Too bad Jones didn't take on Julian Jackson or Gerald McClellan

yes early 90's they had a lot of respect for each other. Roy Jones always said Eubank would be his riskiest fight as well.

 

I know Jones said he saw Eubank as the one guy who'd give most problems ('93 interview), but couldn't imagine them speaking on the phone....

 

well i'll try to find some articles about it. You can probably find some good info on cyberboxing about it too.

 

Chris Eubank: People always ask me why I never fought Roy Jones. The reason is simple, Roy Jones was never my mandatory contender and I was never his. He used to call me up over the phone and say "Eubank, stop hiding and give Roy a shot", but at that time he was not a big name and there would of been no need to fight him, it would of been abit random. When 1996 was on the scene, I wanted to fight Roy Jones in his backyard and even told HBO that I'd publicly bet $1,000,000 on knocking him out in the 1st-round. When I rang Roy Jones, he hung up on me every time. He wouldn't fight me when I was no longer champion, he didn't want to take risks you see. I can say this about a fight with Roy Jones, if he had been my mandatory I would of fought him, I am a professional. People think that I would of made a fight with him become boring and louzy, I would not have done. If you hold back against that guy, he will hurt you and stun you before you have the chance to throw your best shots at him and by then it's too late because they won't be your best shots, you will be hurt and stunned already. If you give him the chance to view and the time to get set, he will land first because his quickness and timing is that good. That's why I would of made it an all-out war with him, so that I'd have more chance of throwing my best shots at him and so there would be less chance of him landing his best shots on me. You don't want to make life easy for him, I would of stood as good a chance as anybody of beating him. Roy Jones would of came out of the fight in bad shape, but I would of came out worse off!


here's one i find i'm sure u read too, but there's another one where Roy Jones is talking about it.

 

That doesn't sound right.

 

Well in the interview I read where he said himself he was offered Darius and Thompson fights at the same time and prefered the Thompson fight because Darius would be young and set a fast hard pace

I read he was offered a Jones fight in '98. Eubank wanting to fight Toney in a cross roads fight? We know that's not Eubanks style

I don't think Jones did fancy the Nunn fight, people accuse him of ducking allot of fighters he didn't but he probably did avoid, too much risk for too little reward, although by that stage Nunn wouldn't pose a threat, but Jones didn't know that

 

I'd like to read what you read, if possible?

 

Its been posted on ESB, if you use the search function, search for Eubank, you'll find plenty of Eubank interview threads, all worth a read and a laugh It should be in 1 of them. Sorry I can't post something specific

 

Seriously how many power punchers did Roy face?!!

 

Tony Thornton could punch but didn't punch him. Merqui Sosa was heavy handed, but didn't hit him.

 

Not many but he did take on some good punchers or fighters that were a lot bigger than him.

James Toney, Bernard Hopkins, Montell Griffin, Jorge Castro, Merqui Sosa, Antonio Tarver and John Ruiz.

 

griffin and toney wernt bigger then him. Ruiz yeah but its not like he was knockout artist. Eric Harding?! please. Not Many is right!!

 

I never said they were bigger than him dumbass. I said he took on some fighters that were bigger than him and some fighters with a good punch. Who the hell even mentioned Harding?


Bend your ass over because your in need of a good ass pounding ******.

 

guess u cant read ur posts COCKSUCKER!!! GO AND READ IT! B4 U TALK OUT OF UR ASS!!!

 

I mention harding sarcastically!! Think a roy jones dickrider like u would be smart enuff 3 get it?!!