In no setting is Rosado awful - I don't understand what the issue is with "At his peak he was a contender at best." If you're boxing at world level, which Rosado has done for years now, but not a champion, then you are a contender. By the same token, Eubank is also just a "contender at best." It's a fun fight that Eubank should come through as he is fresher, but by no means a walkover. If Eubank isn't getting title shots then this is round about the level he needs to be boxing at.
That's how I see it, I don't think there's ever been a better time for this fight to be made given the current situation and where both fighters are in their careers.
I wonder how Eubank jnrs record would look if he shared the ring with the prime versions of Golovkin and Lemieux? Rosado gets a lot of criticism but he's taken on big fights and although he's lost them he leaves everything in the ring and I can't help but respect that.
I’ve always felt that the GGG fight falling through for Eubank is one of the best things to happen to him. Yes Groves schooled him, but he didn’t go in there to destroy. GGG would have hurt him in a seriously bad way.
Especially now he's the wrong side of 30, basicaly he's got to do what Rosado has done, go in with the best he can, time is running out, his legacy needs to be more than the brutal KO of Yildrim and then failing to stop a man who had one arm for 3 minutes.
Rosado would be a hard sell for Eubank now. 24 fights - 12 losses or something? he gains very little from the fight. Rosdo wouldnt have been a bad opponent post Groves but not so much now. The Koborov fight was a year ago now for so I hope jnr has used that time wisely - does he have a shoulder or elbow injury that stop him throwing straight shots? If he got some help with that, it could be a useful tool for him. Murata would be a good fight and the type he needs. He's had his learning fights - he's probably not going to improve much so nows the time to go for broke and get a belt holder in the ring and then - if I was Eubank and if he was to get past Muarata i'd find my pen and get GGG in the ring. Would never be a better time to possibly catch him on the slide. Would be a faded but still good name on his CV and might set him up for a super fight or 2. Still some big question marks over Jnr at the highest level, lots of ifs and buts - he's decent can he a be a name in how own right. Would like him to try and answer then early in 2021
Jnr is 31 and hasn't fought in a year, Rosado and the following he has makes it a fairly high profile return to the ring for Eubank jnr in a fight he should win, more importantly I think it would be entertaining too, that's all I care about, Jnr seems more bothered about protecting his 2 with fights against fading ex champions.
Heard on the grapevine that Jnr has been very busy for the past 12 months following the Warrior's Code hunting down the person who burgled his house. Stating that the man is fuming is an understatement and he has promised a brutal 30 minutes ahead when he catches up with the culprit - he intends to tie him to a chair and leave the Jack Catterall fight playing. Once he has avenged his burglary loss he will find time to box again.