Chris Eubank born on 8 August 1966 is a former boxer and British celebrity who held world boxing titles at Middleweight and Super Middleweight. He was a world boxing champion for over five years and undefeated as a middleweight. Eubank made a clean start in New York, beating drug, alcohol and shoplifting addictions to go to church and school. In his spare time he trained at the Jerome Boxing Club on Westchester Avenue, following in the path of his boxing elder brothers back in England. Eubank became fanatical with boxing training and went to the boxing gym every day. He won the 1984 Spanish Golden Boxing Gloves Tournament. He writes in his autobiography that his force to succeed in boxing came through his drive to become an accepted personality, largely caused by one-sided bullying from his elder brothers. He made his professional boxing debut at the Atlantis Hotel and Casino against Tim Brown, shortly after his 19th birthday. About his next 10 boxing fights went largely overlooked, then in February 1989 he made brief headlines in defeating Jamaican Anthony Logan in an undercard match to a Nigel Benn-headlined show. Benn was perhaps the biggest rising star in European sport at the time and Logan had come closest to beating the power-punching Benn in what was Benn's most superb clash to date. Eubank had already made Brighton in England his adopted homeland and set his sights on Benn, believing he could beat him. After a string of striking stoppage victories following a dominant 10-round decision over American journeyman' Randy Smith, Eubank captured the WBC International title in 1990 against the useful Hugo Corti. Later in the year, he knocked out Renaldo Dos Santos in precisely 20 seconds (including the 10-count). Before long, he'd won the WBO World middleweight title against Nigel Benn in a classic encounter. Eubank would defend the title successfully against Dan Sherry, fellow Briton Gary Stretch and finally in an excellent match with another fellow Briton, Michael Watson. This concluded Eubank's career as a middleweight. A rematch with Watson took place in September 1991 at which Watson suffered a near-fatal injury. Eubank was last on all scorecards when he rose from the canvas at the end of the 11th round to let loose a devastating uppercut to Watson's jaw. Early in the 12th, Watson collapsed. His condition may have been worsened by delay in receiving medical attention. Eubank contemplated quitting the sport. Eubank later reflected on the aftermath: "I lost my finishing instinct in the ring - I couldn't finish fights any more. However, I needed to work and so I carried on and I won most of my fights on decisions. And I blamed myself, after all, it was me who threw the punch."