He was popular enough to get paid £10,000,000 to fight eight bums in a year on a 'world tour' of britain and ireland What a farse that was for Sky,its weird though that he STILL has his haters even after the Thompson fights(as you can see in this thread with Eninja),in his heyday he was the man everybody loved to hate in world boxing because he posed his way through fights and got away with doing bare minimum to keep his belt(while keeping up his arrogance),he went to portugal when he was 25 and got booed to pieces,went to germany and was spat at walking to ring and had coins thrown at him. But against Thompson he showed finally showed some guts and bravery again and won many friends those nights. Eubank was a conman before that,a good one at that,he played the villain briliantly. Eubank ran away with a pot full of cash to the bank,laughing at those fans who supposedly hated(eg secretly loved) his guts because THEY were the ones who made him rich through paying huge ticket prices in the hope of seeing him knocked off his perch,very very smart guy he was and lived his dreams for 15 years.
well hes broke now
but yeah, the guy you love to hate sums him up,
his workrate was shambolic, but he did try hard against calzaghe and thompson
but yeah, the guy you love to hate sums him up,
his workrate was shambolic, but he did try hard against calzaghe and thompson
Benn 1,Watson 2,Calzaghe,Thompson 1,Thompson 2. Thats only 5 out of 52 fights he actually showed some courage in there,but the Thompson fights definately made up for it,as Larry Merchant said during the fight "Its as if Chris has only just realised what talent he possesses and is trying to make the most of it,but it may be too late",even Prince Hamed hugged Eubank backstage just before he came out for his fight with Vasquez(Eubank and Hamed hadnt spoke to eachother for years and had been at eachothers throats).
Benn 1,Watson 2,Calzaghe,Thompson 1,Thompson 2. Thats only 5 out of 52 fights he actually showed some courage in there,but the Thompson fights definately made up for it,as Larry Merchant said during the fight "Its as if Chris has only just realised what talent he possesses and is trying to make the most of it,but it may be too late",even Prince Hamed hugged Eubank backstage just before he came out for his fight with Vasquez(Eubank and Hamed hadnt spoke to eachother for years and had been at eachothers throats).
he didnt do nowhere near enough to stand any chance of beating collins in I or II.
benn had power but technically he didnt have the skills to not get outboxed by chris
Eubanks bankrupt now & rumour has it he's coming out of retirement to fight Peter Oboh for the vacant british & commonwealth lightheavy titles by the end of this yr, after Naz comes back in the summer. These are only rumours but from decent sources, Eubank went to Frank Warrens 25th anniverary (promoting boxing) party & talked to him about it (this is strange that Eubank went becos they arent exactly that close, so these rumours may well be true). Oboh was Eubanks sparring partner for Eubanks last fight & fought on that undercard too. Other rumours are that Warren is offering Carl Froch fights on ITV undercards & then see if he can make fights involving Calzaghe, Eubank & Froch against each other. But like i said, these are only rumours, & i heard Froch has already turned down these offers becos he would only want to fight on ITV as a main event. so, we'll see wot happens man,.
he didnt do nowhere near enough to stand any chance of beating collins in I or II.
benn had power but technically he didnt have the skills to not get outboxed by chris
never seen watson fight at all
Even though he hardly did anything against Collins, he was robbed at Millstreet.
Benn did have the skills to not get out-boxed by Chris, that's why he was winning the first fight and got robbed in the second fight.
Benn 1,Watson 2,Calzaghe,Thompson 1,Thompson 2. Thats only 5 out of 52 fights he actually showed some courage in there,but the Thompson fights definately made up for it,as Larry Merchant said during the fight "Its as if Chris has only just realised what talent he possesses and is trying to make the most of it,but it may be too late",even Prince Hamed hugged Eubank backstage just before he came out for his fight with Vasquez(Eubank and Hamed hadnt spoke to eachother for years and had been at eachothers throats).
Nice article juy. Eubank surely showed his mettle against Carl Thompson. I really hope he doesn't have to come out of retirement, as he would be a shadow of his former self.
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