Chris Eubank Jr revealed he was living as a gang enforcer on the streets during the day before returning home to his £1million mansion at night.
Eubank Jr. is the eldest son of British boxing great Chris Sr. – a 1990s superstar who fought for big money.
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The legend’s son was privately educated and grew up with his two brothers and sister in a mansion in Brighton.
But Eubank Jr. was leading a very different life at home – getting into fights and trouble on the streets.
And his double life was exposed when a now-infamous underground carpark controversy went online.
In the grainy footage, Eubanks Jr. beats up a rival gang member, even attacking him.
Luckily the current middleweight contender found salvation in the same sport that made his father a household name.
Eubank Jr. asked rapper Castillo to main event: “I don’t know how it happened, but I was a street kid.
“I was a guy on the street going home to a £1 million mansion every night. It doesn’t make any sense.
“It doesn’t make any sense, but that video in the car park, I was doing it every other week, I was in scraps like that. I was an enforcer in a gang in Brighton.
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“Everyone is doing stupid things at 15, 16 years old. It’s just what you had to deal with or what you are as a kid. You don’t know better.
“That’s one of the reasons I moved to Las Vegas, to get away from that scene, to get away from that lifestyle.”
After making a name for himself as a fighter on the streets of Sussex, Eubank Jr. later moved to Vegas to learn tricks as a boxer.
Meet Power Slap star Sheena Bathory, who had her breast implants ruptured during training and wants to fight at a Misfits boxing eventHe said: “I loved the competition. I like a challenge.
“There’s a guy in front of me and he’s trying to take me out and I’m trying to take him out.
“And who will reach him first? Who will throw that first punch?
“That was always sexy to me. And it turned me on. I don’t know why.”
Eubank Jr. played as an amateur in America before returning to Brighton to turn professional.
Since then he has challenged for world titles and made millions through pay-per-view bouts.
I was a street guy going home to a £1 million mansion every night. It doesn’t make any sense.
But Eubank Jr. admits that money was tight growing up – he watched his famous fighter father go bankrupt in 2005.
He said, “As sad as it is to say, boxers are not good with money.
“We are extremely poor at retaining what we earn in these fights. My father was no different, he earned millions.
“Millions and millions and this was in the 80s and 90s when the millions were higher than they are now. He still went bankrupt, he still lost everything, right?
“So I’m looking at it as a child and I’m looking at it as a young teen going from a million-dollar mansion to living in a flat above the nursery.
“I had to make that switch and I’m thinking to myself, ‘How did that happen?’
“So, yes, you can make money but it is not just about making money, but about maintaining it. How do you maintain it?”
‘sky’s the limit’
Eubank Jr. is hoping for big fights against the likes of Billy Joe Saunders, Canelo Alvarez and Conor Benn, whose father Nigel competed with Chris Sr.
But first, Eubank Jr. returns to action on Saturday in Saudi Arabia against Kamil Szeremeta and promises that big things are to come.
He said: “I’m excited to finally get out there and be a part of that movement, because it’s a new movement.
“And fighting over there in Saudi is an amazing opportunity to go there and build relationships and then I’ll be able to move on and potentially have these big fights there.
“Or maybe they put them here or out in the states because they’re doing fights or shows in other countries as well.
“So this is a very important introduction to that costume. And I’m fighting a strong man, man.
“He has a great record…he’s been up there with (Gennady) Golovkin and (Jaime) Munguia.
“He’s a solid guy and that’s the type of guy that’s going to be a big fight for me to overcome coming off a one-year layoff.
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“Get me back into the swing of things and after that, the sky’s the limit.”
