Don King comment (February 21st 1993)
"I am in the process of putting together a double-header at the Thomas&Mack for around May or June, Chris Eubank defending against Gerald McClellan and Nigel Benn defending against Roy Jones, and the winners of each fight will meet eachother later in the year man." - Don King
The reason it didn't happen was because Roy Jones chickened out of fighting Benn, he was Benn's mandatory at the time and had a chance to fight for the WBC title. But Jones backed out. Benn V Jones at that time had fight of the century written all over it and Jones backed out.
After winning the vacant WBO middleweight title (vacated by Eubank), McClellan had five super-middleweight wins in a row and was now Eubank's mandatory.
"I am in the process of putting together a double-header at the Thomas&Mack for around May or June, Chris Eubank defending against Gerald McClellan and Nigel Benn defending against Roy Jones, and the winners of each fight will meet eachother later in the year man." - Don King
The reason it didn't happen was because Roy Jones chickened out of fighting Benn, he was Benn's mandatory at the time and had a chance to fight for the WBC title. But Jones backed out. Benn V Jones at that time had fight of the century written all over it and Jones backed out.
After winning the vacant WBO middleweight title (vacated by Eubank), McClellan had five super-middleweight wins in a row and was now Eubank's mandatory.
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