To me, style wise there is actually a lot of similarities also in terms of speed & power they seem fairly even.
I thought id throw this one out there because to me, it’s very hard to choose a winner ???
Please feel free to leave any opinions 8)
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To me, style wise there is actually a lot of similarities also in terms of speed & power they seem fairly even.
I thought id throw this one out there because to me, it’s very hard to choose a winner ???
Please feel free to leave any opinions 8)
Winky baby!!! The Middleweight champ!! should be fighting Taylor again.....Quote:
Originally Posted by Jimboogie
Yeah i'll join you on that, mind you Watson, it could be said, had the beating of both Eubank AND Benn, which says a hell of a lot! ^-^
Draw... could go either way... make a nice trilogy ;D
Absolute thriller mate ::** :D
Three draws, what a depressing thought :-X
the watson that fought eubank in 2nd fight i think would give winky a handfulQuote:
Originally Posted by Jimboogie
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Originally Posted by ICE COLD BOXING
And beat him imo ;)
Watson was ine and my older brothers fave fighter and was technically untouchable at his peak and had freakish strength and stamina.
Bit of a cliche but you literally had to kill him to stop him coming for ya!
That is the be all and end all of his predicament today ;)
Watson was the don O0
If he's technically untouchable then Winky is technically a demi-god. Winky has superior skills, and IMO would win this fight because of them, he also has great stamina, and his jab.
Yeah, he definately had Eubanks number that night, such a shame, that they never ot to have a triology. May of overshadowed the Benn-Eubank Double.Quote:
Originally Posted by ICE COLD BOXING
We'll never know but there is no way Winky would have had an easy night.
Watson was double hard ;)
great great technical fight. watsons the best british fighter never to win a world title along with Herol Graham
Watsons misfortune in his three world title fights was that he fought cagey boxers. I always found Watson more effective when he played a counterpunching role.
Its a fight that goes the distance in my opinion but would have to edge towards Winkiy
SMASHUP yea Watson was untouchable in his peak Mike Mccallum didnt get near him on the skill front
LOL
Wason was better than Eubank and benn tho just didnt get the rub of the green.
Winky by UD since u r asking
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Originally Posted by LBSCFC
Youv'e nailed it absolutely spot on! ;)
When Watson laid on his back foot,countered and boxed like he did against Benn he was untouchable imo 8)
Can anyone tell me anyone else who put Nigel Benn on his ass with a jab,mid fight? ;)
Thats a very good appraisal.Quote:
Originally Posted by LBSCFC
I would sit on the fence and say it could have gone either way though. Its always difficult comparing fighters, and especially as Watson's career was cut so tragically short... we dont know how good he could have been
Watson was very average until the second Eubank fight, where he was leagues above anything we'd seen from him before.
Come on, all he had to do against Benn was tuck up. Nige was thee headless chicken against Logan and Watson.
Watson looked very stiff and one-paced against McCallum and really not difficult to pick off.
And Watson looked awful in the first Eubank fight when Eubank was there for the taking having lost 19lbs in four days and passed out the day before.
It wasn't until he started weight-training with Jimmy Tibbs to get his punches off sharper and harder, trained with the Arsenal football team to send his fitness into overdrive and used hypnosis techniques to get over the McCallum pounding that he looked like a world-beater - on that tragic night.
He wouldn't give Chris a moments rest on that tragic night, he'd slip, he'd throw a right hook, he'd follow it up with another right hook in the same place, he'd switch and throw a left hook to the body, then a left hook to the head, then stay on top of him and go again - just pressuring, slipping, hooking, switching, pressuring, slipping, hooking, switching, pressuring, slipping, hooking, switching, non-stop, alnight. And everything Eubank hit Michael with, nothing, he kept on coming. But those hard arm punches would of been blocked by Winky Wright, and Wright would timed him with straighter punches. That style that night was devised specifically for Eubank, who pulled away or fell forward and didn't hold his hands up and needed those breaks he liked to pinch.
Watson only ever even looked world-class in the Benn fight and second Eubank fight, and it was only because he took advantage of each of their erratic flaws. Benn commiting himself first with no thought, hitting arms, gloves and elbows, leaving himself open for counters after swings had slammed the guard. And Eubank only ever able to fight in spurts.
Watson got over-rated on the Benn fight. He really did. Yes he appeared cool and precise, but Nige helped him appear cool and precise with the maniacal way he was fighting ;)
:coolclick: WWatt, brilliant reply.
Come on, all he had to do against Benn was tuck up. Nigel was thee headless chicken against Logan and Watson.Quote:
Originally Posted by WWatt
yea but he also had to take alot of power shots from benn which would of koed most people before benn fight he watched foreman vs ali and see that tactic and used it against benn watson defended excellent against benn and also like i said had to take alot of mean shots from benn which would of koed most
Watson only ever even looked world-class in the Benn fight and second Eubank fight, and it was only because he took advantage of each of their erratic flaws
but doesnt all boxers take advantage of the others flaws ?? in my opinion if watson fought benn and eubank 10 times he would come out on top i think watson had benns and eubanks number
This is impossible to call anyway because imo Watson was getting better with every fight in his last few fights so who knows.
Sadly i feel we never saw the best of Watson at all and i feel he had loads more to give us.
Oh, come on. If Benn just stuck a jab between those cupped gloves to set things up, he'd have taken Watson out. If he switched his attack to the body, he'd have taken Watson out. If he gave method to his madness, he'd have taken Watson out. If he gave thought before commitment, he'd have taken Watson out.Quote:
Originally Posted by ICE COLD BOXING
Not even Watson's own camp really gave him much chance against Benn beforehand.
If Watson fought Eubank like he fought him in the second fight, he may of had his number 9 times in 10. But then, I don't know, maybe Eubank would have got his jab working from the start and not under-estimated him if they fought a third time. Eubank thought Watson was "merely average" before their first fight, and thought he was absolute garbage after the first fight, really didn't rate him at all. He was shocked at Watson's pace and power at White Hart Lane, you could see the suprise in his eyes.
if if if...
Why didn't he do these things and how do you know that Watson wouldn't have been able to respond?
We all know how much you love Eubank and Benn but Watson deserves a lot more credit than you are giving him.
What do you mean 'how much I love Eubank and Benn'? I love them no more than the next guy, but that's nothing to do with this.
I'm just stating what I saw and what I know. I'm sorry if the truth hurts.. but footage doesn't lie. I give Watson all the credit in the world for his performance in the second Eubank fight, it was pretty damn elite.