Chris Eubanks chin...

One thing overlooked with him these days is the weight - he often went into a fight drained to the limit.

 

Thinking of uploading a Eubank Sr amateur fight from NY Golden Gloves tomorrow - if I remember rightly he gets hit with some hard shots in this fight and keeps coming.

 

Bill- I think it did slightly effect him, mate. Much like it effected Ray Robinson. He became more gun-shy, he wouldn't go for the kill when he had his man hurt (particularly evident against Collins when he failed to press home the advantage). But i'm not sure how much of that was just Eubank being Eubank. I think too much is made of it. It did definitely take some killer instinct away though. How profoundly it effected him i don't know.

 

Which he did through out his career, that's not in dispute, Iv'e not seen much of Eubank as an amateur, upload it.

 

Not many Boxers from that period had a conditioning coach if I remember rightly, It was down to the boxer himself, the rules wasn't as stringent and you didn't have Alex Ariza popping his head out every 5 minutes thinking hes now a boxing coach.

 

as I have said many times here, I had the fine opportunity of watching Eubank spar 12 rounds with Pyatt, £5 quid a night for two nights to watch a world champion doing a workout, sparring AND a Q&A session what a bargain! & the proceeds went to charity... No wonder I went along both nights:deal & it was fought at a high intensity, as a young man I was shocked at how Eubank in sparring was much busier & full of life in the spar, compared to the man who fought Thornton shortly afterwards.

I would put it down to killing himself to make the weight that resulted in Eubanks lower workrate come fight time. Always remember Chris saying how immediately after one weigh-in he sunk a big jug of milk to get vital nutrients back into his system...

 

cant remember the round but just before he dropped thompson he took one FLUSH on the chin and thompson loaded up as hard as possible.. couldnt have landed any better directly on the chin. eubank walked through the shot

 

But Chris had fairly poor stamina at 175 and cruiserweight if I recall correctly..weights he should have been comfortable making.

 

I'm not sure there was much wrong with Eubanks stamina, tbh. He fought like a dog late on in a lot of fights. The poor output was more to do with his mentality.

Dunky- Eubank did incredible amounts of sparring before fights, that's probabily why we was working so hard. He relied on sparring to get in shape, it wasn't just a fight rehearsal for him. In fact i think he did more sparring than running.

 

I watched Eubank spar Errol Christie and it was 10 rounds at turbo pace, non-stop sharp punching. Definitely, 100%, the weight-making (the not eating or drinking for days before a weigh-in) affected his energy, stamina and fitness.

When you starve and don't drink fluids, then fight the next day, you'll become dehydrated after six rounds.

 

same day weighins for the majority of his career too.

 

Whatched Benn Eubank II from the ring apron and the punches they were trading were sickening. Makes you realise just what you need to get to that level. Hardest man i've ever seen in a ring and a top fella too.