Chris Eubank and Nigel Benn

[General Zod]

Eubank didn't retire in 97; he fought two epic wars with Carl Thompson in 1998.

I thought Eubank should of got the nod in their first fight. He gained a lot of respect from me as well for fighting at that weight.

[stefjonno1]

I thought Eubank should of got the nod in their first fight. He gained a lot of respect from me as well for fighting at that weight.

Yeah i think most people who never really liked him, had a lot of respect for him after those two fights, i know i did. It was also a pretty dumb move, as he could easily have made plenty more cash fighting at light heavy. He had plenty left in the tank at that point. In saying that like you say he could have easliy got the nod in the first fight.

[General Zod]

Yeah i think most people who never really liked him, had a lot of respect for him after those two fights, i know i did. It was also a pretty dumb move, as he could easily have made plenty more cash fighting at light heavy. He had plenty left in the tank at that point.

I liked him after he beat Benn and followed him until the second Watson fight, lost interest after that but I did get to catch his fights with Calzaghe, Collins and Thompson.

In saying that like you say he could have easliy got the nod in the first fight.

Yeah I thought he did enough to win a close decision

[Shazam!]

Eubank didn't retire in 97; he fought two epic wars with Carl Thompson in 1998.

Bloody ell, you're right. Of course he did. He moved up in weight for those, didn't he? Those were wars. Eubank was one tough cookie. You wouldn't think it from his boxing style, listening to him and seeing how sensitive he was. But thinking back he really was a tough son of a ***** who was in a lot of great fights. Watson, two with Benn, two with Collins, two with Thompson.

Fascinating figure. As is Benn.

[Shazam!]

I remember being really hyped up by Sky Sports. It's interesting to speculate how his career would have gone if not for the Watson tragedy. He definitely lost some of his killer instinct but could still take a punch and was technically good.

There's an argument to say he could have been even better if not for the Watson tragedy.

[General Zod]

I remember being really hyped up by Sky Sports. It's interesting to speculate how his career would have gone if not for the Watson tragedy. He definitely lost some of his killer instinct but could still take a punch and was technically good.

There's an argument to say he could have been even better if not for the Watson tragedy.

Round 11 of the first Collins fight comes to mind, after he kos him.

I think he also got soft due to Sky deal as well, where he was fighting a lot of c list fighters

[Clegg]

Round 11 of the first Collins fight comes to mind, after he kos him.

I think he also got soft due to Sky deal as well, where he was fighting a lot of c list fighters

Yeah, the way Eubank fought after knocking down Collins was sad to see, you could tell that he just didn't have that killer instinct anymore.

[General Zod]

Yeah, the way Eubank fought after knocking down Collins was sad to see, you could tell that he just didn't have that killer instinct anymore.

He admitted himself that there were "issues", which stopped him from finishing Collins off. He gets more respect for it, he would rather lose than run the risk of hurting another fighter badly again.

Financially it was a bad move, he wanted another Benn fight and even a Jones fight.

[Clegg]

He admitted himself that there were "issues", which stopped him from finishing Collins off. He gets more respect for it, he would rather lose than run the risk of hurting another fighter badly again.

Financially it was a bad move, he wanted another Benn fight and even a Jones fight.

Yeah.

I remember as well there were a lot of issues before the fight with talk of Collins being hypnotised. At the time it was hard to tell if Eubank was seriously bothered by it or just trying to play Collins at his own game, but even before they stepped into the ring I remember Eubank saying in interviews that he was worried about Collins being hypnotised to take more punishment than his body could naturally withstand.

I think that's part of why he held off after the KD.

[Dynamite Kid]

Most people subscribe to the Eubank was never the same post Watson opinion and whilst there is a degree of truth to that i dont put it down to him losing his "killer instinct", i put it down to Watson laying out the blue print of how to beat Eubank, dont let him fight at his own pace and make him work, both Calzaghe and Collins applied this against Eubank, we have to remember that Eubank looked a million dollars Wharton before his fights with Collins.

This is coming from a guy who only got into Boxing because of Eubank and who was a big fan of his back in the day when he was on terrestrial tv.