Comments Thread For: With Alalshikh pulling the strings, Eubank-Benn II hangs by a thread

[Boxing 112]

September 20th is way too short notice. Neither are in preparations for any fight and it may as well be Associate already. A 7-week camp isn't going to happen.

How is it short notice when there was a rematch clause and both have known for a while September was going to be the likely month IF it was to happen

[super-x]

Aren't they just trying to hype the fight?

After the first fight, the rematch sells itself. Doubt this kind of hype is required, and Eubanks has a history of stalling himself out of fights.

[tokon]

" . . the main reason for 35-year-old Eubank’s two-day stay in hospital immediately after the bout was severe dehydration."

Surely sufficient cause for concern that the licencing board should insist on no rehydration clause or a higher weigh in weight?

[Goatintheboat]

After the first fight, the rematch sells itself. Doubt this kind of hype is required, and Eubanks has a history of stalling himself out of fights.

I dunno, not sure there's the demand for a second fight. It's difficult to see the event being bettered or the fight itself really.