The plodding left-hooker Tito had become by the time he got to middleweight would have been stopped by Chris. Worse fighters than Tito gave Eubank problems but most of them were at super-middle, post watson and fell into two categories...safety-first fighters that used a lot of movement, made Eubank stalk them and were conservative offensively...or busy aggressive fighters that set a very quick tempo. Eubank's big flaws are that he likes to keep things at his own pace to conserve often suspect stamina, and an inability to punch and move very effectively when on the front foot. I don't see Tito's plodding slow pressure, inability to cut the ring and efficient, but by then somewhat predictable offense doing the job.Maybe if Chris had an ordinary chin, but he doesn't..far from it. At his best, Eubank could be very slick off the back-foot, has very good hand and foot speed, defence and a is a fine counterpuncher.He's also a much better puncher than his record suggests imo.He puts three and four punch combo's together very well, usually finishing off with brutal uppercuts that Tito would be wide open for. I think it will play out like a more competitive version of the Hopkins fight.With Eubank giving Tito a lot of respect and picking him off with counters early, maybe scoring a knockdown. Tito will come into it in the middle rounds as Eubank slows a notch and gets a bit sloppier.He'll probably start landing some good shots now, with the rounds becoming a lot closer.This is where TIto would start to take over against guys like Carr and Reid, but it's more likely to me that Eubank comfortably takes his punishment and fires back, re-establishing control for an 8-4 type decision or stopping Tito sometime past the 8th. Biggest problem for Tito is i don't think he can hurt or slow down Eubank, whereas he'll always be vulnerable to getting seriously hurt by a well timed counter once he's been sufficiently softened up and he will get hit a lot.
I think Tito makes it to the final bell, but I don't give him a great chance here. Eubank was inconsistent no doubt and as was pointd out above, he struggled with lesser fighters. But if we're to take him at his best I'm not really sure what problems Tito could show him that he couldn't solve?? The problem for Tito is that he fell in love with his power early in his career, and I thought by the time he fought Hopkins he'd forgotten all about creating openings for his big shots and just went out looking for a bomb from the off. Maybe the ease with which DLH was handling him early in their fight took away his confidence in his boxing ability?? Back to the fight...I really don't see Tito being able to crack Eubank's chin, and Eubank's solid jab will make it hard for Tito to get inside and land many big shots anyway. Tito will plod forward and occassionally land a good shot, but not nearly enough to trouble Eubank over the course of the fight. Eubank by pretty wide UD for me. I must admit I have a soft spot for him though!!! On a side note, the location of the fight could be pretty important.
Eubank never fought outside of europe after his first few fights (where i would assume this fight would take place), whereas on the contrary 160 Tito had fought in the Garden/Vegas many times and would have been more than comfortable with the surroundings. It's obviously only one of many variables in a fight, but I tend to give more credence to these things than others do.
