Chris Eubank vs Jose Ignacio Barratubena(sp?)

[Greg Nicholas]

This was not a 'WBO super middleweight title eliminator' as stated, as Chris Eubank had already signed to fight Steve Collins in September for the title, regardless of whether he won or lost against Barratubena!

[Greg Nicholas]

Eubanks opponent here wasn't ranked in the top thirty of any governing body, definitely not a world title eliminator..

[Controversial]

This seems to confirm this, calls it a 10 round warm up fight (listed as a 12 round title eliminator on boxrec)

http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1 ... 40,5081447

[Controversial]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tj9c9yQUiBo

Also see above link. It's not very loud but you can hear them call it a 10 round fight and the commentator mentions Eubanks upcoming rematch with Collins. No mention of this being a title eliminator.

[Noxy]

I remember how easily Chris won that fight. It impressed me, Barratubena had a decent record.