Eubank Sr claims he beat Watson/Collins/Rocky clearly

Sugar Ray Leonard was clueless with Sherry, sending him over to face Eubank having not actually faced anyone as a pro yet….and picking Pepe Correa who taught him absolutely nothing (Correa taught Leonard and Lennox Lewis nothing either - Leonard was already established to say the least and Steward fixed A LOT with Lewis)

 

I thought he beat Collins. Very good fighter.

 

Obviously not the same guy when facing Jones (post retirement /post shoulder surgery), shoulder popped again twice in that match

Thornton was at his most dangerous around 87 (remember a big article in the Ring regarding his right hand), but at his cutest vs Merqui Sosa (and Eubank /Toney)

 

You don’t seem to grasp how good high level competitive boxers are compared to, say, yourself or Joe Blow. These aren’t normal people plucked from the sky. It’s hugely disrespectful

 

Who cares what the writers and editors of a magazine think anyway? What’s the big deal.

Yes Merqui Sosa. Not Joe Bloggs from McDonalds.

 

James Toney -

'I'm surprised you haven't said anything bad about Tony Thornton yet!'
'Well, he hasn't tried to diss me. I respect Tony Thornton. He's a cagey veteran. When I was a kid I used to watch him on TV. He beat lots of great fighters before I even turned pro, So he knows his way round a ring as well as anyone. He knows all the angles, all the moves.
He can be real slippery and I know he's tough. But when the fighting's over he's just a regular guy.'
'They call him the 'Punching Postman'!'
'Yeah,' Toney laughed, 'he's a ****ing postman!'
'Different kind of delivries to your last job!'
'Ain't pay as well as either,' Toney observed. 'But I don't need no letter to tell me that Thornton's better than most. Look, he fought Chris Eubank in Britain and he won that fight. They gaveit to Eubank- a split decision- but it should have gone Thornton's way. I take my hat off to him. I'm gonna earn him his biggest pay-day on Friday. But I'm still gonna lay some bad hurt on him.'
'Have you thought about this fight a lot?'
I got Tony Thornton on the brain. I see his face last thing at night. When I wake up I see him again. But it's worse for him 'cos I'm the champion and he's on his way out. I'm younger and stronger than him. He's no fool. He knows it.'
'But you must have some doubts,' I said. 'You've said how canny Thornton is in the ring. Wheat if he beats you?'
'It ain't happening..'
'But what if it did? You must sometimes have a little fear too....'
'No!'
'Even just before the fight? While you're waiting in your dressing room? When you're walking out to the ring?'
Toney shook his head. 'It's just a strange time.'

 

That boxers are good. Better than us.

 

I like it when people refer to pro boxers as bums and cans, because it means they’re referring to themselves as a piece of **** on the floor because they couldn’t lay a glove on these bums and cans