i dont buy this old eubank thing myself tbh, eubanks took the fight with calz at very short notice, he had been in training for a light heavy and had to drain to make the calz fight which might have been a factor in the final outcome.
With eubanks experience and joes inexperience, i think the " old " term evened the fight, plus 31 is hardly over the hill, calz himself is way past that age.
Imo the win over eubanks was an amazing win for calz, eubank had a chin of granite yet calz managed to knock him down, calz himself proved he has an amazing chin, eubanks caught him a couple of times yet the whiskers stood the test. lets be in no doubt eubank could **** a bit.
Calz has said a couple of times that eubank gave him the toughest fight of his life, whilst eubank has conceeded that joe was the proper article.
like i say i think eubanks is a notch on joes resume, joe was 25 eubanks 31.
i cant really agree with people who bandy about that eubanks was old and infer he was past it, making joes win less credible.
in comparing some of the would be atgs that hopkins has fought and has been credited for, tito oscar, i think eubanks was a stellar win for joe at that time. imagine joe called out osar or tito when hopkins fought them, we would think joe was taking the piss, we all know the blow would blow them away, complete mismatches, yet ppl claim these as remarkable wins for hopkins, a natural light heavy hopkins at that.
Now breathe lol.
With eubanks experience and joes inexperience, i think the " old " term evened the fight, plus 31 is hardly over the hill, calz himself is way past that age.
Imo the win over eubanks was an amazing win for calz, eubank had a chin of granite yet calz managed to knock him down, calz himself proved he has an amazing chin, eubanks caught him a couple of times yet the whiskers stood the test. lets be in no doubt eubank could **** a bit.
Calz has said a couple of times that eubank gave him the toughest fight of his life, whilst eubank has conceeded that joe was the proper article.
like i say i think eubanks is a notch on joes resume, joe was 25 eubanks 31.
i cant really agree with people who bandy about that eubanks was old and infer he was past it, making joes win less credible.
in comparing some of the would be atgs that hopkins has fought and has been credited for, tito oscar, i think eubanks was a stellar win for joe at that time. imagine joe called out osar or tito when hopkins fought them, we would think joe was taking the piss, we all know the blow would blow them away, complete mismatches, yet ppl claim these as remarkable wins for hopkins, a natural light heavy hopkins at that.
Now breathe lol.
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