Chris Eubank, still a Knob?

My personal view on this individual,given his previous behaviour with all manner of things including;motors,dress,opinions
and probably other things that I have been ambivalent to!
After seeing him on the TV earlier today though he is my current hero due to his behaviour and observations both at the boxing involving his son last Saturday and subsequently.
I am most impressed and have changed that opinion completely. Am I alone?
and probably other things that I have been ambivalent to!
After seeing him on the TV earlier today though he is my current hero due to his behaviour and observations both at the boxing involving his son last Saturday and subsequently.
I am most impressed and have changed that opinion completely. Am I alone?
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I didn't know about the fatal accident though.
EDIT: He also once spent over a million pounds of his own money converting a building into a shelter for the homeless. Not too bad.
Eubanks senior had an act when boxing and afterwards. He's a good boxer who was involved in a fight that was not controlled in a way to protect the boxers. Sport is entertainment but sports like boxing has the potential for serious harm to happen to the competitors. Back in.senior's day they allowed a fight to go too far and didn't have adequate medical support. That resulted in serious harm to Senior's opponent. That had an emotional effect on him. I believe that he genuinely had concerns for his son's opponent. Everything that he has done and been like in.the past I've forgotten about. I now see him as someone who's got genuine concern for boxer welfare. Respect is due IMHO.
He also comes across as someone different to his boxing day's persona. I can easily believe he's a nice guy. Time for boxing to listen, time to stop the entertainment sooner if there's uneven level of performance in a bout. Boxer safety should be more to the fore.
SNR has faced adversity in his life and faced some hard and sobering questions as a consequence of his actions and is still there standing up and for that I find commendable. Having your son follow you into the profession must have bought a myriad of feelings but that's between the them, what was clear was the respect his son had for his father in the interviews.
I never considered Eubank a knob but he's shown a side to him the public didn't know existed and the most damning aspect to this story is the response from the boxing authorities and their refusal to face facts.
Desmond Tutu
I find it hard to enjoy watching boxing these days, attending a live show put me off it somewhat as the brutality comes across that much more when you are ringside and since suffering a cycling related head injury I just don't like to see people potentially inflicting the same on each other for sport.
There's a future for you in the fire escape trade...
Now he's not about that promotion of the business. It sounds like he's followed many retired boxers of note into a coaching or mentoring role. I believe he'll be good at that. If he's not careful he could become a figurehead from among the sport for improving boxer safety. He's already been in the news about that and I can't see his angle on what he's been saying in interviews. Perhaps I'm naive and missing his self promotion but I think he's standing up for boxing safety without significant or direct personal benefit in his mind. Credit towards him for that.
We agree,
He was an awesome boxer in an era of real tough opponents, far greater than those of todays standards.
He knows everything about the sport and is a great guy, he does a lot for others without the need for the publicity some seek. He also helps youngsters off the streets and into sport to get them to view life in a different way than they would otherwise view it.
Ive always admired him, he is a true showman and only a few have come through this sport with such grace, the heavyweight version being Lennox Lewis.
Was that not his brother?
He is a funny sort, and I can see why people never liked him but I always enjoyed the show he put on.
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Agreedx2
A great boxer from a great period in boxing. Just look at the quality of those he fought, and hardly any of them went undefeated.
However, he carried it off, and most importantly, backed it up. You have to admire that.
I am not sure. You have no chance.
He never made out boxing for him was anything other than a way to a better way of life, nothing about "noble art" f**k all like that. Boxing was a means to an end, and he was very good at it.
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