Eubank, Benn, Watson and the last golden era of British boxing.

[Master]

No Middle Ground by Sanjeev Shetty is the book.

This is an interesting book I have been reading over the holidays and I will post areas which I fund interesting in the book as I finish reading it. It brought back nostalgic memories of when i was an avid fan.

[Master]

When Benn wanted to leave Frank Warren for Ambrose Mendy, they had to use Frank Maloney as the promoter as Mendy did not have a licence.

Benn wanted to fight Herol Graham and said he would beat him and go for his body but mendy said Watson would be easier to beat.

Benn turned down $3million to fight Nunn when Nigel was undefeated Commonwealth champion because he had only been a professional for 2 years and was not ready.

Benn’s mum went to the Logan fight and did not attend another fight again as she cried for someone to stop hitting her son.

[Master]

Watson had a younger brother who miraculously survived a car accident as a child.

Watson was a painter, decorator and cab driver during the early professional boxing career.

I forgot that Watson lost to James Cook early in his pro career when he took the veteran too lightly.

Watson and Jim McDonnell , fellow friends in the same stable and Arsenal fans, put bets on that they would win their fights against Benn and Barry McGuigan and Arsenal to win the title which all happened in 1989.

NBC bought the Benn v Watson fight to show.

The late Bernie Grant suggested Finsbury park under a tent for the venue Benn v Watson.

Mendy used the phrase “Who’s bad” for the fight and was going to be sued by Jackson’s until he offered them 10 tickets.

Marsh was in Benn’s camp when he was charged with the shooting of Frank Warren.

Watson broke his nose for the Mike McCallum fight which led to a delay. Mike fought Steve Collins in the interim and Watson was denied any warm up fight.

[mikeeod]

Those three were a great rivalry and it is sad that many "fans" on my side of the pond never took much interest in them. They all matched up well and their fights/rivalries were easily the equivalent of the Hagler-Leonard-Hearns, or similar rivalries. Imagine if James Toney, Mike McAllum, and Julian Jackson had been thrown in that mix!!!!

[Master]

Those three were a great rivalry and it is sad that many "fans" on my side of the pond never took much interest in them. They all matched up well and their fights/rivalries were easily the equivalent of the Hagler-Leonard-Hearns, or similar rivalries. Imagine if James Toney, Mike McAllum, and Julian Jackson had been thrown in that mix!!!!

The fights never happened because they were not good enough. Only Benn had the bottle to go to USA.

[IamInuit]

I've always felt that Watson was the most talented of the group. Still do.