Colin Hart on Chris Eubank Jnr

WE got the ring walk with Tina Turner's 'Simply The Best' blasting out, the arrogant pose on the apron and the leap over the ropes.

Chris Eubank Jnr, emulating his famous father, was making his professional debut by going through his dad's familiar pre-fight entrance in Manchester last Saturday.
I shudder to think what we might see before the boy has his second fight.
Does it mean young Chris, like his eccentric parent, is going to turn up wearing the family monocle, jodhpurs, and carrying a gold-topped cane?
Chris Jnr certainly made an excellent start by stopping a limited Lithuanian in four rounds and, undoubtedly, he is on the threshold of a promising adventure.
But it is tough enough for any son, however talented, to follow in the footsteps of a successful sporting father.
And it becomes an almost insurmountable task when your dad happens to have been an exceptional, highly colourful and controversial world champion.
There are already those in the boxing business fearing for Chris Jnr, knowing he will be weighed down by the heavy burden of excessive expectation.
No one knows more about such a millstone than Ross Minter, whose father Alan was an Olympic medallist and the undisputed world middleweight champion.
It was cruelly brought home to Ross the night he won his first pro fight 10 years ago.
Flushed with victory, he hadn't even reached the bottom of the ring steps when he was deflated by a callous punter, who yelled: "You're never going to be as good as your old man."
Ross, who went on to win the English welterweight title but retired three years ago, told me: "I knew I was never going to be as good as my dad.
"But you can do without it being thrown in your face and that's why I pity Chris. He will have to learn to live with that kind of remark.
"It isn't easy because it hurts. Hopefully he is tough enough not to allow it to get under his skin."
At least Alan never interfered with Ross' training or the choosing of his lad's opponents.
Knowing Eubank Snr, I am sure he'll be unable to restrain himself from meddling in every aspect of Chris Jnr's career.
He was already at it at the weekend. He couldn't resist getting out of his ringside seat and walking to the boy's corner to shout advice between rounds.
Perhaps it was because the narcissistic Eubank knew that Channel 5 cameras were focused on him.
As if Chris Jnr hasn't got enough pressure to contend with, his promoter Mick Hennessy insists on constantly boasting he is already the best middleweight in Britain.
That kind of statement doesn't do the kid any favours. Frankly Mick isn't only making a fool of himself but is insulting everyone's intelligence.

Eubank the First, who I nicknamed The Brighton Braggart when he was in his heyday, hailed his boy's display saying: "It was almost perfect."
In this column three years ago, I reported that Chris Jnr was living in Las Vegas and being trained by the great Mike McCallum.
McCallum said: "I can assure you in a few years England is going to have another world champ named Eubank."
Let's hope the old Body Snatcher is proved right. But I suggest Chris Jnr would be better off being his own man instead of trying to be like his old man.