VIDEO & PICTURES: It's a champion night with Chris Eubank in Cannock

The philosophical 49-year-old had the sell-out Premier Suite Lounge audience engrossed on Thursday night as he delivered his views on a wide range of topics including his long-term adversary Nigel Benn, his recent appearance in I'm A Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here and of course the progress of his son Chris Jnr's career.

On the latter issue specifically he was asked by interviewer for the evening Richie Woodhall, a former WBC super middleweight champion, if his son could ever match him.

Eubank said: "He can not be as good as me, come on.

"When you look at my career in a snap shot, it is not just about how good I was, not just what I did with Benn and Watson, it's the lisp, it's the monocle, it's the pretend monocle, it's the jumpers I wear, it's the maverick that I have been. All this combined. He can never get to that.

"Therefore he's going to have to do better.

"And the way any son can be better is if he listens to his old man."

The former middleweight and super middleweight world champion was on top form for the evening dictating the interview and even taking it upon himself to 'shush' a lively crowd – albeit in his customary polite way.

Further elaborating on his own eccentricities Eubank admitted he had 'been in character' is whole life. He arrived at the Bar Sport venue around 7.30pm dressed in typically sharp style, with a mustard chequered jacket and a purple tie, although his talk did not commence until 11pm.

His blindingly sparkly pointed boots also caught the eye on the night.

London born Eubank was a Brit boxing sensation in the early 1990s. His awesome physique and unorthodox boxing style made him a fierce fighter known for having an 'iron chin'.

His extravagant ring entrance vaulting over the top rope to Tina Turner's 'Simply The Best' solidified him as one of the most iconic sportsmen of his time.

During the event on Thursday the former middleweight and super middleweight world champion admitted Nigel Benn 'did enough' to beat him in their second fight but claimed he would 'tare him a new orifice' if a third bout happens.

Speaking to the Express & Star before his after-dinner talk he said it would be 'wonderful' to have a third fight,with his long-term adversary Benn, 52, who he beat for the world title in 1990 and drew with three years later.

Addressing their initial rematch later on the charismatic boxer told the audience: "My view is he did enough to win the second fight.

"Even though he hit me low and lost a point he did enough.

"But now I would tare him a new orifice."

Eubank is said to be in talks with TV companies about the possibility of a third bout with Benn who has also declared he would be open to the possibility.

And his nemesis was again mentioned when Chris Snr responded to one audience member who questioned why he insists on being such an overbearing presence on his son's career.

Eubank said: "Here is the key point why I will never step aside.

"There are those who say I'm stealing his limelight.

"This is the reason why. "I looked at a picture not too long ago from when I won the title from Nigel Benn in 1990.

"I didn't see my father, by brothers, my childhood friends next to me. I so wished my father was there.

"Why wasn't my father there? Most of the people next to me were strangers.

"I would never do that to my son."

He added: "To those who say I'm stealing his limelight it's a cruel way to think and not intelligent to say.

"He's my son. He's my baby."

The retired legend also opened up on the infamous punch which put Michael Watson in a coma following their WBO super-middleweight bout in 1991, which Eubank won even after being knocked down in the 11th round.

He said: "I threw everything into my punches, I threw my ancestors into them.

"All I had left. "The punch struck. Unfortunately. That is the biggest regret in my career."

Last month Floyd Mayweather Jnr visited the venue amid a media storm.