On July 18, 1998, Chris Eubank and Carl Thompson met again in an immediate rematch.
Eubank came in to the fight on a 2-fight losing streak with a 45% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 3 months. Thompson was on a 5-fight win streak with a 59% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 3 months.
In the rematch, the challenger refused to continue the fight in the 9th round, and Carl Thompson is crowned the new cruiserweight world champion. Thompson improves his record to 24-4 (17 KOs), while Eubank adds a loss to his record at 45-5-2.
On April 18, 1998, a 31-year-old Chris Eubank (45-3-2, 23 KOs) got a shot at the cruiserweight WBO title held by 33-year-old fellow British boxer Carl Thompson (22-4, 16 KOs).
Eubank came in to the fight on a 1-fight losing streak with a 46% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 6 months and 7 days. Thompson was on a 4-fight win streak with a 61% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 6 months and 14 days.
Carl Thompson defeated Chris Eubank via unanimous decision and successfully defended his WBO cruiserweight title. Thompson improves his record to 23-4, while Eubank adds a loss to his record at 45-4-2.
On October 11, 1997, 31-year-old Chris Eubank (45-2-2, 23 KOs) and 25-year-old Joe Calzaghe (22-0, 21 KOs) fought for the vacant WBO super-middleweight title.
Eubank came in to the fight on a 2-fight win streak with a 46% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 6 months and 14 days. Calzaghe was on a 22-fight win streak with a 95% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 4 months and 6 days.
Joe Calzaghe defeated Chris Eubank via unanimous decision . Calzaghe improves his record to 23-0, while Eubank adds a loss to his record at 45-3-2.
On September 9, 1995, Chris Eubank and Steve Collins met again in a rematch.
Eubank came in to the fight on a 2-fight win streak with a 45% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 1 month and 11 days. Collins was on a 8-fight win streak with a 50% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 5 months and 22 days.
Steve Collins defeated Chris Eubank via split decision in the rematch and successfully defended his WBO super-middleweight title. Collins improves his record to 30-3, while Eubank adds a loss to his record at 43-2-2.
On March 18, 1995, the 28-year-old WBO super-middleweight world champion, Chris Eubank (41-0-2, 19 KOs), faced a 30-year-old Irish boxer Steve Collins (28-3, 16 KOs), in a title defense fight.
Eubank came in to the fight on a 6-fight win streak with a 44% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 3 months and 8 days. Collins was on a 7-fight win streak with a 51% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 10 months and 7 days.
Steve Collins defeated Chris Eubank via unanimous decision and wins the WBO title. Collins improves his record to 29-3, while Eubank adds a loss to his record at 41-1-2.