wow. if success to you is measured by how many people watch fighters, rather than who they fight and when, then you have your moral victory (even though you've just pulled those numbers out your arse). you're making excuses for eubank, who by his own admission (i'll say it once again in case you missed it) - by his own admission - didn't go to the US because fighting roy jones would've been suicide. and you had heard of hopkins, i guarantee that. just like you know he was the MW king for years. seriously, you need to learn to stop being british so you can learn to be objective.
That was in the lead up to the Benn fight, they may have built Jones up too seeing how he was P4P No.1 in the world at the time.
He meant Hopkins was unknown while Eubank wa champ at 160 and wasn`t a champ at 168 while Eubank was champ at 168, Eubank was a far bigger star than B-hop in the early to mid 90`s.
Ring mag ratings 1994: Roy Jones Jr. Nigel Benn Chris Eubank Frankie Liles Vinny Pazienza Tim Littles Michael Nunn Ray Close Graciano Rocchigiani Antoine Byrd Title Vacant Gerald McClellan Jorge Fernando Castro Bernard Hopkins John David Jackson Reggie Johnson Quincy Taylor Segundo Mercado Steve Collins Joe Lipsey Agostino Cardamone
I had never heard of Hopkins until he fought Trinidad. I corrected you, Eubank was on a far bigger stage. Success is how much money you make and nobody made more than Eubank below heavyweight from 1990 to 1995. Why take much less money to fight better fighters in America where you’re not known!? It’s senseless.
https://talksport.com/sport/boxing/844302/chris-eubank-simply-the-best/ Forget the anthem. They weren’t his words.
so at the end your argument boils down to eubank being a very succesful businessman but a mediocre world champion.
He went to Germany, he pulled victory from the jaws of defeat, he defended 20x more frequently than Louis - he was a GREAT world champion.
all of that is meaningless when your opposition is crap for a world title fight. By your metrics menyaothin was a great champion too
I wouldn’t refer to any professional boxer as crap, let alone some of the top guys in the game or some of the best we’ve seen.
but they aren't facing the best if they aren't fighting on the biggest stage. you're changing the definition of biggest stage to refer to large audiences. i'm calling the biggest stage the one that pretty much guarantees that you'll fight the best opponents. i hear what you're saying by reading your replies to me, but it's a defeatist attitude imo. a lot of euro fighters made good $$$ by getting 'a belt', calling themselves 'world champion' and then milking it at home with a record that flattered them.
