This content is protected Chris couldn't bring himself to throw punches at a man he looked up to in awe as an amateur.
If Eubank wasn't Eubank in respectful mind set and fought him and tried to win, Hearns is ALL WRONG for him. Eubank was about disrupting flow and rythm with his gliding movement, Tommy was a stop-start tenser before releasing burst at a time. He'd out work Eubank with combos to head and body, stopping and starting, not allowing Eubank to time him
Excellent post this is proof of the duck. At the time Hearns was the number 1 SMW in the world and Eubank was given an opportunity to prove himself the best. Instead he chose to fight his WBO mandatories.
These are the ring rankings for 1990 when the fight with Hearns was avoided by Eubank: Title Vacant Thomas Hearns Christophe Tiozzo* Lindell Holmes Antoine Byrd Mauro Galvano Victor Cordoba John Jarvis Juan Carlos Gimenez Tony Thornton Dario Walter Matteoni
By 1992 Nunn was top ranked by the ring Title Vacant Michael Nunn* Iran Barkley Chris Eubank Victor Cordoba Nigel Benn Tim Littles Darrin Van Horn Tony Thornton Frankie Liles Frank Nicotra