Chris eubank Jnr's father is crazy for making the Gennady Golovkin fight

He's not crazy, he's a warrior in this sport and will fight anybody. It's a good change to people who protect hollow records.

 

It makes perfect sense really. If he loses, then he loses. Hardly anyone really expects him to win or even do that well. He can then just move up (as he is big for 160) and start again. Or, stay fighting at 160 and gun for Saunders. If by some miracle he does win, then he becomes #1 at that weight. The risk isn't really high at all.

 

That's absolutely terrible management of CEJ's career. They did the same mistake when they took the BJS fight. If CEJ fought BJS now, after having the experience of fighting the likes of Chudinov, Sullivan, Blackwell (BJS had it at the time), he'd be the clear favorite. But this time around they are trying to bite something way bigger than they can swallow. This won't be like getting outpointed by BJS, being knocked out cold will destroy CEJ's confidence and possibly lead to his downfall.

It's a pity really because CEJ is a great fighter, not only as a boxer but he's arguably the most entertaining fighter out there. He's the closes thing to a new generation Roy Jones/Sergio Martinez. Such a pity what's going to happen.

 

I'll be shocked if this happens this quickly. I really don't believe Tom Doran is ideal preparation and I think Jr should have fought a Stevens or Lemiuex and then gone in to a Golovkin fight.

But to my surprise it is starting to look like it really will happen and if it does then fair play to Jr, I will be supporting him because I'm British.

Although I will be supporting Jr I think Golovkin is going to be just too much for him right now, I see a very brave and courageous Jr getting similar treatment to Lemieux.

 

:yup His father is exactly what it means to be a warrior, I'm so surprised he still has all of his mental faculties. His resume screams disastrous aftermath.

 

In Sr's mind he went and fought Nigel Benn, another ferocious puncher, Sr was told by many he was going to get sparked, he was told he would be destroyed and he took everything Benn could throw at him that night and stopped Benn.

I believe he see's a lot of similarities between the two fights, I don't, Benn could box but preferred to fight, preferred to go to war, Golovkin can box, is technically sound.

One of Sr's most famous quotes before Benn was "The puncher never beats the boxer and he never beats the competent boxer"

Well Jr is not the most "competent boxer" here, he is not as good technically as Golovkin but Jr seems to have a much higher work rate (against a far lower standard of fighter) and is younger so I'm assuming Sr has changed his mind.

 

Make up your mind already.

 

Another problem I see is Jr is not a one punch KO artist, he wears you down, the problem being how do you keep a fighter like Golovkin off of you if he starts to steam forward?

Jr isn't exactly a riddle, he isn't elusive, he is there to be hit so I agree with you, he could take a real beating and his chin could be his downfall.

The Eubank's said similar words after Blackwell, Blackwells bravery and toughness cost him, the fact Jr didn't KO him quickly ended with Blackwell taking a life threatening beating.

 

Eurbank Sr's face expression when kiddo is getting knocked out will be epic!