Blackwell talks on sky

[mickey1975]

Losing the last five rounds of a fight doesn't fit my image of a boxing lesson

Maybe, but he was never going to win the opening six and Billy only needed another round. Billy has to sort his napper out with the stamina. Not looking that way, though...

[PredatorHayds]

The gameplan would of been play to Balckwells strength which has always been his stamina.

Agreed about Eubank his engine is good and he just misjudged the BJS fight spectacularly.

I agree Blackwells main thing is his fitness and stamina, but Eubank jr has great fitness and stamina, more has he proved then Blackwell, unfortunately Blackwell was never going to win that fight, he just did not have the tools to beat Eubank, they should not have took that fight.

They didn't have much choice as it was mandated for his British title. No way he was giving that up.
Still surprising Eubank took it though. Not often you see a world ranked fighter drop to domestic level.
At the time I'm sure it equalled a career high pay day at the time.

[Anzi]

The gameplan would of been play to Balckwells strength which has always been his stamina.

Agreed about Eubank his engine is good and he just misjudged the BJS fight spectacularly.

I agree Blackwells main thing is his fitness and stamina, but Eubank jr has great fitness and stamina, more has he proved then Blackwell, unfortunately Blackwell was never going to win that fight, he just did not have the tools to beat Eubank, they should not have took that fight.

They didn't have much choice as it was mandated for his British title. No way he was giving that up.
Still surprising Eubank took it though. Not often you see a world ranked fighter drop to domestic level.
At the time I'm sure it equalled a career high pay day at the time.

Yeh, it was a shock to me too, Eubank was close to a world title shot and now because he has to defend the title 3 times to get the belt outright, it will hold up his world level push. Must have been big money ?

[jamesmcdonnell]

I agree Blackwells main thing is his fitness and stamina, but Eubank jr has great fitness and stamina, more has he proved then Blackwell, unfortunately Blackwell was never going to win that fight, he just did not have the tools to beat Eubank, they should not have took that fight.

They didn't have much choice as it was mandated for his British title. No way he was giving that up.
Still surprising Eubank took it though. Not often you see a world ranked fighter drop to domestic level.
At the time I'm sure it equalled a career high pay day at the time.

Yeh, it was a shock to me too, Eubank was close to a world title shot and now because he has to defend the title 3 times to get the belt outright, it will hold up his world level push. Must have been big money ?

Eubank needs a few more fights before he competes at world level I think, certainly if he has any ambition about taking on the likes of GGG.

[coneye]

Yeh, it was a shock to me too, Eubank was close to a world title shot and now because he has to defend the title 3 times to get the belt outright, it will hold up his world level push. Must have been big money ?

Probably a shock to a lot of people , but really ,good management , he now has an excuse to keep sprouting he want GGG , he wants this one and that one ,, he;s gonna be champ bla bla bla bla ...but all the while saying the british title is important i want the lonsdale belt , so i'm tied up for another 12-18 months dewfending my belt .

Probably thinking by then GGG would of took the other belts unified , and got older , giving Chris time to develop, i think its more of a long term plan, than short term, to get there chance at the title , if they wanted short term , they would off gone the rematch route with Saunders .

[PredatorHayds]

I agree Blackwells main thing is his fitness and stamina, but Eubank jr has great fitness and stamina, more has he proved then Blackwell, unfortunately Blackwell was never going to win that fight, he just did not have the tools to beat Eubank, they should not have took that fight.

They didn't have much choice as it was mandated for his British title. No way he was giving that up.
Still surprising Eubank took it though. Not often you see a world ranked fighter drop to domestic level.
At the time I'm sure it equalled a career high pay day at the time.

Yeh, it was a shock to me too, Eubank was close to a world title shot and now because he has to defend the title 3 times to get the belt outright, it will hold up his world level push. Must have been big money ?

Big money for Blackwell.

Easily the most money he got for a fight. Probably one of the biggest purses in British title history.