Eddie Chambers?

[Cap]

What is Eddie Chambers doing these days? I thought he had decided to go the cruiserweight route, and that seemed a pretty good idea until he lost to Mchunu. Now he's carrying around almost 16 stone and fighting scrubs. If he was any good as a fighter, he should've been able to beat Mchunu at 14 stone.

[world ranked]

Sometimes fighters aren't good at other weights. Byrd should beat Shaun George @175. Or Roy Jones should have beat Antonio Tarver after moving up to heavy sometimes fighters are good at certain moves.

[Freedom2013]

He's too slow for cruiserweight, and not big enough for heavyweight.

He should just retire.

[armageto]

He's too slow for cruiserweight, and not big enough for heavyweight.

He should just retire.

Kind of an odd statement. Chambers 3 losses at HW were all to quality opponents, two of the fights being competitive. He had three quality wins at HW at well. If an in shape Chambers fights at HW, he is a bottom top 10 guy in the division.

[polecateddy]

At some point he will be fed to a topliner and get stopped. He really should get in touch with his inner journeyman and follow Kevin Johnson on a world tour.

[Lackeos]

Chambers definitely doesn't need to retire. He's a good fighter, and when he's 100%, he's capable of bigger wins than what he's notched thus far. If nothing else, he would serve as an excellent test for other top fighters. Once he's

Eddie's lost to Mchunu gets frequently blown out of proportion. I'm convinced that Mchunu is legitimately a top 4 cruiserweight. If you're anywhere outside of the heavyweight top 9 or so, there's really no shame in losing to him.

Eddie really hasn't been inactive at all. In fact, compared to most fighters, he bounced back from his loss with extremely high activity, albeit against weaker opposition. That was the confidence builder stage. I expect his level of opposition to be somewhat higher in the near future (i.e. top 125 opponent in 2014), and to continue progressing after that (i.e. top 30 opponent in 2015).

Apparently Eddie has announced the intention to fight again on September 20th, seemingly against TBA. He was potentially looking at a fight with Audley or Nascimento in July, though, so I figure that might be some of the likelier suspects for the September fight.

[Taansend]

Slightly off topic but there should be TEN weights with heavyweight being above 100kg.

Chambers would be a BEAST at Taansends Cruiserweight weight

Fly - below 50kg
Bantam} too drunk to do it now
Feather} too drunk to do it now
Lightwelter} too drunk to do it now
Light} too drunk to do it now
Welter} too drunk to do it now
Middle} too drunk to do it now
Lightheavy} too drunk to do it now
Cruiser} too drunk to do it now
Heavy - 100kg plus

[ttornado]

Slightly off topic but there should be TEN weights with heavyweight being above 100kg.

Chambers would be a BEAST at Taansends Cruiserweight weight

Fly - below 50kg
Bantam} too drunk to do it now
Feather} too drunk to do it now
Lightwelter} too drunk to do it now
Light} too drunk to do it now
Welter} too drunk to do it now
Middle} too drunk to do it now
Lightheavy} too drunk to do it now
Cruiser} too drunk to do it now
Heavy - 100kg plus

Probably super cruiser weight is what your weight class is: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_cruiserweight

[gee]

He's too slow for cruiserweight, and not big enough for heavyweight.

He should just retire.

Serious?

He is not too slow for cruiserweight. Cruiserweight is obviously not the weight where speed matters that much and he was a fast heavyweight. His problem at cruiserweight was, that he didn't have the answers to Mchunu after a long layoff. He is a quality fighter but he has to stay active.
He is a small heavyweight, but big enough. Stiverne is just an inch taller and Chambers managed to defeat 6'7" Dimitrenko... Probably not big enough for Wladimir Klitschko, he knows that.

[HomicideHenry]

Say what you want, but Chambers looks in the best shape of his entire career. These last few fights have simply been excercises/exhibitions to regain some confidence. The goal with Eddie is to build him back up all over again. I say 10 fights, and he's back on track to fighting the top twenty or so. Maybe that's a stretch, or a bit much, but I know how Peter Fury operates. You simply will not fight, period, unless Peter is convinced you're more than capable of handling yourself in the ring not just physically but mentally and emotionally as well.

[A serious man]

He's part of the Fury camp

[jujigatame]

I never bought the whole "he can't hack it at cruiserweight because he's too slow" idea. Mchunu was just the better guy and while he was unknown at the time he's probably one of the 3 or 4 best CWs in the world right now. He's got a very tricky and difficult style to deal with.

Chambers weighs like 205 when he's in good shape. The guy is a natural cruiser. If he kept fighting there I'm sure he'd be a top 10 guy, he just picked the wrong first opponent and has now given up on it and slid into total obscurity. It's a shame.

[keirw]

I'm sure Peter said in an interview (ifl, I think) that he wanted Eddie in a relevant fight in north America by the end of the year. Though this was before his brother was taken I'll, which will no doubt affect the timescale of that plan. Still, it shows they have a plan and that the tomato cans are a means to an end.

[HeavyHitters]

He's too slow for cruiserweight, and not big enough for heavyweight.

He should just retire.

Kind of an odd statement. Chambers 3 losses at HW were all to quality opponents, two of the fights being competitive. He had three quality wins at HW at well. If an in shape Chambers fights at HW, he is a bottom top 10 guy in the division.

He's one of those enigma's at heavyweight/cruiserweight. Good skills, no knockout power. He is not a very exciting fighter, either. You can almost predict any of his fights will most surely go the distance, unless he is in against a very weak opponent. Not big enough to really pose a threat against the top heavyweights in the division. If he moves down to cruiserweight there are faster guys down there that can beat him at that weight, and loses even more power.

He can basically get matched up with similar fighters like himself and make some good money. But if he has aspirations of being a champion someday, I dunno.

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[GooalaShooola]

I'm not sure how much it's worth, but his profile in the UK has definitely been raised from his time spent over here. He comes across very well PR wise & has looked decent in the fights he's had (admittedly against poor opposition). I hope this plan works out for him & that bigger fights are just around the corner.

[Cap]

At top of cruiserweight limit (200lbs/14.28 stone) he should do well against UK and Euro cruisers and heavies as most are at best "B" level. I would have thought with his skills he would have been a top 5 cruiserweight at least. A win over Afolabi or Mckenzie might give him a shot at the WBA or WBC title. The division is desperate for some colour.