Rexob wrote:Naandrew wrote:Rexob wrote:
Eubank was the attraction not his opponents the fans went to see him it didnt matter who he was fighting, fans pay for tickets which means money and lots of it, Its prize fighting ffs, people seem to get mixed up with some rose tinted view of the sport and forget what its really about?
True but it still doesn't disguise the fact that Senior wanted no part of numerous world level fighters.
Jr will go the same way from the looks of things.
Benn x2
Watson x2
Collins x2
Thompson x2?
Need I go on?
The Watson fights were great but Watson wasn't world level. His fight with Mike McCallum fight shown what world level was.
When he fought Benn the first time Watson and Herol Graham were still considered better fighters.
Eubank publically said he would never fight Herol Graham ( who McCallum also beat)
Also Barry Hearn came up with excuses about not fighting Mike McCallum ( no money etc etc ) just like Eddie Hearn did with Quigg and Rigo when the fight could be made and does with numerous fighters.
When he was champion he also would not fight Nunn because he was southpaw and 6 foot 2.
Other fighters around when he was champion. Toney, Jones, Jackson, kalambay, McClellan.
He played the game well made a lot of money not fighting top fighters fair play to him he won't be the last to do that.
But junior has now ducked fights with Billy Joe Saunders again when it made sense
Last year. GGG and Hearn got him mandatory for Danny Jacobs.