Chris Eubank

Early life

Eubank was born in Dulwich in south London. He spent his early years in Jamaica from the age of two months to the age of six years before living around east London for around 10 years. After a troubled childhood which included a spell living on the streets, he re-located to New York in 1982 to finish his schooling and take up boxing. A self-proclaimed "self-styled pugilist", he won both the 1984 and 1985 New York Golden Gloves amateur boxing tournaments at Madison Square Garden, in 1984 he won the tournament in the 139 lb (63 kg) weight division and in 1985 he won the tournament in the 156 lb (71 kg) weight division. He also won the 1984 Spanish Golden Gloves. In 1986 and 1987 he competed in a total of 17 exhibition boxing bouts, all of which he won and all of which took place in either Brooklyn or Bronx. He started his professional boxing career as a Light Middleweight, his first five professional boxing matches took place in Atlantic City, New Jersey and he won them all by unanimous decision over four rounds with his arrogance there for all to see, his first four professional boxing matches were screened live on the ESPN sports channel in the USA.

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Dulwich - London - Jamaica - New York - 1982 - Pugilist - 1984 - 1985 - Golden Gloves - Madison Square Garden - Spanish Golden Gloves - 1986 - 1987 - Brooklyn - Bronx - Light Middleweight - Atlantic City - New Jersey - ESPN - USA

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