Chris Eubank

Eubank the celebrity

Away from boxing Eubank comes across as an eccentric character in the public eye because he talks with a lisp, acts posh and pompous, dresses expensively, drives the largest truck in Europe, often dons a bowler hat and a briefcase, sometimes wears horse-riding jodhpurs, enjoys carrying a cane and is famous for his use of a monocle.

Related Topics:
Eccentric - Lisp - Posh - Bowler hat - Briefcase - Cane - Monocle

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In 1991 and 1993 he won the Britain's Best Dressed Man award, given by the Menswear Association of Great Britain. In 1998 and 2001 he won the Gold Tie Pin Award. In 1993 and 1995 he won the Daily Express Best Dressed Sportsman award.

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1991 - 1993 - Britain - Great Britain - 1998 - 2001 - 1995 - Daily Express

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Eubank and his wife, Karron, have four children. In 2003 they invited television cameras to follow their lives for nine-months; the resulting show, At Home With The Eubank's, was broadcast on the UK television channel Channel Five. In 2001, Eubank appeared in the reality television show Celebrity Big Brother on the UK television channel Channel Four. In the 2003 Channel Four poll, 100 Worst Britons We Love To Hate, Eubank was ranked 96th.

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2003 - Channel Five - Celebrity Big Brother - Channel Four - 100 Worst Britons We Love To Hate

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In court

Eubank's colourful personality has led him into the courtroom on two occasions, including once in the dock. In 1989 Eubank performed a citizen's arrest of a jewellery thief. On September 1st 2005 Eubank was found guilty of taking and driving a vehicle without permission. The conviction was in relation to an incident in Brighton in which Eubank had got into a lorry making a delivery of beer and moved it from its position blocking the road. Eubank was trying to take his children to school at the time. He received a £450 fine and received six endorsement points on his driving licence. He was cleared of the stiffer charge of aggravated vehicle-taking.

Related Topics:
Citizen's arrest - Driving licence

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