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T w_savage wrote:Eubank is a bizarre invention.. That's what his persona is, a invention. Totally bonkers to most sane individuals.

It's like Aliens constructed a human being, with a personality based on clips from 1920's ealing comedies and transposed it into the body of a random individual via some sort of intergalactic ray, that just happened to be firing in the direction of hackney at that particular moment.

jamesmcdonnell wrote:

T w_savage wrote:Eubank is a bizarre invention.. That's what his persona is, a invention. Totally bonkers to most sane individuals.

It's like Aliens constructed a human being, with a personality based on clips from 1920's ealing comedies and transposed it into the body of a random individual via some sort of intergalactic ray, that just happened to be firing in the direction of hackney at that particular moment.

It's bizarre as we all just accepted it as being ok but everyone kinda knows it's really not..

jamesmcdonnell wrote:

T w_savage wrote:Eubank is a bizarre invention.. That's what his persona is, a invention. Totally bonkers to most sane individuals.

It's like Aliens constructed a human being, with a personality based on clips from 1920's ealing comedies and transposed it into the body of a random individual via some sort of intergalactic ray, that just happened to be firing in the direction of hackney at that particular moment.

He's truly a one off is English

jamesmcdonnell wrote:

littlepug wrote:johnny nelson tells a tale about eubank in his autobiography where he bumps into eubank in a hotels toilets, eubank motioned to nelson to join him in a cubicle and shuts the door behind them, once in this cubicle eubank starts lecturing nelson about his speaking manner or something, telling him to always use long words when talking to the press, then just walks out leaving behind a mystified nelson !

Must have been gutted when he realised Chris wasn't going to chop them out.

Mind you, with Eubank's nostrils I'm not sure you'd want to, one huff too many, and you'd be extracting you shoes from his nose with forceps!

banjo wrote:A complete wally, he was certainly interesting back in his day, his upper class persona clashing with that of the street yob Benn. I think his over inflated sense of worth nowadays could end up effing his sons career up though.

I think he already has mate. Snr just lost his son the biggest payday of his career when not signing for Golovkin. Unless Snr comes back down to planet earth and becomes realistic at the negotiation table I fear young Eubank will miss out on some big fights.

ILikeBeer wrote:

littlepug wrote:johnny nelson tells a tale about eubank in his autobiography where he bumps into eubank in a hotels toilets, eubank motioned to nelson to join him in a cubicle and shuts the door behind them, once in this cubicle eubank starts lecturing nelson about his speaking manner or something, telling him to always use long words when talking to the press, then just walks out leaving behind a mystified nelson !

I think I'd be more mystified by Eubank trying to get me into the toilet, then about his opinion on my vocabulary.

Why did he need to usher him into a cubicle to tell him?

Mind you, he probably knew how elusive Nelson was, and wanted a smaller ring so he could box him into the corners.

jamesmcdonnell wrote:

ILikeBeer wrote:

littlepug wrote:johnny nelson tells a tale about eubank in his autobiography where he bumps into eubank in a hotels toilets, eubank motioned to nelson to join him in a cubicle and shuts the door behind them, once in this cubicle eubank starts lecturing nelson about his speaking manner or something, telling him to always use long words when talking to the press, then just walks out leaving behind a mystified nelson !

I think I'd be more mystified by Eubank trying to get me into the toilet, then about his opinion on my vocabulary.

Why did he need to usher him into a cubicle to tell him?

Mind you, he probably knew how elusive Nelson was, and wanted a smaller ring so he could box him into the corners.

Ha ha god only knows how his mind works !

littlepug wrote:

jamesmcdonnell wrote:

ILikeBeer wrote:
I think I'd be more mystified by Eubank trying to get me into the toilet, then about his opinion on my vocabulary.

Why did he need to usher him into a cubicle to tell him?

Mind you, he probably knew how elusive Nelson was, and wanted a smaller ring so he could box him into the corners.

Ha ha god only knows how his mind works !

They should make a movie "being chris eubank."

Although I think I would have him at my fantasy boxing dinner party

littlepug wrote:Although I think I would have him at my fantasy boxing dinner party

He'd be good as some sort of bizzare entertainment - as an actual guest I think he'd be a crashing bore - he never shuts up - I remember he was on some panel show once, think it was have I got new for you, and he bored everyone rigid.

Muttley wrote:
I think he already has mate. Snr just lost his son the biggest payday of his career when not signing for Golovkin. Unless Snr comes back down to planet earth and becomes realistic at the negotiation table I fear young Eubank will miss out on some big fights.

To be fair to Eubank, the first dollar didn't drop to the fighter.

Muttley wrote:

banjo wrote:A complete wally, he was certainly interesting back in his day, his upper class persona clashing with that of the street yob Benn. I think his over inflated sense of worth nowadays could end up effing his sons career up though.

I think he already has mate. Snr just lost his son the biggest payday of his career when not signing for Golovkin. Unless Snr comes back down to planet earth and becomes realistic at the negotiation table I fear young Eubank will miss out on some big fights.

I'm not sure I agree with you mate, you sound like Eddie Hearn .

Biggest payday yes but on the bright side he saved him from a slap. The GGG fight isn't going anywhere, Eubank is a massive draw.

Maybe fight GGG in a few years when he is on the way down

chrisnew86 wrote:

Muttley wrote:

banjo wrote:A complete wally, he was certainly interesting back in his day, his upper class persona clashing with that of the street yob Benn. I think his over inflated sense of worth nowadays could end up effing his sons career up though.

I think he already has mate. Snr just lost his son the biggest payday of his career when not signing for Golovkin. Unless Snr comes back down to planet earth and becomes realistic at the negotiation table I fear young Eubank will miss out on some big fights.

I'm not sure I agree with you mate, you sound like Eddie Hearn .

Biggest payday yes but on the bright side he saved him from a slap. The GGG fight isn't going anywhere, Eubank is a massive draw.

Maybe fight GGG in a few years when he is on the way down

Except he isn't. Doesn't sell tickets at all without a big name in the other corner.

jamesmcdonnell wrote:
Mind you, he probably knew how elusive Nelson was, and wanted a smaller ring so he could box him into the corners.

mickey1975 wrote:

chrisnew86 wrote:

Muttley wrote:
I think he already has mate. Snr just lost his son the biggest payday of his career when not signing for Golovkin. Unless Snr comes back down to planet earth and becomes realistic at the negotiation table I fear young Eubank will miss out on some big fights.

I'm not sure I agree with you mate, you sound like Eddie Hearn .

Biggest payday yes but on the bright side he saved him from a slap. The GGG fight isn't going anywhere, Eubank is a massive draw.

Maybe fight GGG in a few years when he is on the way down

Except he isn't. Doesn't sell tickets at all without a big name in the other corner.

This is exactly my point. He comes with his bag but his father has an inflated opinion of his worth. I like Jr, he's a great talent and entertaining. And I do believe if he had started boxing earlier who knows what he could achieve. boxing is a business and ppv is the perfect way of valuing a boxer's worth. The boxer gets a percentage of the ppv revenue after all outgoings. Golovkin was by far the biggest payday for Eubank Jr and that fight is now dead in the water and unless Snr gets sensible when negotiating I fear Jr will miss out on some good paydays.

I remember him taking the P in Germany, beat a home fighter (?) With the German flag colours in his hair. No stop posing from our Chris, crowd baying for his blood, he totally schooled him. I don't know how got out of there alive, pure class !!.

afcpaul wrote:I remember him taking the P in Germany, beat a home fighter (?) With the German flag colours in his hair. No stop posing from our Chris, crowd baying for his blood, he totally schooled him. I don't know how got out of there alive, pure class !!.

Yeah, the picture of him stood on the ring apron as he turns to face the baying crowd, and he just faces out at them, brilliant moment, hairs on the back of your neck stuff.