Naz Vs Eubank

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Eubank stole the show that night. His fight with Carl was one to remember. Nas wasnt looking that good against Vasquez who was building momentum but when the rope broke Nas got his focus back and stopped the old man.

They were on the full monty before double trouble when Eubank lost to Joe and Nas beat Badillo . I remember Nas was sitting ringside for Chirs' fight having already won and Chris was really struggling with Joe. Nas sat smug and shouted "youre getting too old Chris" Taunting him though the whole 12 rounds. Eubank even answered once and said "shut up Naseem" whilst he was boxing. It annoyed me because Chirs was digging really deep that night and he didnt need that distraction. It was low IMO.

It made it all the sweeter though when Nas got his humiliation vs Barrera. I just wish Eubank was ringside when Nas fought Calvo and people were leaving in the later rounds. Eubank should have stood up and said "Youre done" then walked off. That would have been great revenge but I think they made up after that .

yeah the taunting during the calzaghe fight pissed me off too... i think that might have been the time i saw naz ringside and he had just signed a pair of gloves for a fan, he wasnt sure who the fan was or where he went so naz just threw the gloves over his head like a total tool.

as for Eubank being ringside for barrera it wouldn;t supprise me if he was he used to go over the states and wish naz luck on most of his fights as strangly enough they became good friends in the end

There was a point in their strange "love hate relationship" afew years later where they were on talking terms but still wanted to get one over the other. I remember Chris was the host of a radio show or he had his own segment anyway and one day he had naseem on as his guest. The topic was housing ofocurse !?! Anyways Chris was trying to be subtle in getting one over on Nas and was telling him to get buy flat and Nas was saying he can afford a bit more than a flat. Both were attempting to make a fool of the other but with neither being the sharpest tool in the box it mae for an amusing conversation.

Ha ha!! Eubank cracks me up!

He will talk but stops every now and then to think of a big word he can slot in to his speaches

I love the way Eubank talked down to people, he really knows how to get under peoples skin.

Dyou remember that shite that both Benn and Eubank did? The gladiator thing?

The trainers were trying to push Eubank to actually work but he kept complaining of an injury and then Eubank looks at the camera and says something along the lines of " Look at these fools dressed up pretending to be warriors! I was a respected world champion, a real warrior" I think he embarrased them a bit with that. Nigel on the other hand was treating eevrything as if it were a championship fight again, trying to get any little victory over Chris.

Then they are at this dinner table and the trainers are asking them about their fights. Nigel says quietly "When Chris beat me" only for Chris to abruptly interupt him and say "Hold on Nigel, I didnt just beat you. I beat you to within inches of your life!!" Nigel scowled and carried on

Chris even did the ol pose, when Nigel started getting aggressive. Chris puffs his chest out arms out at the sides, fists cleanched and strutts right up in to Nigels face. I think Nigel was a bit bemused by that because Chris had been a bit of a sissy during the programme but when push came to shove and an actual fist fight might accure it was Chris who tried provoking it. Mind you, the final "battle" I think was with those big earbuds and yet again Chris cried off with a injury

That was Chris Eubank all over though, the harder you push and the more important the fight, the harder he would fight back. I would have loved to have seen him against Jones and Toney. Even the version that had to lose a stone in 2 weeks managed to push Calzaghe all the way, even had him out on his feet at the final bell!