If the Watson tragedy didn't occur...

[Tam Seddon]

Would we have seen a better fighter in Eubank? How much more could have he achieved in boxing?

[imp]

Another benn rematch would have been interesting.

[smashup]

There shouldn't have been any need for Watson v Eubank 2

Watson hands down won that first fight.

Watson was always the most gifted natural fighter of the Benn- Eubank era and remember he beat Benn far easier than Eubank and floored him with a jab to get the KO.

Eubank had an amazing will to win though but for me Watson was the best of that era but didnt sell tickets unfortunately!

[Dark Lord Al]

There shouldn't have been any need for Watson v Eubank 2

Watson hands down won that first fight.

Watson was always the most gifted natural fighter of the Benn- Eubank era and remember he beat Benn far easier than Eubank and floored him with a jab to get the KO.

Eubank had an amazing will to win though but for me Watson was the best of that era but didnt sell tickets unfortunately!

I think he was the best of the 3 in round robin , however against other world class fighters , they all had strengths.

[smashup]

The UK and London in particular ran the Middle/Super middle division round that time

The yanks mostly were terrified of Benn etc and rightly so and the excuses kept coming and coming, plenty calling out from across the pond but not many wanted any part of our boys with Benn battering Barkley and then GM.

All 3 were Londoners and then Calzaghe (also a Londoner ) took the baton and the rest is history.

Plus we had Bruno, Lennox and loads more and London was buzzing for the fight game back then, real golden era as a teenager and the Royal albert Hall is where I first started to watch fights live , amazing venue that and I wish they used it more these days.

Billy Joe Saunders was the last I remember being held there.

[erics44]

Watson seemed to be the best of the three to me

ebank was fortunate really with both wins over him, first was a liucky decision and the second was one punch

you have to say tho when you talk about the best chin in the business i dont think there have been many better than eubanks in history

always gave him a chance and the fights against Watson proved that

its a pity Watson never really got to show just how good he was which was mainly due to the out of ring rivalry between benn and eubank taking the headlines

[smashup]

Eubank was rock hard and if put down always recovered straight away.

Watson just didnt have that edge about him personality wise to put asses on seats.

[Tam Seddon]

http://youtu.be/e3PtLoMP04w - final rounds

Truly breathtaking stuff in the 11th round though, i wish it was stopped when Watson went down the first time though. It's such a shame what happened.

[BIG H]

I agree that Watson was the most talented (Benn & Eubank also agree with this). I don't really know how good Eubank was or could've been because his opponents were clearly hand picked. Barry Hearn was on Ringside a few weeks and said Eubank had a 'Shopping List' for potential opponents, i.e a whole bunch of criteria that opponents could not have OR HE WOULD NOT FIGHT THEM.

[Tam Seddon]

'Fighting Back-The Michael Watson Story' (Documentary) - YouTube

Such a good character Watson and for him to still be alive is amazing. And for him years later to complete the London Marathon is an achievement.

[p4pking]

James Toney or McCallum would have beaten Benn or Eubank all day imo, not to mention Roy Jones. The UK in no way ran the division.

[Dark Lord Al]

James Toney or McCallum would have beaten Benn or Eubank all day imo, not to mention Roy Jones. The UK in no way ran the division.

that is very true

[smashup]

James Toney or McCallum would have beaten Benn or Eubank all day imo, not to mention Roy Jones. The UK in no way ran the division.

Would they fuck

[Master]

James Toney or McCallum would have beaten Benn or Eubank all day imo, not to mention Roy Jones. The UK in no way ran the division.

Would they fuck

Benn, Eubanks and Watson fought great fights and gave the nation some truly memorable bouts but in the context of world class boxing there were better fighters.

Also Herol Graham would have beaten all 3 of them.

McCallum smashed Watson to bits and would have done the same to Benn and Eubanks. Never mind what Roy and Toney would have done to them at the time.

[Fenster]

I recently watched the first Eubank-Watson fight again and thought Eubank won. I can't even remember why it was called a "robbery" but I used to think that too?

I wasn't much of a Eubank fan when he was in his pomp. I remember him in more bores than exciting fights. However, when I look at his fights now I actually really like his style. I definitely didn't appreciate how good he was back then. I'd love him if he was around today.