Chris Eubank Snr speaks on the pain of losing his brother – two years after the tragic death of his son – following a five-year ‘soul-destroying’ battle with dementia: ‘He had been living locked in his own body for the last two years’

Boxing legend Chris Eubank Jr has paid a moving tribute to his brother Simon after he passed away last month at the age of 61 following a long battle with dementia.

Simon’s death was confirmed in September, with his son Harlem – who also boxes – posting a heartfelt tribute to X shortly afterwards.

Eubank Snr has now opened up about the suffering his brother went through in his final days in a care home after being diagnosed with dementia five years ago.

The 57-year-old revealed he was heartbroken by the loss, but admitted his brother is ‘really at peace now’.

“Simon had frontal lobe dementia,” Eubank Snr explained in an interview with The sun.

‘He had been living locked up in his own body for the past two years. To see someone convulsing all the time while awake for a year and a half is soul destroying,” Eubank Sr told The Sun.

‘My brother always showed me love, he always protected me. Simon saved my life once. He is the one who truly loved me and that is why I recited Corinthians 1:13 at his funeral.

“It’s about how love is the most powerful of all things, and I recited that for him and for what he did for me. In many ways it is a mercy that he left us. He is now truly at peace.’

Eubank Snr was known for his warrior mentality in the ring, which saw him win world titles in two weight classes, while also taking significant punishment during his 13-year professional career.

Despite being involved in a number of grueling battles, he claims he is not worried about developing dementia himself as he has worked hard on ‘keeping my memory in shape’.

‘You have to train your brain. What I have found good is holding on to memory philosophies and then presenting them to the audience,” he said.

‘I fought it that way. I trained myself to be cognitive throughout my career, always keeping my memory in shape by committing those poems to memory.

‘I’ve been smart all my career. No doubt I’ve been hit a few times. I have suffered terrible damage, but nowhere so many fighters.’

Eubank Snr has been through an incredibly difficult time in his life. His brother’s death comes just two years after his son Sebastian died at the age of 29 after a heart attack.

Looking back on the loss of his son, he admitted that he would never be able to come to terms with his death.

“I will never get over the loss of Sebastian,” Eubank Snr continued.

‘That was my boy. You go through weeks when things are going well. Then it suddenly comes to my mind and I have to cry. Mentally he is in a better place, I know that and I am at peace with that. But I will never get over the physicality of that loss. Ever.’

It appears the Eubank family has been brought closer together after the recent tragedies involving Chris Eubank Jr. is regularly seen caring for Sebastian’s son Raheem, who was born shortly before his father passed away.

Eubank Snr has also stated that he now treats Simon’s son Harlem, who sat next to him during the interview, as his own as he continues to progress in his boxing career.

Harlem is undefeated in 18 fights as a professional and will enter the ring for the first time since the death of his father when he takes on German Timo Schwarzkopf in Brighton on November 10.