Eubank on Benn II, Calzaghe, Hatton, styles make fights, etc

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coghaugen11
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Eubank on Benn II, Calzaghe, Hatton, styles make fights, etc

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I fought him on the inside this time, I'd already beat him on the outside but that experience was horrific because he was able to load up his blows and I needed another couple of years in the game.



I thought a draw was fair and I think it was a great result because I don't think anybody else could've fought Benn on the inside, or would've, rather.



You must be able to adapt in boxing. I won most of my fights for example on the outside range, but when I came up against Graciano Rocchigiani in Germany I fought him mostly on the inside range and picked up a great win - hands by my waist; ducking and weaving and hooking.



The thing to avoid is mirroring an opponent. Always be able to adapt to get results and I did that right to the very highest level in my career.



The difference is (this), (for) the return at Old Trafford I was looking beyond him to the final chapters but (for) the 1990 fight I was looking directly at him.



There was just this mass of 45,000 faces and they distracted whatever focus I had built up - 'for I already have this man beat cleanly but I need to beat him again.'



My focus got lost in that sheer seething mass of people. I couldn't believe all these people had paid fifty pounds or more to see me and Benn when they could so easily watch it for free - it was a third of most wages back then.



It is all tactics when you get to the world championship level, not technique. You already have learned and mastered every technique for getting to that level.



The fighters winning and defending their world championships you see on the screen know how to box in every way but use what they judge will work best, or be best.



Sometimes you need a particular style or tactic to beat a particular opponent.



That's why Joe Calzaghe and Ricky Hatton I think were so unique because they just used the same styles right through their careers and title fights and still picked up results and fortune and fame.



They were fighters who overwhelmed the opposition, they would fight and they wouldn't change for love nor money.


When women have babies the pain is excruciating. At the time you say 'Never again' but afterwards, because of what you have produced, you forget the pain. I use that example because I am a woman's man.
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Re: Eubank on Benn II, Calzaghe, Hatton, styles make fights, etc

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why do you always post o Eubank exclusively? Can you source any of this? It would certainly carry more weight as Eubank is my 4th favourite fighter ever and his book the most compelling I've read....and I've read a few...
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Re: Eubank on Benn II, Calzaghe, Hatton, styles make fights, etc

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Eubank was a superb maverick talen t. He was tough as nails and boxed well against certain guys, ie the more aggressive fighter. He lived and died by how he made the weight too and took on a ridiculous schedule that took its toll. But the guy, whether win or lose, I don't think you'd find a guy who fought him who found him nothing but a nightmare to fight. I mean, he came out of nowhere to fight Calzaghe and gave him life and death. From the sublime to the not so, but he hung tough and never gave up.

A very, very tough man and proud warrior and amazing character..... I mean, he'd be an amazing Super Six entrant woudln't he!?
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DIRT SUGAR wrote:Eubank was a superb maverick talen t. He was tough as nails and boxed well against certain guys, ie the more aggressive fighter. He lived and died by how he made the weight too and took on a ridiculous schedule that took its toll. But the guy, whether win or lose, I don't think you'd find a guy who fought him who found him nothing but a nightmare to fight. I mean, he came out of nowhere to fight Calzaghe and gave him life and death. From the sublime to the not so, but he hung tough and never gave up.

A very, very tough man and proud warrior and amazing character..... I mean, he'd be an amazing Super Six entrant woudln't he!?
I'm a massive fan of Calzaghe's sublime fitness dedication and hands....his 1st 12 rounder came versus Eubank in what Calzaghe said was his toughest fight and props to him for that.......but if Carl Froch came up versus Eubank in the Super Six there's only one man that most people would support and it ain't Froch sorry.
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Re: Eubank on Benn II, Calzaghe, Hatton, styles make fights, etc

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did he just say calzaghe had one style?? ask lacy and kessler that. just cuz he has a high punch output didnt mean he was a pressure fighter.
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When women have babies the pain is excruciating. At the time you say 'Never again' but afterwards, because of what you have produced, you forget the pain. I use that example because I am a woman's man.

:lol:

Whats he on about here?

Always great hearing and reading Eubanks thoughts on anything boxing.
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Hear hear. What a character.
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