I'm not sure if I'll go to the trouble of watching this again. It was a decent fight but not one to relive over again. I flipped and flopped on this one and in the end went with a Eubank win on volume, with the caveat that he'd have no trouble with Groves punch power. He didn't deal with the power IMO. I cant remember exactly when it was but it was Early doors. Groves chinned Eubank pretty good and he went backwards. The perfect antidote to the come forward bruiser, an early chinning.
I couldn't help but think that Eubank was making no effort to win the fight, he was scared, like he was for half a fight with BJS. Maybe fuelled by all the 'we don't own towels' talk after Brook got beat by Golovkin/Spence but I thought this fucker is quitting on his biggest night. You don't have to own a towel to chuck it in.
Fair play to him though, he was back in the gym immediately, hitting the pad contraption like he does, making those noises like he does. He's got some raw ingredients but he needs direction and he needs taking back to bare metal. Some boxers go on to make great trainers, some I wouldn't trust to train a fox to kill a chicken. Eubank Sr would appear to be the later. Great talker, I could listen to him till the cows come home, but the proof is in the pudding and something is going horribly wrong at Eubank towers. They thought they'd built the Worlds best, they were very very wrong.
When God said to the both of us "Which one of you wants to be Sugar Ray?" I guess I didnt raise my hand fast enough
Charley Burley
I think Eubank junior has some awesome attributes as smashup listed above. Just needs to learn how to box lol..oh and come up with a gameplan. As has been said needs a good coach.
I love watching Groves' crouching tiger hidden dragon style lol..always have, eplodes and pops that jab out from low...and i had money on him to stop Eubank between rnds 8-12...and i reckon if he hadn;t of knackered his shoulder early in the 12th rnd i think i would be a few quid up!!
He was just a much smarter fighter
So, I meant to ask this on fight night , and this reminded me. did Jr. actually wrap his own hands for the fight? If he did, nobody can convince me that this guy is not an absolute fucking plank!
Former Undisputed 4 belt Prediction champion. Still P4P and People’s Champion.
Well , as far as I'm concerned , whoever that was AND Marcus McDonnell should be banned from Judging ever again. They're obviously just no good at it. McDonnell may be a decent ref (Debatable) , but he clearly isn't a judge. its alright being 2 or 3 rounds out, but I thought that the OTHER Judges were generous to Eubank and just within acceptability, so McDonnell and the 4th Judge are unacceptable.
Former Undisputed 4 belt Prediction champion. Still P4P and People’s Champion.
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