Comments Thread For: Looking Back at The Year Leading Up To Benn-Eubank

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A young aspirant going up against an experienced title-holder in a fight few would have picked him to win the previous year, public opinion shifting in the build-up due to the pretender’s icy confidence and anticipation steadily building for a bout that, on paper, looks a mismatch. The pre-fight story of Billy Joe Saunders, 20-0 (11), versus Chris Eubank Junior, 18-0 (13), could also describe the build-up to Eubank Senior’s win over WBO middleweight titlist Nigel Benn at Birmingham's NEC in November 1990.

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[PittyPat]

Good article. I liked reading more about the business and politics side of this classic fight, more so than the fighters (which we already know a lot about).