“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.”

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Success in boxing requires the right motivation. If someone is fighting for reasons other than a desire to be the best in the sport, that person will not succeed.

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Originally said in English.

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About Chris Eubank Jr.

British professional boxer, born 1989

Christopher Livingstone Eubank Jr. is a British professional boxer known for winning titles at middleweight and super-middleweight. Born in 1989, he is the son of former two-division world champion Chris Eubank. He held the International Boxing Organization middleweight title from 2024 to 2025, and previously won the WBA interim middleweight title twice between 2015 and 2021. He also held the IBO super-middleweight title twice between 2017 and 2019, and the British middleweight title in 2016. His career is defined by repeated success at world and regional level, with a record built around championship bouts.

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