Comments Thread For: The Beltline: Barry McGuigan, Loftus Road, and the daddy of all stadium fights

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Barry McGuigan tells Elliot Worsell about the greatest night of his boxing career, 40 years on
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I'll always remember that fight because Eusebio came over with such a great reputation. Then he started beautifully, which made a lot of us have sinking hearts, before Barry turned up the volume. Even then, it was spellbinding as everyone knew Eusebio could switch from stylish to rough housing in the blink of an eye, so there was uncertainty until the final bell. Eusebio complained about the referee and the scoring, but really he was just outworked.