Why didn't Eubank face Nunne or Toney?

i agree with uou there, Eubank wouldn't outpoint him but would certainly have the smarts to kand a decent punch... who knows how good RJJ chin was back then. I presume it was average before his ill-fated move back down to Light Heavy

 

Eubank definitely did not have "****" footwork when he was on the backfoot, even though he could always be a bit inconsistentor sloppy.His technical problems with his feet were in integrating his punching and remainging on balance while doing so when forced into a steady stalking role.

 

Eubank admits he didn't need Jones, Toney and co. He was making nice pay days in Britain and throw in the odd domestic rivalry with Watson, Collins and Benn and he had the huge fights on his resume.

 

Funny thing is James now goes around calling himself the IBA Heavyweight Champion Of The World. James was the Truth back then for sure :good

 

I remember reading a few years back that Eubank in an interview said he was happy being a big fish in a small pond instead of a small fish in a big pond.....or something along them lines.

In other words i really dont think he wanted any part of the "elite".

 

-June '94

 

Eubank's footwork was often what set him apart.

Look closely at Eubank-Watson I, and it's the footwork. Eubank's on an entirely different level, making Watson's appear plain plodding by comparison.

 

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Watch 1 min 30 secs in -
Wow!


His footwork was immaculate in this fight.

 

I suspect Eubank was a lil' yellow. With good reason, too, cuz Lights Out would have handed him an ass-whoopin'. He didn't mind if Lights Out called him a woman, he was willing to accept that as long as he didn't have to step in the ring with him. It's a pity because that would have been a nice W on James' record.

 

"The WBC stands for we be crooks. And the WBO, we don't even count that", Toney was funny back then, I think even the audience laughed at that.

I do recall the idea behind Benn-Eubank II was to facilitate a unification tourny, the winner to fight Nunn.
I remember reading an article where Don King expressed his displeasure with Eubank and Hearn after the Benn fight because Eubank went his own way, rather then stay with the unification plan.
Remember when Nunn fought Steve Littles on the undercard of a Benn fight? The idea was to hype a Benn-Nunn unification fight, which went pear-shaped again due to Nunn losing!
I think one reason King brought Mclellan over to fight Benn was because he was fed up of trying to manipulate the UK fighters so wanted Mclellan to bump Benn off, and Benn knew it too:
"They brought him over here to bash me up"

 

I think toney would beat eubank pretty handily, it'd probably go the distance but I can only see one winner. Nunn on the other hand could be ko'd if you caught him-as Toney proved and eubank was a bigger puncher, it would still be a difficult fight though.

 

Toney, Nunn, Kalambay, McCallum, Jones Jr. Apparently they all ducked him.

 

Toney didn't want any part of Kalambay either incidentally.Sumbu deserved that fight after McCallum, even though he was past his best, but Toney preferred the Dell'aquilla's and Tiberi's of the world instead.

 

Eubank did actually sign contracts to fight both Nunn and Toney, Nunn as part of the Benn II deal and Toney as part of the Sky TV deal.

 

Yeah he must have been yellow to the bone to sign up for 24 rounds with a prime Nigel Benn.

atsch