Eubank Jr ??

[Greg Nicholas]

Eubank Jr takes to the ring
3:20pm Monday 6th October 2008

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By Simon Barrett »

Chris Eubank's eldest son proved a chip off the old block as he made a winning start to his British amateur boxing career.

Chris Jnr, 19, leapt over the top rope and shadow boxed just like his famous father used to do during his heyday in the 1990s.

He went on to record a unanimous points victory over Luke Batstowe, from Moulsecoomb, Brighton, after four rounds of frantic action at the Hilton Brighton Metropole hotel on Saturday.

Eubank senior was at his son’s side in the dressing room after his bout, part of a charity card which pitched Hove Amateur Boxing Club against a Royal Navy squad.

After the fight, Hove coach Scott Welch, a former British heavyweight champion, said: “Chris is far from the finished article but that shows me where he is currently at in his development.

“He has bags and bags of potential which we can bring out in his next fights.

He needs to work on his fitness though, as he was really blowing by the end. It’s important Chris gets as many fights as possible. He’s extremely dedicated.”

After two years of training in Las Vegas, Chris Jnr, returned to Sussex in June and joined Hove, based at the King Alfred Leisure Centre.

In the US, he had ten amateur bouts and won the Nevada State Golden Glove championships at super-middleweight. The young fighter has ambitions to represent his country at the Olympics in London 2012.

Unlike his father, Chris Jnr was not keen to talk to the Press although, ironically, that may have something to do with his outspoken father’s advice.

In a recent Sport magazine article, Eubank senior said: “He’s been advised not to speak to the Press until he’s halfway through his pro career.”

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Eubank is a chip off the old block
7:30am Monday 6th October 2008

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By Mike Legg »

Chris Eubank junior did not disappoint a sell-out home crowd as he kicked off his amateur career on British soil with a points victory on Hove’s charity show.

Lloyd Ellett topped the card at the Metropole Hotel as a Hove Select took on the combined might of the Royal Navy and Marines but there was little doubt as to who many people in the crowd had come to see.

The cries of “Eubank, Eubank” once reserved for his father Chris senior during his heyday accompanied him to the ring, while there were jeers from his opponent Luke Batstowe’s fans.

There was no evidence that Hove amateur Eubank Jnr wants to avoid comparisons with his former world middleweight champion father and the pressure that may entail as he leapt the top rope to enter the ring and then shadow-boxed in the same fashion as his dad used to do.

Eubank, 19, has already enjoyed amateur success in the United States and threatened to overwhelm the tall Batstowe in the opening round with thudding hooks to the body and head but was taken the four rounds to claim a unanimous points victory over one of the county’s top novices.

Eubank senior was in the dressing room after the bout but declined to be interviewed, as did his son, leaving Hove coach Scott Welch to sound a note of caution on a night when all five of his club’s boxers won.

Former British heavyweight champion Welch said: “People have got to remember he is only a novice fighter with ten bouts behind him and still learning the game.

“I rate his opponent Luke highly so Chris has just beaten a very good boxer who is also awkward.”


Anyone seen him fight yet ??

[TerribleTerry]

Anyone seen him fight yet ??

Only in an underground car park on youtube...

...and on that evidence I think he could do with keeping his hands up!

[MBP]

Anyone seen him fight yet ??

Only in an underground car park on youtube...

...and on that evidence I think he could do with keeping his hands up!

Yeah what a shit fight, seen in boxing on youtube to, looks like your average Novice..

[Greg Nicholas]

That car park brawl was from 2005


This is just his 2nd am fight here after a matter of mnths training- http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=O9k7_3PWCEk

[Coco]

I would love another Eubank era, his father is a legend

[Gray-Fox]

I hope they don't try ad make Eubank out to be a novice in the UK. He's fought in the Golden Gloves and had god knows how many fights over there.

[tonyevs]

"to claim a unanimous points victory over one of the county’s top novices." isn`t this a contradiction? .. how do you become a top novice? .. isn`t a novice reserved to a newcomer?? .. to become a top novice would mean you`ve got some experience - so you wouldn`t be a novice..

[gkt999]

In AMA boxing Novice normally means no more than 4 fights and even at that once you win a Novice championship (be it you only have one fight, the final) you can not enter again the next year as you won the previous even if that 1 fight is all you have on your card.

If he has had 10 fights in USA and won a Golden Gloves he should be in the Intermediate section at least but really you'd like to see him as a Senior boxer.

[E]

In AMA boxing Novice normally means no more than 4 fights and even at that once you win a Novice championship (be it you only have one fight, the final) you can not enter again the next year as you won the previous even if that 1 fight is all you have on your card.

If he has had 10 fights in USA and won a Golden Gloves he should be in the Intermediate section at least but really you'd like to see him as a Senior boxer.

You can still enter the novices if you have under 20 fights. There are two divisions - under 10 fights and under 20 fights

[yiddo14]

I hope they don't try ad make Eubank out to be a novice in the UK. He's fought in the Golden Gloves and had god knows how many fights over there.

It's not unkown for certain clubs to put ringers in the Novice Championships.

It's a shame as thats when fighters can get hurt.

Eubank Jnr and McGuigan Jnr are two fighters who seem like they may benefit from "carfeul" match making in the Ams...