Eubank Sr at middleweight

[coghaugen]

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This feature from early 1992 rates Eubank highly, mentioning his impressive stoppage of Hugo Corti, saying how Corti had knocked out the great Hugo Corro in Corro's big comeback, that Corro had knocked out Jorge Castro in the gym a week before.

They talk his performance against Benn, in which Benn couldn't land one punch in the opening round and Eubank landed many sharp combinations early. Benn looking more impressive against DeWitt and Barkley than any middleweight in the world they'd fought had. Scoring a heavy KD against Ray Leonard's protégé Dan Sherry with one jab in the first round which is a rarity, and Sherry running and fiddling the rest of the fight before faking injury.

They also suggest Eubank beat Michael Watson by nine rounds in their scoring at middleweight in one of the most skilful displays they've seen in a British ring.

That the come-from-behind win vs Watson in the rematch was akin to Marciano and Leonard-Hearns and the finishing punch akin to Jersey Joe Walcott's title-winning shot. Proving himself truly great having turned only 25 six weeks before and having not started til 16 in South Bronx. And landing a counter left uppercut from the outside against a tall southpaw (Freddie Roach-trained Gary Stretch, who'd been sparring Virgil Hill and Marlon Starling) with all his body to the chin which is a rarity to see (if ever).

How was good was Chris at 160lb?

[Thraxox]

Eubank Sr. had huge power at middleweight, but he held himself back ever since he almost killed Micheal Watson.

[IronDanHamza]

Average fighter.

[coghaugen]

Average fighter.

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[IronDanHamza]

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Great.

Still a dead average fighter.

[Combat Talk Radio]

Great.

Still a dead average fighter.

I wouldn't call him average. He had crafty power and a solid chin until he went up in weight. He fought like a brawler but with precision.

Dangerous for anyone who came at him (which is why Benn struggled with him), but easy work for anyone with fundamental skill (which is why Collins pulled it out, why Calslappy pulled it out and why Schommer got robbed, but pulled it out).

"English"'s problem is, that's all he had: crafty power and a solid chin. Just like George Foreman, in a way. But Foreman supplemented his with fundamental defense and of course, size.

It's why English to this day will admit that he ducked Roy Jones. Jones lacked fundamental skill, but he had impressive speed, crafty power AND accuracy. Chin is all he didn't have, but English was way too slow to crack it unless Jones made a mistake like he did against Lou del Valle.

[HeadBodyBodyBody]

Eubank Sr. had huge power at middleweight, but he held himself back ever since he almost killed Micheal Watson.

This is something that always gets said about Eubank, but I think it is exaggerated

Eubank always had the tendency to admire his work and pose, land a big shot then chill. Also he was not a 'come-forward' fighter per se, and I believe his mentality was never to hurt or punish his opponent but only to win the fight

[mlac]

Great.

Still a dead average fighter.

Snr should of won the CW title at the end of his career, moving up 2 weight divisions and beating a very decent fighter in Carl Thompson is hardly the definition of "**** average"
Was winning the rematch too before his eye totally shut. Im by no means a big fan of the guy, but give credit where due, he was a fantastic fighter.

[IronDanHamza]

Snr should of won the CW title at the end of his career, moving up 2 weight divisions and beating a very decent fighter in Carl Thompson is hardly the definition of "**** average"
Was winning the rematch too before his eye totally shut. Im by no means a big fan of the guy, but give credit where due, he was a fantastic fighter.

Lost both times to Thompson who wasn’t even good himself.

He did well to be world Champion and beat some good fighters like Benn and Watson but his career is riddled with bums and he failed to dominate and arguably lost to a long list of those bums aswell.

Average fighter. Nothing special about him at all.

[mlac]

Lost both times to Thompson who wasn’t even good himself.

He did well to be world Champion and beat some good fighters like Benn and Watson but his career is riddled with bums and he failed to dominate and arguably lost to a long list of those bums aswell.

Average fighter. Nothing special about him at all.

Riight. Thompson is one of the most underrated british fighters but yeah hes no good at all! What does that make David Haye then? He must be a bum too
Snr clearly won the first fight imo where no one gave him a prayer, it was supposed to be when, not if Thompson stopped him, not only did he not get dropped but he dropped Thompson and deserved the decision.
You sound like you just saw some results on boxrec & never actually saw the fights you're talking about