WBO world super middleweight champion (September 1991 - March 1995)Īfter going head-to-head at middleweight, Chris Eubank Snr and Michael Watson met for a second time, but this time for the WBO world super middleweight title.Įubank Snr was victorious, but it was a fight where Watson suffered a near-fatal injury after being hit with a huge uppercut in round 11, and was later stopped early in the twelfth.Įubank Snr then made 14 defences of his WBO super middleweight title before losing to Steve Collins in 1995.
He then went onto make three successful defences of his WBO title against Dan Sherry, Gary Stretch and Michael Watson.Īfter reaching 28-0 as a middleweight, Eubank Snr vacated the WBO middleweight title and moved up to super middleweight. Which world championships did Chris Eubank Snr win? WBO world middleweight champion (November 1990 - June 1991)Ĭhris Eubank Snr won his first world title following a brutal fight with Nigel Benn who Eubank Snr stopped in the ninth round.
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What is Chris Eubank Snr's record?Ĭhris Eubank Snr boasted a 45-5-2 professional record with 23 of those wins coming by way of knockout. While Eubank Snr is mostly known amongst fans for his rivalry with Nigel Benn, he is also someone who won world titles in two different weight divisions.ĭAZN takes a look at the career of Eubank Snr and how he has become one of British's boxing's biggest names. The Eubank family is one which is synomynous with British boxing and on October 8 another chapter is set to be written for this fighting family.Ĭhris Eubank Jr., the son of former two weight world champion Chris Eubank Snr, will take on Conor Benn at London's O2 Arena in what is a monumental night for the sport.ĭuring the 1990s, Chris Eubank Snr and Nigel Benn were involved in two epic fights which brought Britain to a standstill, and now their two sons will be looking to settle this long-running feud.
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