Comments Thread For: Eubank Jr: It'll Be Huge To Bring Quinlan's Title Back To England!

[Idgogay4AJ]

Your location says Spain. As a Brit let me tell you it certainly will.

Nah it wont, no one will care less...

I'm assuming it must be on box nation, no chance sky would dream of charging for it.

[MelanKomas]

Quinlan got a legit title beating Geale's carcass?????? De****able and so Eubank is going to move back down to 160 after winning the title??? This isn't the best move

[daggum]

it's going to be hugeeeeeee. eubank jr is a nasty fighter. he's going to put quinlan in jail.

[bluepete]

Perhaps history repeats itself. When Eubank Sr won the WBO title, the WBO was only 2 years old as an organization and it was seen by many as a joke of a title but Eubank was instrumental in bringing it to prominence.

Maybe Eubank Jr will do the same thing with the IBO. While it's not highly regarded now, it's the fighter who holds the title which determines the title's real value. But he's actually taking a gamble going up to SMW for a title without any tune up fights so he has a new set of challenges to overcome and the outcome of the fight isn't set in stone.

The thing is he won the title against a monster in Benn, in a classic fight that captured the publics imagination. This doesn't meet any of those criteria.

[Sincingship]

Nah it wont, no one will care less...

I'm assuming it must be on box nation, no chance sky would dream of charging for it.

Nope it's going to be on ITV's new ppv channel, go figure

[Boxing lives]

Lmao this guy is a complete joke. Fight a guy that sounds like Quillin so maybe casuals will think its the same guy. Eubank is garbage.

[angkag]

Every time I hear the Eubanks say anything

[SteveM]

He is seriously deluded. You can see where this is going. Assuming he wins this SMW belt, in a few years he might win a MW paper title and then he will claim he has the better resume than Golovkin or any other recent MW champ because he is a 2 division champ.

[Eff Pandas]

Perhaps history repeats itself. When Eubank Sr won the WBO title, the WBO was only 2 years old as an organization and it was seen by many as a joke of a title but Eubank was instrumental in bringing it to prominence.

Maybe Eubank Jr will do the same thing with the IBO. While it's not highly regarded now, it's the fighter who holds the title which determines the title's real value.

Idk about all that. They both came into play in 1988. The WBO was like a 2nd tier title pretty quick & they had some solid champions out of the gate. Meanwhile the IBO has been bumbling around for the same amount of time without anywhere near as much traction & only now seem to be getting any traction which is largely just off of gifting a IBO belt to guys who hold other belts & don't mind an extra title to wrap over a shoulder or arm for promotional photos.

I mean lets compare the WBO in 1990 & the IBO in 2016.

WBO Champions in late 1990:

HW, Francesco Damiani (Ray Mercer, Michael Moorer & Tommy Morrison would be the next 3 title holders)
200lbs, Magne Havnaa
175lbs, Michael Moorer
168lbs, Thomas Hearns (Chris Eubank, Steve Collins & Joe Calzaghe would be the next 3 title holders)
160lbs, Chris Eubank
154lbs, John David Jackson
147lbs, Manning Galloway
140lbs, Hector Camacho
135lbs, Dingaan Thobela
130lbs, Kamel Bou Ali
126lbs, Jorge Páez
122lbs, Orlando Fernandez
118lbs, Israel Contreras
115lbs, José Ruiz
112lbs, Isidro Perez
108lbs, Jose De Jesús
105lbs, Rafael Torres

IBO Champions as of today:

HW, vacant
200lbs, Marco Huck
175lbs, Umar Salamov
168lbs, Renold Quinlan
160lbs, Gennady Golovkin
154lbs, Erislandy Lara
147lbs, Tsiko Mulovhedzi
140lbs, Julius Indongo
135lbs, vacant
130lbs, Malcolm Klassen
126lbs, Lusanda Komanisi
122lbs, Paulus Ambunda
118lbs, Rau'shee Warren
115lbs, Lwandile Sityatha
112lbs, Moruti Mthalane
108lbs, Rey Loreto
105lbs, Byron Rojas

The WBO had some very respectable champions 2 years in who's main title was the WBO title & the IBO only has a couple of respectable champions 28 years from its inception & 3 of their 4 most notable title holders are guys who hold more notable belts.

[Lou Cipher]

This must be the only fighter with some worthless belt that is willing to put up with these idiots' demands.