Calzaghe has defeated a Top Class Fighter from the American Gyms

The next person who even so much as implies that Eubank was:

a) Shot when he fought Calzaghe
b) Not very good to begin with

Better message me their address so I can come to their house and do a Jay & Silent Bob style beat-down on their stupid ****ing ignorant ass.

Chris Eubank was a great, great fighter, his record speaks for itself. Even if you discount the rest of his record, his victory over Benn and disputed draw in the rematch should tell you exactly how ****ing awesome a cat this guy was as Benn laid waste to several notable American "world beaters", the most notable being the much vaunted "badest man in America" Gerald McClellan. Even after the Calzaghe fight Chris went on to put in two tremendous performances against the Cruiserweight world champion fighting two weights above his comfort zone. That should make it abundantly clear to even the most patently stupid of individuals that Eubank was still a ****ing major handful when Calzaghe fought him.

I’ll bet you any amount of money you like that if Calzaghe beats Hopkins on Saturday night (and he should) that he will still tell you that the toughest fight he ever had was against Chris Eubank. This will be coming from a man who has shared a ring with men like Robin Reid, Jeff Lacy, Mikkel Kessler and of course Bernard Hopkins.

Quit the totally unnecessary hating you stupid ****s. There is nothing to dislike about Joe Calzaghe, he is arguably the most talented and well-rounded fighter in world boxing today who has fought and beat EVERYONE you shitheads have demanded him to yet has a mostly humble demeanor, which is a lot more than can be said for your typical loud-mouthed trash-talking yank like Mayweather and Hopkins et al.

 

Eubank was elite, not great but still an elite, A-level fighter, bordering on P4P greatness but held back by the WBO belt, much like Michalczewski, and also Calzaghe.

Unfortunately he was not ready for a serious fight and had to drop a horrendous amount of weight.

He was literally about to collapse from exhaustion at the end of the Calzaghe fight--Shannon Briggs style--he was in such bad shape. And Eubank never did have good stamina to begin with.

 

I was a Benn fan through and through, but I so wanted Chris to win those two Thompson fights. The guy really did go out on his shield.

 

jermaine taylor is quite possibly the most average undisputed world champ i've ever seen and he bested old man river twice. :deal

we can all play these silly little games.

thanks for playing.

 

Watch Calzaghe Eubank, Joe was green and it was a great fight. Eubank was a warrior and was always taking fights at short notice. he was THAT good

 

This is something that isnt explained enough by the b-hop lovers imo, if his style is so great and hes gonna give calzaghe fits with all his switchable tactics etc....then where the hell where all these tactics in these 24 rounds???

 

I bet money on Calzaghe because my flatmate looked at the odds and said "Jeff Lacy is **** and Calzaghe will batter him".

He wasnt wrong.

 

No way was eubank average, he was a very good fighter, not elite, but excellent. Good skills, solid chin and very crafty.

 

Yeah, that was Calzaghe's first 12 rounder! And, tactically, he fought the wrong fight - trying to stop Eubank after dropping him within 15 seconds of the first round.

Calzaghe has admitted that he felt exhausted after 5 rounds of battering Eubank and had to dig deep. Yet, he never looked visibly tired in the fight.

Eubank almost beat cruiserweight Carl Thompson in his next fight. Thompson would stop David Haye some years later.

 

**** you're an idiot

 

I reckon Eubank was about 70% of his best. He was in training for 175, but he was tough as nails, savvy and confident.

I'd put him on a par with Hopkins now if Hopkins had to suddenly drain to 168. Has to be remembered that Eubank was best as a counterpuncher too.

 

:rofl :rofl :rofl

you're a ****ing idiot :deal

 

Take it easy mate Once Calzaghe's done the business on Saturday night we're gonna have some fun listening to the excuses :smoke

 

I guess Eubank was a product of the american gyms, a NY Golden gloves and fought his first five pro fights or something in the States. But he had nothing to do with the american fighters at the time he fought for World Championships - he was entertaining and a hard-hitter but very conservative, too upright and muscled and sometimes kinda stiff and tight like a cyborg, he used to make it up with good footwork but I feel Benn was very much more a free-swinging type of fighter like the american fighters are... Dennies Andries was a real product of the best american gym at the time, the Kronk, and see how Lewis changed after he left John Davenport and Pepe Correa to join Manny Steward in the States. Joe Calzaghe is a new sort of fighter and doesn't have much to do with most of the old british fighters either, but so is Amir Khan, Kevin Mitchell, Junior Witter - the world is changing.