We sit in a small office in a ramshackle gym on the Hove seafront as Chris Eubank Jr talks about brain damage, doping, death and grief. This is a long way from the stereotype of Eubank Jr being a preening egotist living off the family name to make millions as a functional boxer. Life has knocked the cold arrogance out of the 33-year-old and an hour-long conversation with Eubank Jr is now as moving as it is interesting.
Eubank Jr fights Liam Smith in Manchester on Saturday and he has already offered amusing and thoughtful insights into this serious challenge. Yet the shadow of the most shameful and embarrassing fiasco in the recent history of British boxing still hangs over him.
