Calzaghe explaining why he 'slaps'!

[GEOFFHAYES]

I think anybody would love to meet the freak, though. And make fun of him.

[Shanus]

I haven't. And what's with the 'yet'?

I don't plan to meet him.

Why not?

I'd love to meet Eubank, you wouldn't be open minded to the opportunity?

[GEOFFHAYES]

Why not?

I'd love to meet Eubank, you wouldn't be open minded to the opportunity?

I'll go down to Brighton, jump out in front of his truck, call him out and shake his hand, shall I?

[Shanus]

I'll go down to Brighton, jump out in front of his truck, call him out and shake his hand, shall I?

Don't be silly, he doesn't have time for commoners such as yourself, he wouldn't even brake, he'd run you down like dead meat.

[paul750]

I'll go down to Brighton, jump out in front of his truck, call him out and shake his hand, shall I?

I seen a programe the other week about volunteers building houses in Africa I think. Eubank was there helping them, not sure how long he stayed there for.

[GEOFFHAYES]

I would say Jones exploites Eubanks wealness to body shots.

That weakness to bodyshots is a myth. Okay, he backed off a couple of times against Kid Milo with a smile on his face after being hit to the body - so what? It's because there were no weaknesses to be found in Eubank that that may of been more emphasised, it's all you could find as a potential weakness. And it was pretty lame.

[Shanus]

That weakness to bodyshots is a myth. Okay, he backed off a couple of times against Kid Milo with a smile on his face after being hit to the body - so what? It's because there were no weaknesses to be found in Eubank that that may of been more emphasised, it's all you could find as a potential weakness. And it was pretty lame.

Nige hurt him to the body.

[paul750]

I seen a programe the other week about volunteers building houses in Africa I think. Eubank was there helping them, not sure how long he stayed there for.

Yes, my memory served me correctly. Here it is:

FORMER world boxing champion Chris Eubank won the respect of opponents in his days in the ring.
But today he's using his hands for peaceful purposes.
The colourful pugilist, who hung up his gloves some time back, is now helping build houses with the Neil Mellon Township Challenge in South Africa.
And the man who once felt the boxing wrath of Steve Collins has been made an 'honorary Irishman' by the 700 volunteers who daily roll up their sleeves with him on a Cape Town building site.
Eubank said yesterday: "I know the South African government have done a lot since 1994 but more needs to be done." The Irish workers have been building the latest batch of 100 houses since last month and plan to complete the job this Friday. This is the third year of the Township Challenge.

[Derranged_]

"Maybe I am a slapper, but I must have the hardest slap in the world. I was never taught to punch like that, if you see footage of my early schoolboy fights you see me using more textbook punching technique. But I always had problems with my left wrist because I hit far too hard for my age, by the time I was 15 it got so bad that I was told I'd never box again. So we had to work around that."

He also explains his stamina..

"I've been training like a pro since I was 13 years old. That's probably why I've got so much stamina to call on, that's the carry over. You know, through adolescence I suppose. It's set in my system. That's what I put it down to. I was up at 6 in the morning every day, pounding those valleys - then I'd get back, have my bottle of milk and get ready for school. I was training for the world championship!"

And his toughness..

"I didn't have much when I was a kid. I grew up on a council estate and I was always the shy, sporty one who got picked on by other kids on the estate. It was only at school I was able to socialise. We moved out of the estate when I was 11, but by then I was at comprehensive school and getting picked on there. So I never escaped from bullies. I became abit of a loner at comp school, I hated it. I dreaded going in every day, I was often on the brink of snapping when I was picked on there but always somehow managed to bottle it all up and let it all out in the boxing ring."

The more I read about Calzaghe the more I'm starting to like this guy and his brand of boxing. His training habits are superior to many guys in the game today who are more talented than him, but lack the dedication and 'guts' that he posesses.

[GEOFFHAYES]

Nige hurt him to the body.

Ah, but Eubank reversed that and said 'if Benn hit anyone else with any one of those shots they'd of been down and out, most probably'..