Would Chris Eubank Go Through Joe Calzaghe's Resume Undefeated?

It's tripe.

 

Andy Flute knocking Eubank out in sparring.... Rubbish.

 

He never learned how to fight a southpaw.
I've just rewatched the Calzone fight for the third time; Joe couldn't miss with the left counter coming out of a clinch.

Chris wasn't happy after the first knockdown and invited Joe for more; Joe obliged and before the rd was over, you could see a look of disbelief on Chris face i have never seen in his whole career.

For the first 3 rds it's a clinic; Joe had a response for everything Chris threw at him; he outpunched, outfought and outmanoevred him so bad he was showboating in the process.

Chris managed to stun Joe with an uppercut in the fourth; but Joe showed a great chin and got back at him, won the rd.

Joe didn't press so much after the fifth, which made it somehow more competitive. But he had Eubank clearly going in the ninth with superb timing counters; it could have been scored a 10-8.

The last rds were all Joe because Chris was running on fumes.
Joe won them all on my card; he did absorb a great combo by Chris with exactly 2 seconds left in the 12, but his great chin took it alright, and would have come back, like he had all night, had the bell not rang.

So, i see no evidence whatsoever of Chris having learned how to box southpaws; or maybe does Calzone qualify as a supraordinar one ?

 

Serge, beware, he's gonna ban your ass too...

 

Calzaghe had an exceptionally wide southpaw stance against Eubank, because it was back when he was a wild power-punching brawler who loaded up his lefts - Schommer also had a very wide southpaw stance and Eubank struggled, of course.

Eubank admits he wasn't even trying to perform against Calzaghe, only knock him out ASAP because he didn't know if he could go 12 on the move after the weight-loss, and with knee problems he couldn't anchor his feet and so just leaped in all night, 'I underestimated him (Calzaghe) and thought I could beat him on heart alone'-Eubank

Rocchigiani had a narrower, more conventional southpaw stance and Eubank completely dominated.

Schommer countered Eubank more impressively than Calzaghe did.

 

Chris boasted all his career to have "superior skills" and to be a "boxer".
Evidence shows otherwise; he was a puncher masquerading as a boxer.

All his career he relied more on his wild lunges and solid chin than any imaginary boxing skills.

After seeing for the third time the Joe fight, i'm more convinced than ever that he had Chris' number, and age doesn't matter here.

In his own right, Joe was still green and still beat up Chris and defeated him mentally more than Collins, Thompson ever did.

 

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You can try and make up any excuse you want but the FACTS are that Eubank had 3 weeks in South Africa before the fight whereas Schommer only had one, and on top of that was working a full time job so therefore had no where near the amount of time to prepare for the fight and get acclimatized for the conditions and climate as Eubank did.