Chris Eubank. Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images
Former WBO boxing champion Chris Eubank
announced Saturday his son Sebastian was found dead in Dubai.
“Never did I ever imagine I would
write these words or experience the feeling I now have at the loss of
my son,” Eubank said in the statement, per CNN’s Radina Gigova.
TMZ Sports noted local reports said
Sebastian, 29, drowned and was found dead on a beach. He was living in Dubai with his wife, Salma, and 1-month-old son, Raheem.
The Eubank family statement said
Sebastian had moved to Dubai as a “leader in the adoption of a
healthy lifestyle and of alternative therapies,” per CNN.
“He was loved and respected by all
who knew him and will be forever in the thoughts of friends and
family. As a family we now kindly ask to be given space and privacy
to celebrate his life and remember the son, the brother, the husband,
the friend,” the statement said.
Chris Eubank Jr., Sebastian’s brother,
also posted a remembrance on social media:
Chris Eubank Jr @ChrisEubankJr
And to everyone out there reading this right now DON’T take ANY of your loved ones for granted. See them, speak to them, check up on them as much as you possibly can because you just never know if that one time will be the last time. Love you bro ???????? <a href=”https://t.co/bQHYUXDdQe”>pic.twitter.com/bQHYUXDdQe</a>
Sebastian Eubank boxed twice
professionally, beating Kamil Kulczyk in 2018 and Remigijus Ziausys
in 2019.
His father is one of the best British
boxers in history, highlighted by his run as the WBO
super-middleweight champion from September 1991 through March 1995.
Chris Eubank Jr. has also embarked on a
successful boxing career, owning a 30-2 career record with a prior
stint as the IBO super-middleweight champion.
Sebastian, whose nickname was “The Alka Lion,” had switched his focus to MMA
last year, scoring a knockout win over Emad Handbali in his debut for the UAE Warriors organization.
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