He didn't take Thornton. Thornton's shoulder went against the ropes in the 3rd and he couldn't punch back, out of Jones's 30-punch flurry very few...
-June '94
Nah disagree, you can still see speed the same and Toney's wasn't there (obv losing 44lbs in six weeks isn't the best prep for a world title...
The Original Nutter
Toney looked real quick against Barkley and Tony Thornton. Then go watch Toney-Jones... Toney is n..o..w..h..e..r..e...n..e..a..r as quick against...
Well yeah I suppose
I think Eubank's double win over Watson betters any of Jones, McClellan or Hopkins's wins at middle/super-middle. Hopkins peaked later, '97-'01....
Eubank-Jones is really difficult to picture for me. Looking at Eubank-Malinga/Thornton and Jones-Malinga/Thornton, Eubank is 'sharper' early but...
None of that is in his book.
Recall Nunn dropped Roldan in the 1st round, as he did Kalambay. He hit Kronk fighter Knox with a left hand that came out of nowhere - Knox...
I meant more the fact that Nunn didn't show vulnerabilities. He was never in trouble against Iran. The fights like Tate, Roldan and 3/4 against...
Eubank didn't at the time, in 1990, he said he thought only Herol Graham could beat him. I'm quite suprised he thought he'd beat McCallum and Nunn...
For me, Nunn at his best against Tate, Knox, Roldan, Kalambay, Barkley, Curry and Toney was one of the smoothest, slickest, quickest, mobile of...
It's very accurate, Nunn was trying to find a market in Europe, because he failed in US. He had no charisma, though.
Nunn jumped ship from Arum to King purely because he wanted Eubank in Britain. So Eubank stitched Nunn up in a way.
