The term may have specifically originated from the crowded "government yards" of two-storey concrete homes found in Kingston and inhabited by poorer Jamaican residents, though "yard" can also refer to "home" or "turf" in general in Jamaican patois . I don`t what race you are, but my dad is Jamaican and would be offended being called a yardie.
I was wondering if Bulldog is actually Sr, his obsession is odd and his wording matches Sr`s wording completely from that period.
Any respectable man would, that's a gang culture for youths and manboys. Fwiw, two blokes I work with that are electricians in their late 50's an come over when they were 8-9 from Jamaica, class themselves as yardies, I never could understand that when watching them wire up a fuseboard. Horses for courses
Eubank might have his problems. But dont think anyone can take away he was a seriously hard man. Just seems like a bloke thats trying his best to be good....and not quite sure how to go about it. My guess is hes got an inferiority complex...and this behaviour helps him feel better about himself. Hes made mistakes but dont think hes a bad bloke. Regardless tho the man deserves absolute respect for his boxing. Hard man and seriously good fighter. He bangs on about the warrior code...sounds a bit ridiculous but he isn,t far wrong....he pretty much was a warrior.
You're not becoming a world champion juggling your day job with your training my man. Eubank proved he was world-class all along and Duff and Warren were biting their tongues when he was on top, missing out on the millions he made Barry Hearn after Hearn's initial investment of giving him a basic weekly wage (plus a few grand a fight) so he could just train and prepare for scheduled fights. Otherwise he'd of been just another journeyman like his brothers were. Peter and Simon Eubanks both had the talent, but not the investment, just took fights at very short notice and retired skint. So credit where credit is due I say.
Why do people often refer to him as Eubanks? Serious question because Warren called him Eubanks and so have many others, it just puzzles me.
Everyone's always called him Eubanks mostly. When Peter fought McGuigan, he was billed as Ewbanks with a W and an S. Perhaps Chris changed his name from Ewbanks because he was still wanted by police after jumping bail in early 80s. If you think about it, he lived with his brothers or Keith Miles (a Brighton garage owner who said he'd be the British Bob Arum) or with his missus's mum until Barry Hearn rented him and Karen(sp?) a maisonette flat, and then he became champion.