I met Chris Eubank in Brighton when I was there for a friend's stag party. 

Chris Eubank.

I went with my friend Richard and his brothers, dad and many of his friends to stay in Brighton for a long weekend. On the 2nd day in Brighton, we all walked all over town, drinking in many pubs and bars. By the time the evening came around, we were all pretty merry. Richard, his brother and some of the group decided to go to a nightclub. Richard's dad Dave, his neighbour Tommy and myself decided to go for a meal instead. While Rich and his mates all went hunting for a nightclub, we hunted for a restaurant.

How I met Chris Eubank.

The three of us found a restaurant and went in. Unfortunately, we were given a small table between the kitchen's swinging doors and the toilets' entrance. The food we had was okay but our service was very poor, add to this, every time the kitchen door or the toilet door opened we got bashed by a door, we were very unhappy. After asking to move tables several times and not getting moved, I decided to complain to the manager. Fueled by the day's beer, I demanded to speak to the manager. I was told the manager was not there, but the owner was sitting at the bar.

I was introduced to a man sitting at the bar and told he was the owner. It was none other than Chris Eubank. He asked me what the problem was and apologised for our table position. By this time, we had finished our meal and moving wasn't an option. Chris sat speaking to me for a while, asking what we were doing in Brighton and telling us that he hoped we enjoyed the rest of our stay. He bought me a couple of drinks whilst we chatted. We sat at the bar and he bought drinks for Dave and Tommy and went to talk and apologise to them as well. 

I noticed several things about Chris Eubank that night in the restaurant. The first was how big his biceps were; I could not get my hands around them, and the second was that he spoke to me with no lisp. He was very courteous when dealing with the complaint; I was not when I first made my complaint to him, so I should apologise. He took the time to speak to me and wished us a good evening when we left.

We spent much of the next day telling Richard he should have come with us as Chris Eubank was one of his favourite boxers. A lot has been written about Chris Eubank's eccentricities and some of his behaviour. He did a lot of good for the poor and the homeless in Brighton which unfortunately never seems to be reported by the tabloid media in Britain. I had always admired him as a boxer, but after that evening, I can say that I now admire him as a man. 

Chris Eubank was a British boxer. He held the WBO middleweight and super-middleweight titles between 1990 and 1995 and WBC International belts earlier in his career. 

As a professional boxer, Chris Eubank had a total of 52 fights. He recorded 45 wins, 23 of those by knockout, 2 draws and 5 losses. He was, in my opinion, one of the best boxers ever. He was a real showman.