BARRY HeARN managed WBO super-middleweight and middleweight champion Chris Eubank. He got used to his crazy and wild ways outside the boxing ring.
The most bizarre moment was when the boxer's FORESKIN was cut off just days before his fifth title defense in November 1992.
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LIFE would be exciting if Chris Eubank was involved.
He struggled to gain the weight even after he was promoted to super-middleweight.
It was not surprising that two days prior to his fight with Juan Carlos Gimenez, in Manchester, a weak-sounding Eubank called me to ask if he'd like me to come and visit him.
Unprepared for one the most bizarre events of my career, I drove straight to Brighton.
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As I entered Eubank's office, he asked me to lock my door behind me. I obliged.
Then he began to take off his pants and his underwear. I must say, I've never seen a man's manhood this big.
I said, "Good God!"
He said that it wasn't normally so big, which was reassuring to me.
Get a PS10 Bonus with 100s of Games to Play and No Deposit RequiredEubank said that he usually didn't have sex two weeks prior to a fight and that he felt he would take this opportunity, since he was having some issues, to get circumcised.
It is very painful to circumcise a man late in life.
He was able to go through it and was showing me how it had affected his nether regions.
It was unbelievable that he did this so close to a major fight. But he seemed to believe it made sense.
He said, "I know what your thinking, Bazza."
"You are concerned about any drugs in my system. Rest assured, they won't give me any drugs."
He only received a local anaesthetic.
He said that he had brought Ronnie Davies, his trainer, along with him. It was clear that he didn't want to receive any drugs, no matter how many times he cried, in the event he failed a pre-fight test.
Before the fight, I spent the majority of the evening stuffing tissue paper down his protective cup's front to provide some cushioning. But every time Gimenez's punches crossed below the border, I wept.
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Eubank had won easily. I then asked him what he thought of having this operation done so quickly before a fight. And, by the way what was it like to be 12 rounds with this tough guy from Paraguay.
Eubank's classic response was: "Bazza for what you're giving me, I'd go into there and fight with just one arm."
