
Originally Posted by
ICB

Originally Posted by
Fenster
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That just proves my point "It came out of nowhere" basically meaning he wasn't expecting it and it caught him by surprise. Eubank was caught on the back foot and he was caught cold because it was in the first 20 seconds of the fight. It was a good shot but it was nothing more than a jolting shot. Eubank laughed when he got up it was just the speed of the shot that shocked Eubank, because if i remember right Eubank charged at Calzaghe and they clinched for a second, then Calzaghe launched a left hand right out of the clinch while Eubank was moving backwards so Eubank's balance was not good at the time.
Eubank was also floored by Steve Collins and Collins was not a big puncher either you don't have to be a big puncher if you catch someone by surprise and on the back foot or etc you can even floor iron chinned fighters like Eubank.
Are you taking the piss? That describes 99.9% of knockdowns
anyway.. first it was the same as Hatton-Collazo (ridiculous), now you want to compare it to Collins-Eubank?
Collins barely, if at all, touched him.
It was clear Eubank toppled back off balance from a glancing (at best) bodyshot that wouldn't have floored a granny holding a walking frame.
Now, this highlights how wrong you are about Calzaghe's knockdown of Eubank. When Eubank gets up from Collins "knockdown" what does he do? Shocked at seeing the ref start counting he starts shouting
"SLIP!" "SLIP!" "SLIP!" as opposed to describing Calzaghe's knockdown as
"BOOM!" "HE HIT ME WITH A HUGE SHOT" "HE KNOCKED ME DOWN"

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