank Jr spent the rest of the fight landing power shot combinations and breaking Chudinov down. After the win, Eubank Jr sought a rematch with Saunders, "This result is redemption and I'm back. And I want that rematch, Billy Joe Saunders. I'm coming for you." Ultimately however, despite given multiple chances Eubank refused to sign the fight which would have earned him close to £1million.
After 2015 that was mostly inactive, Eubank Jr signed to promoter Eddie Hearn under the Matchroom Sport banner. Hearn is the son of Eubank Sr.'s former promoter Barry Hearn. Veteran trainer Adam Booth was added to the team to co-train Eubank.
Eubank vs Jeter Eubank Jr's first fight after signing with Matchroom was a bout against Tony Jeter on 24 October 2017 where he defended his WBA interim middleweight champion. After knocking Jeter down in the first round, Eubank Jr knocked Jeter down twice in the second round before landing a flurry of combinations, forcing the referee to stop the fight.
Following the bout against Jeter, Eubank Jr was stripped of the interim WBA middleweight title due to his inactivity defending the title.
Eubank vs O'Sullivan On 12 December 2015 Eubank Jr fought Gary O'Sullivan in an eliminator to challenge the WBA Regular middleweight champion, Daniel Jacobs at the O2 Arena in London on the undercard of Anthony Joshua vs Dillian Whyte. The bout was originally scheduled to take place in May 2015 The fight was well anticipated, as the pair had a history of feuds in the past, with O'Sullivan targeting Eubank on social media. The fight throughout had the pace set by Eubank Jr, O'Sullivan showed resilience to Eubank Jr's continuous hard uppercuts. At the end of the seventh round, O'Sullivan's corner retired their fighter, who had sustained a perforated eardrum.
Eubank vs Blackwell In February 2016, Hennessy Sports announced a fight between Eubank Jr and Nick Blackwell (19–3–1, 8 KOs) for the British middleweight title would take place on 26 March at the Wembley Arena in London. Eubank Jr dominated the fight to the point that Eubank Sr. began imploring the referee to stop the fight. Following the eighth round, Eubank Sr. instructed Eubank Jr to stop hitting Blackwell in the head. The referee called a stop to the fight at 2:21 in the tenth round, and awarded Eubank Jr the win by TKO. Blackwell was taken to hospital with bleeding on the brain, and was placed in a medically induced coma for treatment, from which he was bought out one week later and retired from competitive boxing. The fight averaged 1.5 million viewers on Channel 5.
Eubank vs Doran After re-signing with Matchroom Sport, it was announced on Sky Sports on 18 May 2016 that Eubank Jr would fight on the undercard of Anthony Joshua vs Dominic Breazeale at The O2 on 25 June 2016. Tom Doran was announced as Eubank Jr's opponent on 19 May 2016. Prior to the fight Eubank Jr was ranked number two by the WBA and number three by the WBC. Eubank Jr won via fourth-round TKO to retain the British Middleweight title. Doran was down once in the third round and three times in the fourth as the referee ended the fight. Eubank Jr called out Gennady Golovkin in a post-fight interview with Sky Sports.
Cancelled Langford fight It was announced on 12 August 2016 that Eubank Jr would make a mandatory defence of his British middleweight title against undefeated Commonwealth and WBO Inter-Continental middleweight champion Tommy Langford after promoter Frank Warren won a purse bid to stage the fight. Eubank, however, relinquished the title in September after suffering an injury in sparring.
Proposed Golovkin fight Throughout 2016, Eubank Jr made it clear that he wanted to challenge the undefeated unified middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin. The purse split for Eubank Jr was reported to be up to £6 million, Eubank Sr. wanted his son to earn a bigger share, due to the 'risk' of fighting a 'big puncher'. In July 2016, Golovkin was confirmed to have signed his end of the contract. On 8 July 2016, Eubank Jr was removed from the fight by promoter Eddie Hearn who offered the deal to then-IBF welterweight champion Kell Brook, who took the deal to fight Golovkin on 10 September 2016. Eubank Jr responded to being replaced by stating he "had never been presented with the fight contract." Boxers including Tommy Langford, Martin Murray, Curtis Stevens began calling out Eubank.
Super-middleweight Eubank vs Quinlan On 13 December 2016, Eubank Jr announced via his Facebook page that he would be making his debut in the super middleweight division, fighting Renold Quinlan (11–1, 7 KOs) for his IBO super-middleweight title. Quinlan won the then-vacant IBO title defeating former world champion Daniel Geale in October 2016 via knockout in round two. The date of the fight was confirmed to be 4 February 2017 with the venue being at the Lee Valley VeloPark, Olympic Park, in London.
Despite having not previously fought at super-middleweight, the December 2016 WBC super-middleweight ranking update had Eubank Jr at number seven, previously being number two at middleweight. On 6 January 2017, Quinlan threatened to walk away from the fight citing that in his opinion "there was little to no promotion, with the fight being only weeks away." he stated the build-up has not been enough to promote the biggest fight of his career, "It's only a few weeks away and I've got the feeling that it's going to be delayed. There's been no media around it and it's not getting the exposure it should be. I've been training well but I'm not 100 per cent focused now. I have a feeling it's going to get pulled." The fight went ahead as scheduled.
Eubank Jr stopped Quinlan in round ten in a fairly one-sided fight to win the IBO super-middleweight title. The fight was stopped by referee Howard John Foster, 2 minutes and 7 seconds of round ten after seeing Quinlan backed up against the ropes after being hit with continuous headshots. After a steady start, Eubank started taking control in the fifth round when he started using his speed advantage over Quinlan. After the fight was stopped, Eubank stood on the ropes in the corner in his trademark stance. In the post-fight interview, he gave credit to Quinlan, describing him as a tough fighter, "It was like hitting concrete. Big respect to Renold Quinlan. He flew halfway around the world to defend his title against one of the best in the world. He didn't have to do that." Eubank said that he was "comfortable making 160 and 168 pounds and wanted to fight Golovkin, Saunders or DeGale next".
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