Eubank sparring with Rod Douglas in '87! (vid)

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  1. atberry

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    [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=piROD_Phrwk[/ame]

    Douglas in White

    at the Lonsdale Gym in London in June 1987


    Very lively, not much held back here..
     
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    For the younger lads, Rod Douglas was the four-time ABA champ, only man to beat Nigel Benn in the ams and Rod lost only a close fight to world #1 Shawn O'Sullivan at LA Olympics quarter-finals (O'Sullivan then looked to have beaten Frank Tate in final).
    Rod annihilated Jeff Harding for Commonwealth Gold and beat Cornelius Carr in his last ABA final before hitting the pro game soon becoming a hot young lion to watch on BBC Grandstand, though his people threw him in far too soon with 40-fight super-trickster Herol Graham and Douglas suffered a career-ending head injury trying for the British title...

    He was a real powerhouse Rod Douglas and had two incredible WARS with Benn in the ams.


    Eubank had yet to be unleashed on the British public and also did a lot of sparring with cruiserweight Keith Bristol.
     
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  3. Tar Baby

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    I always find sparring more interesting than fights , dunno why
     
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  4. Tar Baby

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    thanks for the info as well.
     
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  5. Dunky McCafferty

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    It was the same when I was at a Eubank training session watching Eubank do 12 rounds of sparring vs Pyatt, the two of them went at it hammer & tongs, it was almost like Eubank was a different fighter!
    It was only meant to go for 6 or 8, I cant remember now, but Eubank kept saying 'one more' & Pyatt was up for it, & the audience loved it!

    That was in the build up to him fighting the punching postman(cant remember the dudes real name, thornsomething) well it was a long time ago!
     
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  6. atberry

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    Before the Thornton fight yeah, you were there at Eubank/Thornton weren't you mate, I bet.

    The Eubank/Errol Christie spars were the best - absolutely un-****in-real the hand speed, combinations and flurries from them both going back-and-forth. Christie's chin held up with 16oz gloves and headgear...
     
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  7. silly_illy

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    wow! good rare & ENTERTAINING spar video!
    thanks man! :good
     
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  8. Dunky McCafferty

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    I certainly was, those were good days to be a boxing fan:good I used to go to a boxing club back then, not cos I was a boxer(I was happy to train & keep fit & leave out the sparring bit:lol:), but my goodness, watching a world champs training session was a real eye opener of what it takes to get to the top... Unbelievable that he could do a full work-out, spar 12 rounds & do a Q&A session with his fans for ages afterwards, he was a real one-off!
     
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  9. c woodhouse

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    what a great video thanks atberry
     
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  10. Rasch

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    That was a great watch! :good

    Anyone know how Rod Douglas has been post Boxing ...... how well did he recover from his injuries?
     
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  11. HairyHighlander

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    Quality thread, cheers Atberry :good
     
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  12. atberry

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    Chris Eubank vs James Canty, March 1987

    [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NRk83wzHeqE[/ame]

    [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYUEqR0sUHQ&feature=related[/ame]
     
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  13. HairyHighlander

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    You got the fight with Steve Aquilina ?

    I trained alongside him for a while, strange bloke tbh......wore big old bakers oven gloves in the gym.

    Anyways, was told he took a thrashing.........
     
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  14. atberry

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    Yeah I saw it, it was horrifyingly one-sided. Eubank really let the shots go in that one down on Portsmouth Harbour - hooks with both hands, uppercuts with both hands and body shots with both hands and putting them together at times at breakneck speed, twitching his ankles with every punch, six-inch punches. What a waste of talent.
     
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    Chris Eubank Training at the Metropole Hotel, Brighton - 1992-03-19. Sparring against Simon Collins.

    [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RX2s8EEbuxo[/ame]


    You can see the clear improvement in Eubank's stance and pacing, arms and elbows much more tightly tucked in and carefully placing punches instead of clustering bunches

    Fascinating
     
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