Chris Eubank announced his retirement from the ring in October 1995. He made a quick comeback in 1996, however, defeating Luis Dionisio Barrera and Camilo Alarcon. After Steve Collins withdrew from his WBO super-middleweight title defence against Joe Calzaghe and unexpectedly retired in October 1997, Calzaghe was matched against Eubank for the vacant title with eleven days notice. Eubank had been scheduled to box at light-heavyweight on the undercard. Eubank was knocked down twice and lost on points to Calzaghe, but saw his popularity rise as a result of managing to finish the fight against his more fancied opponent. Eubank then added
Bruce Scott (boxer) , i.e. cruiserweight. Bruce Scott (boxer) Bruce "Lionheart" Scott () is a Jamaican/British professional light heavy/cruiserweight boxer of the 1990s and 2000s, who won the British Boxing Board of Control (BBBofC) Southern Area cruiserweight title, BBBofC British cruiserweight title, and Commonwealth cruiserweight title (twice), and was a challenger for the Commonwealth light heavyweight title against Nicky Piper, World Boxing Organization (WBO) cruiserweight title against Johnny Nelson, World Boxing Council (WBC) cruiserweight title against Juan Carlos Gómez, Commonwealth cruiserweight title against Adam Watt, and World Boxing Union (WBU) cruiserweight title against Enzo Maccarinelli, his professional fighting weight varied from , i.e.