Chris Snr: I was the toughest

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  1. Bulldog24

    Bulldog24 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Gleason's was in Brooklyn and Eubank lived in Bronx.
     
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    Sphillips Active Member Full Member

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    So he walked 20 miles to the gym every day?
     
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    destruction Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Just so we are clear here. A 20 mile walk takes the average man in his 20s around 5 hours.

    So in other words he walked for 5 hours every day to kick off training...(insert stupid gullible face here)
     
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    No, hence why he would sleep on the concrete steps. He went there to learn under Patrick Ford and spar different fighters.
     
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    That wasn't his regular gym. Jerome BC was.
     
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    And for what it's worth, Eubank was far from the 'average man'!
     
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    So Eubank Snr fought thee Teddy Atlas as an amateur ?? Interesting, I wonder who else Atlas fought, anyone know at all ??
     
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    4 1/2 hrs then lol, still a hoof to train after that for any man !
     
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    Ah,so he didn’t walk 20 miles a day then?
     
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    I read Teddy's book about 10 years ago. I can't remember him saying he boxed Eubank however I will look it up.
     
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    Yup Eubank and Atlas fought according to Eubank. I think Eubank fought Mark Breland in an unofficial bout.
     
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    Shame he ducked the best US guys of the 90s.
     
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    One of the strangest most interesting people in.sports.Going to new York as a kid from England not knowing anyone else fighting to survive .If it was fictional it would be regarded as far fetched.
     
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