Eubank Sr has a pop at YOU!

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  1. Makingweight

    Makingweight Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Have been reading a decent book called 'no middle ground' about Benn,Eubank and Watson their fights and careers,well worth a look.

    Eubank wasn't interested in fighting many fighters he admits to that but the one he said under no circumstances he would face was Graham.
     
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  2. Bulldog24

    Bulldog24 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Let's not forget Eubank was supposed to be facing Close on Feb.11 95 and the Collins replacement was postponed, and he had already gone through a whole camp before starting a mini four-week camp for Collins. So that was eight full-on training camps in 13 months, including 150 rounds of full-on sparring each camp and 7 mostly 12-round fights (harder-than-expected ones too).

    The only 'gimme' really turned out to be Storey to be fair. Then there was Benn II and Collins II, Close I, Holmes.... all around that time and quick-fire 10-rounders (turned out to be one-rounder gimmes). Stripping 15+lbs in the last few days each time. To this day I don't know how he did it.
     
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  3. Bulldog24

    Bulldog24 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    He was openly willing to face Herol pre-Benn I and felt he 'knew how to beat him.'
     
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  4. Brixton Bomber

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    So? The Kessler fight was still a war.
     
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  5. Brixton Bomber

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    So? That's peanuts compared to what the SMW champs can make today.
     
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  6. Brixton Bomber

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    Still, Chris never fought ANY of them DESPITE sharing the same divisions as them!
     
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  7. Bulldog24

    Bulldog24 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    It certainly wasn't peanuts in 1992 :lol: Lindell Holmes, the IBF champ, was making about 100,000 dollars a fight. And McCallum about £75K as WBA middleweight title holder.
     
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  8. Bulldog24

    Bulldog24 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    In 1992, none of these guys (Nunn was tied up with Cordoba) were in the super-middleweight top-ten. McClellan and Toney and McCallum were ranked at middle, Jones at light-middle.
     
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  9. Bulldog24

    Bulldog24 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    It's not like he had the luxury of a Super Six tournament, guaranteed back-to-back multi-million paydays against the other big names. Back then, when boxing was still real, it was one loss and out. Back to the bottom of the ladder. The Super Six allowed Froch to keep losing and keep being paid huge in big fights! Spoilt rotten.

    Eubank slept on a foam mattress in the Bronx, shoplifting to eat for 10 years. It's not quite the same, is it? He nearly killed a man with one punch. He knew the dangers as well as anyone - he had every right to milk his belt and fame! Froch would do the same, anyone would. Calzaghe, Naz, Hatton - they all copied it, before upping the comp later on, right at the end.
     
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  11. Brixton Bomber

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    Key word: Divisons.

    Chris WAS at Middle in '91. As was Toney.

    Chris was at SMW in '94. As was Roy.
     
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    Tyson was making MUCH more per fight back then. Many Boxers were.
     
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  14. Brixton Bomber

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    You've just described Chris's WBO reign against bums in Dubai and Portugal.

    Millions for nothing.
     
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  15. Bulldog24

    Bulldog24 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Of course the heavyweights were. Point being why risk losing against the lb4lb best fighters ever when you can make as much money in technically and athletically easier fights? He had a wife and kids and no trade or qualifications. Think in real world terms, not boxing forum terms.
     
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