Eubank quotes before Storey/Calzaghe fights

Thought a draw was fair.



FWIW.....
the SHOWTIME scoring of the fight:

Ferdie Pacheco (from ringside)

1-Even
2-Eubank
3-Eubank
4-Benn
5-Eubank
6-Eubank
7-Eubank
8-Benn
9-Benn
10-Benn
11-Eubank
12-Benn

(Benn -1)

Eubank 115 113 Benn


Bobby Czyz (from New York)

1-Eubank
2-Benn
3-Eubank
4-Benn
5-Eubank
6-Eubank
7-Eubank
8-Even
9-Even
10-Benn
11-Eubank
12-Benn

(Benn -1)

Eubank 116 113 Benn

 

(No sound.)


Round One

Benn-10
Eubank-9

Both men testing out their reflexes early. Very tense work. Eubank tried to potshot from the outside but it wasn't as effective as his inside work. Benn landed a few solid shots to the body and is the more active man inside.


Round Two

Benn-9
Eubank-10

Eubank scored from the outside with some sharpshooting. He used his jab and also scored to the body. Both men landing good left hooks. Nigel slow to pull the trigger but doing well at ducking, slipping and weaving.


Round Three

Benn-9
Eubank-10

A counter left hook wobbles Benn momentarily, and Eubank continues to shoot some well-timed jabs. A short hard right hand and some nice follow-up uppercuts win Eubank a scrappy round, although Benn starts doing a decent job at slipping the right hand and countering to the body.


Round Four

Benn- 10
Eubank- 9

Benn beginning to find his range with his right hand and body shots beginning to have some effect. Eubank's mid-round flurry inside has no effect.


Round Five

Benn- 9
Eubank- 10

Benn comes out wildly but is turned against the ropes and Eubank gets in nice left hooks. Eubank had Benn on his heels a little with some crisp combination punching. A right-left combo on the chin might have hurt Benn. For the remainder of the round, Chris counters well with uppercuts and right hands.


Round Six

Benn- 9 (8, one point deducted for low blows)
Eubank- 10

Eubank lands a lot in this round. The inside punches force Benn back. Nigel gets in small handfuls of head shots towards the end of the round but they have no effect.


Round Seven

Benn- 9
Eubank- 10

Eubank lands in twos and some single uppercuts, and gets out or holds. Clever. Quiet round for Benn though, plodding forward. Both men appear very tired.


Round Eight

Benn- 10
Eubank- 9

Benn's ripping the body with hard uppercuts and mixing in right hands to the head. Eubank showing inaccurate shoeshiner flurries and a lot of holding inside.


Round Nine

Benn-10
Eubank- 9

Eubank gets his jab working to clearly better the first part, but Benn really sinks in the body shots in the second part and has more activity inside. Benn's the one landing solid shots.


Round Ten

Benn- 10
Eubank- 9

A beautiful leaping left hook hurts Eubank and a follow-up barrage has him stumbling a little. He comes back with a short uppercut on the inside, but no damage done. Every time he gets something done, he's getting hit right back with something heavier. Benn's round for sure.


Round Eleven

Benn- 9
Eubank- 10

Eubank tightened up his punches and started to use his jab again. His best round in awhile.


Round Twelve

Benn- 10
Eubank- 10

Benn starts on fire and nearly had Chris out early, but soon tired for a desperate looking Eubank to work his backside off and outwork Nigel to edge a share.


Final Score

Benn- 113
Eubank- 115

 

Yeah and how about Benn, Watson twice and Malinga in 15 months.

Or Watson twice, Malinga, Thornton, Holmes, Benn and Rocchigiani in 2.5 years.

 

But there were fights like Benn I, Benn II, Watson I, Watson II, Wharton, Thornton, Giminez, Holmes and Close II where he stayed focussed on boxing throughout or wasn't given a chance to pose during a round.