Eubank Jr now wants to fight IBF champ Caleb Truax!!!

Truax can actually hit like a mule, compare how Adonis Stevenson and Truax both took out Don George. If Eubank doesn't move his head and fight intelligently, there's a very real chance he could find himself in danger against Truax as well.

Truax isn't an intelligent, skilled fighter... but he's rough, with a good work rate, a good punch, works the body and is solid inside with stamina to throw hard for the duration of a fight. Really not a bad combination of attributes for a B-Level fighter.

 

What do you mean "again"? He never has been.

 

Let me have a wild guess. You don't like CEJ.

 

yep--i saw what looked like two clear KDs by Groves--the one you referred to above and another in rd 10, both ignored by the referee

 

I will go out on a limb and say that Eubank Jr trying to blatantly cherry pick a soft title fight while horrifically cut and visibly battered in the post fight interview, calling out said fighter before the bleeding on his face has even stopped... What a sham. A true product of the modern age, especially in regards to the sheer hype some athletically talented fighters always garner. Nothing of substance.

 

well said

and i think the contrast between Kovalev and Eubank Jr is even wider, ie, while Kovalev had to deal fight Ward, the ref, and the judges--as you mentioned--pretty clearly the judges and ref were prepared to bend over backwards to give Eubank the fight.

the evidence: compare the actual judges cards (which were pretty damn close) with the four or unofficial scores from knowledgeable boxing writers, fighters in attendance, etc. (which seemed to center around 10-2 or 9-3 to be generous); what's more, i saw what looked like two KDs in that fight that were ignored by the ref

 

I think his Dads best work was when he hid all the pens from Jnr...imagine the ensuing carnage...

 

Yep, he simply HAS to go back to 160. He's not good enough to be fighting bigger guys at 168.

But not only that, he HAS to make big changes. His dad may have been in 19 world title fights or whatever it was, but I am highly sceptical about his coaching abilities. I actually like listening to Eubank Sr talk, but it is clear he is completely deluded, I don't think even he knows what he is saying half the time, he just talks non-stop BS trying to sound profound. As I say I do like him, I think he is entertaining, but Jr needs an experienced coach who can put him out of his comfort zone.

In soccer the best players often make terrible coaches, that's gotta be true in boxing too sometimes.

Keep his dad on as a publicist by all means, but if he doesn't shake up his team around him then the same thing will keep on happening over and over again.

 

I actually don't think it is a bad thing him calling out Truax.

I used to play a lot of sports and whenever I lost, especially in individual sports, I'd want a rematch, another game, straight away, didn't matter if it was a casual game or competitive, I'd never admit I was beaten.

Shows he still has drive, nothing wrong with that, he's just gotta funnel it in the right direction now, and make some changes.

I mean he can't exactly call out GGG after that performance.

 

Senior was very honest with his fight assessment I thought. No complaints.

 

CEJ beats Truax, hot-potatoes belt to Chunky, and we end up with Groves vs. DeGale II, seven years in the making, for all the marbles @ super middle. I dig it.

(well, half the marbles, with the other half consolidated across the pond in Mexico between Zurdo & Benavidez)

 

Well, for a start, Truax is a titlist they could tempt to the UK. It makes more sense than calling out the two latino titlists. It'd probably be a real war for TV, too.

So heck, why not?