A biography for Chris Eubank Jr.hasn’t been written yet.
“It's definitely hard to live up to expectation. Especially early in my career, everyone was expecting so much from me, everyone was comparing me to my father. They didn't understand that they're comparing me to a world champion, which is very unfair as a novice.”
“For my training camp against George Groves my main sparring partner was a 6ft 7inch cruiserweight who fought nothing like George. It was just wrong. Wrong preparation. I was as fit as could be, but strategically I didn't prepare right.”
“Froch is like a train who just comes forward but Groves will move about, fake and feign and his good footwork is a big part of his game.”
“In the ring I'm a different animal.”
“There is nobody that I wouldn't fight.”
“I've had the hardest upbringing of any fighter in England.”
“Anyone with a belt in my weight division I want to fight.”
“When you are fighting a man who is over a stone heavier than you, you feel it. You feel it in the punches and in the clinches.”
“Boxing is an entertainment business.”
“I was always hugely into sport before I started boxing. I played rugby, football, cricket, athletics, swimming.”
“If you're throwing punches or exerting energy but you're not breathing, you're holding your breath. That actually saps your strength, it saps your stamina.”
“I went to Brighton College, Shoreham College for one year, then to Spring Valley High School in Las Vegas for a couple of years.”
“The truth is I've trained myself for much of my career.”
“I always stayed on top of my schoolwork. I did it because I had to and because I had a strict father. He made sure I did my homework and told me not to mess around in class.”
“Once I realised what boxing was, I understood - this is the ultimate form of competition. Once you box you go back to the football field or rugby and it just doesn't have the same spice.”
“Just because you are getting hurt doesn't mean you can't come back and win.”
“Outside boxing, I did well in cross country competitions and I won a schoolboys' doubles badminton tournament at once. I was pleased because it was a hobby to me.”
“If you're fighting for any other reason than wanting to be the best in the sport, then you're not going to make it.”
“There is a lot of pressure because of what my father achieved and everyone is expecting so much, but that gives me that extra drive in the gym every day to graft hard.”
“Anyone can look big and strong and fast against weak opponents.”