Saw EUBANK at Mall of Emirates

[Zeb-d]

I think alot of the stuff supposed to of come from him on this forum isn't so or isn't new, so I was pleasantly suprised to bump into the great man himself and thought I'd ask him some Q's in person

HERE YOU GO


He said he made £35million gross incl all sponsorships and endorsements

He said Benn hit him hardest not Calzaghe or even Thompson, not even close

He said Benn is probably the most natural puncher the game has seen, and you only have to look at the Watson fight

He said Watson and Calzaghe threw the most blistering combos in the game at him, and Watson's overarm rights and Calzaghe's opening left were the most painful shots he ever felt

He was 'excreting' blood and couldn't breathe properly for a month after the Watson fight cos his kidneys hadn't fully healed from the Benn fight and his sternum hadn't fully healed from a sparring inj, he said some of Watson's bodyshots compressed his ribcage or something

He said he met RJJ in 2001 and RJJ told him that he was the one fighter he thought would give him major problems

He said the hardest he ever trained was for the second fight with Collins, and says he probably left it in the gym and on the road

He said that coupled with Steve's 'maniac type resolve' on his way to the ring and coming out the corner caused him to buckle, mostly mentally

He reckons James Toney would of beaten him on points but would of come out of the fight severely hurt

He said the only fighters he enjoyed watching were Hearns, Whitaker and some guy called Dennis Cruise

He said Henry Wharton was the toughest in the ring with 'outside of New York'

He said Mike Mccallum brought nothing to the table and Herol Graham needed to win a world belt or get to mandatory

He doesn't consider himself one of the true greats or an all time legend because he failed to 'yank the gear stick' when he had Collins and Thompson disoriented in 2nd and 1st fights respectively, but says you couldn't show him a true great or all time legend who didn't cuss, cheat, dodge or quit

He considers himself and Ali to be the fighters with the most integrity, and himself alone to be the fighter with the most dignity

He said Ali taking his beating against Larry Holmes showed his integrity

He thinks the standard of boxing has gone cruddy because when he watches the Friday fight nights on a US sports channel, the guys with good winning records look like drunks on a street corner and kids in the inner cities are hardly aware of boxing today

He also says if he fought every half a year he wouldn't of been able to keep his skills sharp, so the world champions might not be relatively so good

On Calzaghe Hopkins he says Calzaghe has him, Woodhall, Kessler and dominating in Germany, though he thinks Kessler hadn't mastered the art of using his good technique at the right times, while Hopkins has no depth out of boxers in their 20's/ early 30's other than welterweight Felix Trinidad

He says look for Calzaghe's straight left to squash Hopkins's nose

http://allyoucanupload.webshots.com/v/2 ... 7491627678


His MySpace Page is: 334576001


Oh and I got the mans mobile number - look

http://allyoucanupload.webshots.com/v/2 ... 0569102732


He advises all boxers to do jui jitsu wrist exercises, wring discloths and play guitars to prevent hurt hands

He also advises all boxer to wear two protector cups!

[n1ebf]

yes, I assume he would have been just dying to bump into a complete stranger that ould ask him his life story.....again!
and why did you get a picture taken of you and "supposedly Eubank" looking at your mobile phones?....as proof???
Well if it makes you feel good, well done you for having Chris Eubank's fone number, I bet we'll all sleep better tonight for knowing that.

[n1ebf]

to be fair I've just looked at your other photo together. It's Eubank alright.

[m1kee50]

to be fair I've just looked at your other photo together. It's Eubank alright.

its all gone a bit surreal

[fist]

He said Henry Wharton was the toughest in the ring with 'outside of New York'

Interesting comment. Benn has also stated that his fight with Wharton was the hardest fight he had (not the most difficult). Wharton came so close, never stopped and one of the hardest natural punchers. Did himself proud but shame he never managed to get the world title - in a different era maybe. His best chance was against Benn, he dominated the second half of the fight, but was too shy in the first four rounds. he admits he was overwhelmed by fighting his idol and it was only after the first four rounds that he sort of woke up.

[TerribleTerry]

He said Henry Wharton was the toughest in the ring with 'outside of New York'

Interesting comment. Benn has also stated that his fight with Wharton was the hardest fight he had (not the most difficult). Wharton came so close, never stopped and one of the hardest natural punchers. Did himself proud but shame he never managed to get the world title - in a different era maybe. His best chance was against Benn, he dominated the second half of the fight, but was too shy in the first four rounds. he admits he was overwhelmed by fighting his idol and it was only after the first four rounds that he sort of woke up.

Henry was tough alright but was too slow, of hand and foot, to have won one of the big 3 in any era, for my money..

[STP]

He said Henry Wharton was the toughest in the ring with 'outside of New York'

Interesting comment. Benn has also stated that his fight with Wharton was the hardest fight he had (not the most difficult)

That was the first draft of his book in 1994. Obviously the McClellan fight in 1995 was tougher.

But that it is quite interesting, because Eubank was in with so many tough guys - Logan, Benn, Watson, Thornton, Wharton, Rocchigiani, Collins, Calzaghe, Thompson; all really tough guys. Interesting that he considers Wharton the toughest, but certainly not suprising as Henry was hard as nails!

[STP]

I remember one quote Eubank said that he threw the kitchen sink at Wharton, "literally", and he just kept coming "like Lionel Richie all night long"! :)

[Poncey]

Have you seen the Post Office advert? He's put on a lot of weight in the last 6 months.

[Crew2]

SOME1 TOLD ME HE'S BACK IN TRAINING AND SPARRING IN LAS VEGAS !?

[alphasean]

He looked quite chubby last June, layors of fat around his neck sort of thing :: http://myspacetv.com/index.cfm?fuseacti ... d=18358338 but i think it was his New yrs reso to keep in shape.

I like his new company name :: http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fu ... =334576001
"Eubank-Aire Manufacturing International Incorporated USA" (lol).

[E]

I think alot of the stuff supposed to of come from him on this forum isn't so or isn't new, so I was pleasantly suprised to bump into the great man himself and thought I'd ask him some Q's in person

HERE YOU GO


He said he made £35million gross incl all sponsorships and endorsements

He said Benn hit him hardest not Calzaghe or even Thompson, not even close

He said Benn is probably the most natural puncher the game has seen, and you only have to look at the Watson fight

He said Watson and Calzaghe threw the most blistering combos in the game at him, and Watson's overarm rights and Calzaghe's opening left were the most painful shots he ever felt

He was 'excreting' blood and couldn't breathe properly for a month after the Watson fight cos his kidneys hadn't fully healed from the Benn fight and his sternum hadn't fully healed from a sparring inj, he said some of Watson's bodyshots compressed his ribcage or something

He said he met RJJ in 2001 and RJJ told him that he was the one fighter he thought would give him major problems

He said the hardest he ever trained was for the second fight with Collins, and says he probably left it in the gym and on the road

He said that coupled with Steve's 'maniac type resolve' on his way to the ring and coming out the corner caused him to buckle, mostly mentally

He reckons James Toney would of beaten him on points but would of come out of the fight severely hurt

He said the only fighters he enjoyed watching were Hearns, Whitaker and some guy called Dennis Cruise

He said Henry Wharton was the toughest in the ring with 'outside of New York'

He said Mike Mccallum brought nothing to the table and Herol Graham needed to win a world belt or get to mandatory

He doesn't consider himself one of the true greats or an all time legend because he failed to 'yank the gear stick' when he had Collins and Thompson disoriented in 2nd and 1st fights respectively, but says you couldn't show him a true great or all time legend who didn't cuss, cheat, dodge or quit

He considers himself and Ali to be the fighters with the most integrity, and himself alone to be the fighter with the most dignity

He said Ali taking his beating against Larry Holmes showed his integrity

He thinks the standard of boxing has gone cruddy because when he watches the Friday fight nights on a US sports channel, the guys with good winning records look like drunks on a street corner and kids in the inner cities are hardly aware of boxing today

He also says if he fought every half a year he wouldn't of been able to keep his skills sharp, so the world champions might not be relatively so good

On Calzaghe Hopkins he says Calzaghe has him, Woodhall, Kessler and dominating in Germany, though he thinks Kessler hadn't mastered the art of using his good technique at the right times, while Hopkins has no depth out of boxers in their 20's/ early 30's other than welterweight Felix Trinidad

He says look for Calzaghe's straight left to squash Hopkins's nose

http://allyoucanupload.webshots.com/v/2 ... 7491627678


His MySpace Page is: 334576001


Oh and I got the mans mobile number - look

http://allyoucanupload.webshots.com/v/2 ... 0569102732


He advises all boxers to do jui jitsu wrist exercises, wring discloths and play guitars to prevent hurt hands

He also advises all boxer to wear two protector cups!

So he 'bumped' into you and spent 2 hours talking to you; all of which you managed to log?

And you wrote about it in your first post? Is this EUbank himself? Or a good friend?

The BS smells strong

[Miuna]

Iheard all Eubank does is walk around that mall alday signing autographs

[Al Savani]

says you couldn't show him a true great or all time legend who didn't cuss, cheat, dodge or quit

This is the guy who told the Lord Mayor of Dublin that he could 'f--k his city',what a prat.[/b]

[Al Savani]

He doesn't consider himself one of the true greats or an all time legend because he failed to 'yank the gear stick' when he had Collins and Thompson disoriented in 2nd and 1st fights respectively

What a classy thing to say,considering he was behind the wheel of a Range Rover that killed that motorway worker once.

[n1ebf]

i believe there were TWO separate fatalities involving Eubank, not just one, although I'd have to re-read the autobiog to be sure.
Once is careless...........twice looks bad.

[Scrap]

He always had a good aim but is a lousey driver.