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    Default Re: If Calzaghe beats Hopkins will he be higher on the all time p4p rankings?

    Eubank was NOT shot, he may not have been at his very best, but JC managed to floor him when one of the hardest hitting cruisers couldn't do that in 20 rounds AFTER fighting Joe when he was supposedly shot.

    Eubank could still get up for the big fights after the 2nd Watson fight, people seem to forget that Chris could be lackluster against lowly opposition BEFORE this (Sherry), and they say he lost his killer instinct after Watson, well tell that to John Jarvis.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bomp View Post
    Eubank was NOT shot, he may not have been at his very best, but JC managed to floor him when one of the hardest hitting cruisers couldn't do that in 20 rounds AFTER fighting Joe when he was supposedly shot.

    Eubank could still get up for the big fights after the 2nd Watson fight, people seem to forget that Chris could be lackluster against lowly opposition BEFORE this (Sherry), and they say he lost his killer instinct after Watson, well tell that to John Jarvis.
    In majority of Eubank's fights after 2nd Watson fight were lackluster, he had many gift decisions and it didn't even look like the same fighter who fought Benn in there 1st fight or Eubank who fought Watson. I say shot for the simple reason that when i see early Eubank then watch later version of Eubank it don't even look like the same fighter, Eubank was a late replacement for Calzaghe and had to lose a lot of weight in very short time. Ok maybe i was little harsh saying "shot" but he was for certain past his prime and had been past his prime for years, the knockdowns Eubank suffered against Calzaghe were flash knockdowns mixed in with being off balance. The first knockdown was when Eubank was on the back foot and Calzaghe caught with him jolting punch that sent him down, similar to Hatton's knockdown against Collazo, and the last knockdown was when Eubank lost his balance and his glove touched the canvas.

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    Default Re: If Calzaghe beats Hopkins will he be higher on the all time p4p rankings?

    Quote Originally Posted by Bomp View Post
    Eubank was NOT shot, he may not have been at his very best, but JC managed to floor him when one of the hardest hitting cruisers couldn't do that in 20 rounds AFTER fighting Joe when he was supposedly shot.

    Eubank could still get up for the big fights after the 2nd Watson fight, people seem to forget that Chris could be lackluster against lowly opposition BEFORE this (Sherry), and they say he lost his killer instinct after Watson, well tell that to John Jarvis.
    I agree with Bomp, Eubank actually gave one of his best ever performances against Calzaghe imo. He often looked lacklustre and disinterested against his oppositon but against Calzaghe he really gave it 100%

    When you factor in that after the Calzaghe defeat he moved up to CRUISERWEIGHT and took Carl Thompson to the very brink in two fights I think that was an excellent win for Calzaghe.

    Let's not forget he floored Thompson when Thompson was in his prime and almost knocked him out. In the rematch he was winning on all cards before being stopped due to a cut.

    This same Thompson at 40 years of age KTFO out of David Haye!

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