how good was chris eubank?

But for Eubank/Nunn to of happened, it would of been post BennII, so we are talking an unmotivated Nunn, with alleged demons and seemingly carrying a chin on the the wrong side of soft...

As for Johnson, he was in the classic, who needs him?, bracket.

I think Eubank could win, but it would not be pretty, and everybody would do well to stay awake for the entire 12 rounds.

 

Yeah the Nunn we saw against Ashley had a lower workrate and was easier to hit, even sloppily falling over himself at times if I remember, a far cry, though he had added some awesome body punching to his arsenal it seemed. I remember the post-fight interview of Nunn after the Ashley fight, when asked about Eubank he said he wouldn't fight him because Eubank was "poison".

 

eubank is one of the toughest fighters iv seen.Unfortuanelty after the tragic watson fight, eubanks wasnt the same fighter.lacked that bit of spite whats needed at the very top level.im aware chris sent on to make numerous defences of his title after the watson fight, but he didnt go for the finishes with the same intensity,understandably.
by the way eubanks autobiography is one of the best by a boxer.

 

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I think it was a very good fight for both of them at the time. Calzaghe was a little green and was pushed for the very first time and came through it (just about). Calzaghe was really hanging on at the end but probably learned more in that fight than the whole of his career prior to that fight. For Eubank, it was a comeback of sorts in a fight that he wasn't meant to win. The underdog for a change and started to make him the darling of the sport for a change.

In general, I think a fight between the two of them at any point in their careers would be incredibly close. Even prime Calzaghe would have fits against any form of Eubank. Stylewise, that awkward, lunging unorthodox boxer would disrupt any rhythm Calzaghe tried to get going. But Calzaghe's workrate is something Eubank would hate. It would be a war whatever happened. Such a shame Calzaghe wasn't around earlier.

 

He was but wasn't pushed. Could've turned pro in '91 but held on for Olympics, and was a pro for four whole years by the time he got his chance at the title. Benn, McMillan and Hamed only had to wait three years. In fact Benn was offered a Nunn title fight in '88, after ONE year. Calzaghe was aggrieved that Wharton got his shot at Eubank and he didn't.

 

Coming from an Irishman. Classic

 

No! Benn didn`t fight well against him and in the first fight they were both off colour. He was nowhere near as good as McCallum against Watson who McCallum landed almost at will against! Eubank needed to fight the top men at that time to prove himself and he didn`t, Collins beat and exposed him.

 

Not as good as Collins coming from an Englishman, classic!

 

How old was Calzaghe when Wharton fought Eubank?

 

You should never lunge with the jab, offers your head to the bad guy. Watson was not top class vs McCallum and McCallum would have stopped Benn easily!

 

Eubank struggled badly against Malinga!

 

Malinga migt have beaten Eubank who missed most of his punches in that fight. How many punches did he land on Thornton who was blown away in 2 rounds by Roy Jones?! Wharton was crap. He was getting battered by Watson and was behind on the scorecards when landed that uppercut.

 

Very good fighter and one of the toughest men i've ever seen in the sport with an ATG chin but by no means unbeatable, he looked great against brwalers eg Wharton, Thompson and Benn but very medicore against good boxers with movement and a good work rate, i think the likes of Toney, Nunn, McCallum, Kalambay and RJJ etc at their best beat him quite handily.

 

As did everyone bar RJJ of course.