Chris Eubank broke down as he apologised to the injured boxer Michael Watson.
Chris Eubank
The 54-year-old sportsman was in tears as he recounted his fight with the 55-year-old boxer that led to Michael ending up in a coma for and undergoing six operations on his brain to remove a blood clot.
Overcome with emotion, he said: "You know, I don't, I don't really know whether I can even still make sense of what happened. You know, him having to go through what he's gone through and to still be here and it's you know, I can't you know, I can't tell you how sorry … It's the only thing I regret in my career."
Michael, from the audience, interrupted and said: "Let's move on Chris, it’s all right, it's OK. Let's move on in life. Peace and love. I love you Chris. It's all in the past, let's move on in life Chris. We're here together. Let's live and love. I love you Chris. Let's move on. We are born warriors, we are real."
And Chris also opened up about the importance of boxing.
Speaking on Piers Morgan's Life Stories, he shared: "You are a standard bearer. As soon as you start fighting in that ring or on that mat, you know, you've got the world looking at you because the first instinct of a man is to protect. That is to fight. Now, can you be a gentleman while you're doing it? Can you do it truly? Can you go beyond? You can't win a fight, so do you quit because you can't win or do you go on taking that beating? And if you can go on taking that beating, what you're doing for the public, you are you are lifting their spirits. And there's no better vocation, lifting the spirits of others. You know, whatever your predicament, whatever situation you're in, you can rise. And that's what we do."
'Piers Morgan's Life Stories' airs on Thursday (18.02.21) at 9pm on ITV.
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