Eubank having a pop at Mayweather, Collins and Calzaghe

STP · Post by **STP** » 17 Nov 2007, 06:27

“Mayweather’s career is a work in progress. He won’t retire yet,”

“Mayweather has had 38 straight wins but he is not a ‘great’ yet. “Greatness is what is measured when your career is finished, and before that happens you have to have done your winning and
your losing.”

“You have to show you can lose and that you can take your beatings. “The truly great fighters, like Mohammed Ali, Sugar Ray Robinson and Marvin Hagler were all great fighters because they took their losses and came back. “There has only been one fighter (Rocky Marciano) who has retired undefeated and I wouldn’t class him a ‘great’ because you only see someone truly great in the way they lose.”

http://www.7days.ae/showstory.php?id=50261

"The belt is only as big as the man you take it off. Benn was a shark, Pyatt was my sparring partner."

"To be a legend is nothing about numbers, belts, names or hype. Adversity is what determines greatness in boxing.

"The greatest fighters, or legends, overcome the greatest adversity. Everything else is hearsay."

"Mayweather is a fabulous fighter and has 19 world championship wins. But we`ve yet to really see what kind of grit he has.

"Grit is very important."

"You`re not thinking of making champion or anything - you just want to win your first fight and have yourself respected.

"You hear about all these great fighters with 35 - 0 records, but all you want to do is win your first fight and pocket a couple of hundred dollars.

"The fact I was involved in arguably the greatest fight of alltime at White Hart Lane and arguably the biggest fight of alltime at Old Trafford, to say I achieved beyond my expectations would be an understatement of behemoth proportions."

http://www.thetimes.co.za/Sport/Article.aspx?id=612404

Cannibal · Post by **Cannibal** » 17 Nov 2007, 06:34

They NEED to get Eubank in as a boxing pundit. It would make any show more entertaining. Come on Setanta!

nufc16 · Post by **nufc16** » 17 Nov 2007, 09:13

eubank would be a fornicating nightmare for any presenter. he tries to be a wise old sage in everything he says. sometimes he gets it spot on, but alot of the time he talks complete shit, and take fornicating ages to make any point.

yiddo14 · Post by **yiddo14** » 17 Nov 2007, 11:28

I remember seeing him perform the role of pundit on a late night ITV show once.

Forget who was fighting, but it was a fair old scrap.
The commentators were saying how the fight was a cert for fight of the year.They cut back to the studio and the presenter was banging on about how great it was, then he asked Eubank what he thought and he just pissed all over it!
He slated the fight and said something about how he could'nt get excited watching it!

Was a classic moment.

STP · Post by **STP** » 17 Nov 2007, 11:31

Wasn't that a Shea Neary fight?

Eubank once said that the only fighters he went out of his way to watch were Colin McMillan, Herol Graham and Pernell Whitaker for their 'chess playing', and 'philosophically' Tyson.

overhand_right · Post by **overhand_right** » 17 Nov 2007, 12:28

He would be un-useable on air, as nufc said he would take ages to make a point and makes everything into a melodramatic speech.

Bring back Gary Mason.

BAMBI · Post by **BAMBI** » 17 Nov 2007, 16:08

Remember they got Eubank in when Tyson came to London to face Francis, and Chris started going off about "tyson didnt rape HER" ..lol

Timmbo · Post by **Timmbo** » 17 Nov 2007, 16:36

BAMBI wrote:Remember they got Eubank in when Tyson came to London to face Francis, and Chris started going off about "tyson didnt rape HER" ..lol

yeah I remember that, they removed him from the studio!

BunglesFingers · Post by **BunglesFingers** » 17 Nov 2007, 17:21

If Eubank had been unbeaten I doubt he would be saying that you have to lose before you can prove how good you are. Retiring unbeaten is a pretty good sign that you are a top fighter and know when to call it day.

STP · Post by **STP** » 19 Nov 2007, 07:07

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFBoKvYtGOw

Chambers2 · Post by **Chambers2** » 19 Nov 2007, 07:20

Cannibal wrote:They NEED to get Eubank in as a boxing pundit. It would make any show more entertaining. Come on Setanta!

I totally agree, Buncey and Eubank would make a great partnership, they'd be very entertaining. Eubank loves getting his face on the box, so I doubt they'd have much problem getting him

Nightmare Roy · Post by **Nightmare Roy** » 19 Nov 2007, 07:40

STP wrote:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFBoKvYtGOw

T.M.K · Post by **T.M.K** » 19 Nov 2007, 08:28

STP wrote:Wasn't that a Shea Neary fight?

Funny, I was thinking Colin Dunne - maybe vs Phillip Holiday?

I am sure it was a WBU belt, where the champwas barely in the worlds top 20,and when Eubank called it spot-on and said it wasn't really forthe world title there wasjust dead silence.

HAHAHAHAHA

"T.M.K"

alphasean · Post by **alphasean** » 19 Nov 2007, 08:47

http://myspacetv.com/index.cfm?fuseacti ... d=18358338

STP · Post by **STP** » 26 Nov 2007, 19:00

alphasean wrote:http://myspacetv.com/index.cfm?fuseacti ... d=18358338

Did he say anything about those many gift decisons?