Chris Eubank Q&A's (from his forum!)

[JUYJUY]

Q: CHRIS DID YOU DO A SPEECH WITH GEORGE FORMAN IN 1991? THNX

Eubank: I did a speech with George Foreman and Evander Holyfield in 1991 at the Trinity College in Dublin. But ofcourse I converted to Islam in 1997

[Tha Greatest]

ok, if your not Chris Eubank...are you Nigel Benn?

[JUYJUY]

Q: CHRIS DID YOU DO A SPEECH WITH GEORGE FORMAN IN 1991? THNX

Eubank: I did a speech with George Foreman and Evander Holyfield in 1991 at the Trinity College in Dublin. But ofcourse I converted to Islam in 1997

Q: WHAT WER UR FIRST IMPRESIONS OF BIG GEORGE AND HOLYFIELD?

Eubank: What were my first impressions of George Foreman and Evander Holyfield? George I met in 1982 when he came to the Jerome boxing club I trained at in the South Bronx and let it be known that he believed in the power of Christ - a big, jolly fellow who seemed to have a heart of gold, he convinced me to go to Church at the time and still he remembered me from then. My impression of George was that this was a happy chappy, a sharp contrast to when he was a cold, calculated unhappy chappy from what I saw when he was previously a boxer, and if that is how Church can change you then I am all for it is what I thought at the time. Evander I had met at the Golden Gloves in 1984, I warmed up with Evander, Kevin Rooney and Mike Tyson. I distinguished Evander by his disciplined and dignified behavior, which was a refreshing contrast to the bravado and the questionable conduct associated with most of the other personalities at that tournament. Mike too was rather dignified and aloof believe it or not, that is why I associated myself with those men at that time.

[JUYJUY]

ok, if your not Chris Eubank...are you Nigel Benn?

No I'm not.

[JUYJUY]

Q: Champ how do you reckon you would of done against Bernard THE EXECUTIONER Hopkins if you two had fought? Am i right in saying your actually younger than him?? What you think of Bernard?

Eubank: Hopkins called me up over the telephone (I dont know how he got my number) in 2002 and thanked me for doing a good job as narrator in the programme "Greatest of the Greatest" where I looked at the impact Islam has had on Muhammad Ali's colourful life and career. To be honest with you, I have to say that I didn't know who Hopkins was until he beat Trinidad a few years ago. I estimate that he would of been competitive against yours truly, but just another W in the bracket for me.

[JUYJUY]

"Look at my perfectly sculptured body, I am quite Simply The Best"




- Chris Eubank

[jack_the_rippuh]

So what Middleweights do you think would have given Eubank the most trouble?

[JUYJUY]

So what Middleweights do you think would have given Eubank the most trouble?

Most people would say back in the day that you'd be crazy to go right at Eubank, but that's the only way to beat him. If you fight on the backfoot it suits Eubank because his composure and patience and smartness is so good - and also suits him because he doesn't want to put in the work! He prefers a slower pace.

IF you have a cast-iron chin, then you will beat Eubank by going at him for three minutes every round. Exactly what Steve Collins did in that stunning upset, and he was the first guy who did it (and luckily for him he had a very durable chin) and it was the first time that Eubank lost - the first time he was pressured non-stop against a durable tough guy he lost (the first time in 10 years and 43 fights undefeated).

It seemed that Eubank relied on opponents going at him so that he could catch them with counters, but that wasn't really the case I don't think - he'd rather have a lazy fight. The thing about Eubank is that he was so arrogant and annoying that he'd frustrate opponents into wanting to knock his block off.. and you'd fall into his trap so that he'd catch you with counters and then you'd be hurt from those counters so that Eubank could take his foot off the pedal and move away loosely for the rest of the fight. But if you had a cast-iron, those punches wouldn't hurt you enough to ease up on him..

Eubank did lack stamina, there's no doubt about that, he very rarely lost a single round in the first five rounds of any of his fights - but he never once won the final five rounds of any of his fights. IF you have a cast-iron chin then he can catch with counters all he likes because he'll be worn down more than you from it! So if you set a fast tempo, have a cast-iron chin, and most importantly don't give him the time that he craves to take little breaks during a round (and don't let him have lazy rounds) then you will defeat Eubank.

Marvin Hagler would of had trouble with Eubank for the first third of the fight before going on to give him a one-sided beatdown for the next 10 rounds in a 15-rounder. I'm a Eubank fan but even I admit that Hagler would of tortured him for the final two thirds of a 15-rounder if they had fought. Under pressure, Eubank was indeed dangerous with his right hand.. but nobody even managed to rock Hagler (great chin).

You do need a cast-iron chin against Eubank, because if he's losing on points he'll take you out late on with a single clean right hand shot - he put Steve Collins down late on who had never been knocked down previously! But Eubank then had flashbacks to when he disabled an opponent (Michael Watson) and literally backed off Collins allowing him to recover instead of finishing him off when Collins was clearly there for the taking. So that was another skeleton in Eubank's closet (losing his finishing instinct Post-Watson.. going for the decision in each fight and doing only just enough to win). The Pre-Watson Eubank with finishing instinct would of been Very difficult to beat, you'd need a cast-iron chin.

But I will say - and I do mean this with no exaggerations - that Eubank would of been UNBEATABLE in 6-round fights! He would beat anybody.

[JUYJUY]

The January 1992 edition of KO mag had Eubank in their top 25 Middleweight's of the previous 25 years.





Thomas Hearns was Marvin Hagler's toughest fight by a country mile. Iran Barkley stopped Hearns, Nigel Benn stopped Barkley, Chris Eubank stopped Benn - all in a short two-year period with all in their respective physical peaks. Eubank was never troubled at 160-lbs and we believe that he has the tools to live with anybody in the division, he has been offered the chance to fight Reggie Johnson for the vacant WBA title and has also been offered a match-up with WBC champion Julian Jackson - they both look to be winnable fights for him. He is unbeaten and posesses unique talent with his self-styled robotic movements and charisma on top of that, so we feel that this guy deserves a mention right here and now seeing as he may have a bright future if he drops back down to 160-lbs. - Knockout magazine

[JUYJUY]

Q: hey chris have you been staying in shape lately?

Eubank: I do lot's of stretching, push-ups and sit-ups each day. I eat a lot of vegetables and drink a lot of water.