Re: Chris Eubank Jr. vs. Anatoli Muratov - 2 October 2021
Posted: 29 Sep 2021, 17:07
by handsofstone
A bad opponent got even worse, Muratov is unknown in his own house, Avanesyan/Taylor should be bill topper, I get that Eubank Jr is the name on the card but they should've made him fight a live opponent to kick things off, this doesn't cut it
Re: Chris Eubank Jr. vs. Anatoli Muratov - 2 October 2021
Posted: 30 Sep 2021, 07:18
by Ruthless-RKO
Re: Chris Eubank Jr. vs. Anatoli Muratov - 2 October 2021
Posted: 30 Sep 2021, 18:14
by Crease
BoxRec's current rankings
Eubank is ranked 4th
Muratov is 155th
Doesn't look like much of a fight and BoxRec's rankings are usually a fair indicator...
Re: Chris Eubank Jr. vs. Anatoli Muratov - 2 October 2021
Posted: 01 Oct 2021, 08:01
by Ruthless-RKO
Re: Chris Eubank Jr. vs. Anatoli Muratov - 2 October 2021
Posted: 01 Oct 2021, 10:49
by jamesmcdonnell
Eubank Jr is clearly intent on finagling his way to a title shot, without taking on any real challenges.
He got an early tilt at Saunders, which he performed well in, but really, he's not done much since except talk about fighting the likes of GGG without doing anything to merit the shot.
Re: Chris Eubank Jr. vs. Anatoli Muratov - 2 October 2021
Posted: 01 Oct 2021, 11:04
by peter barlow
jamesmcdonnell wrote: ↑01 Oct 2021, 10:49
Eubank Jr is clearly intent on finagling his way to a title shot, without taking on any real challenges.
He got an early tilt at Saunders, which he performed well in, but really, he's not done much since except talk about fighting the likes of GGG without doing anything to merit the shot.
There will probably be some alphabet belts going vacant next year at 160 and 168, if Canelo moves up to 175 and GGG retires. GGG is 40 next April he probably only has a couple fights left including Murata.
I don't think Eubank will get a fight with Canelo or GGG, he hasn't really done anything to get those fights. He hasn't even got an alphabet belt like Plant or Murata.
I'd say it may be Liam Williams in December. A good Saturday fight night bout but hopefully not the start of some nonsense PPV stuff.
Re: Chris Eubank Jr. vs. Anatoli Muratov - 2 October 2021
jamesmcdonnell wrote: ↑01 Oct 2021, 10:49
Eubank Jr is clearly intent on finagling his way to a title shot, without taking on any real challenges.
He got an early tilt at Saunders, which he performed well in, but really, he's not done much since except talk about fighting the likes of GGG without doing anything to merit the shot.
There will probably be some alphabet belts going vacant next year at 160 and 168, if Canelo moves up to 175 and GGG retires. GGG is 40 next April he probably only has a couple fights left including Murata.
I don't think Eubank will get a fight with Canelo or GGG, he hasn't really done anything to get those fights. He hasn't even got an alphabet belt like Plant or Murata.
I'd say it may be Liam Williams in December. A good Saturday fight night bout but hopefully not the start of some nonsense PPV stuff.
I think it’ll be Williams too and agree - really good Saturday night fight night, really poor PPV.
Re: Chris Eubank Jr. vs. Anatoli Muratov - 2 October 2021
Posted: 01 Oct 2021, 15:30
by CaptainSpacerod
Junior’s a charlatan but you can’t blame him for accepting the money time after time to fight hopelessly overmatched opponents. Sky are the real culprits.
Re: Chris Eubank Jr. vs. Anatoli Muratov - 2 October 2021
Posted: 01 Oct 2021, 15:46
by black panther
In Eubanks defence he did fight Koroborov who a very decent middleweight. I don't think he's necessarily afraid of fighting decent middleweights but perhaps his management want to build up his hype by having him blow away over matched opposition, then cash out on big fight.
Re: Chris Eubank Jr. vs. Anatoli Muratov - 2 October 2021
Posted: 01 Oct 2021, 16:41
by maverick23
black panther wrote: ↑01 Oct 2021, 15:46
In Eubanks defence he did fight Koroborov who a very decent middleweight. I don't think he's necessarily afraid of fighting decent middleweights but perhaps his management want to build up his hype by having him blow away over matched opposition, then cash out on big fight.
I’d be ok with that if they didn’t say that Liam Williams and Kell Brook would be warm out fights and then he fights Morrison and this guy.
Re: Chris Eubank Jr. vs. Anatoli Muratov - 2 October 2021
Posted: 01 Oct 2021, 16:41
by skanksta
Williams vs CEJ would be a great fight and would surely sell.
MAKE IT !
Re: Chris Eubank Jr. vs. Anatoli Muratov - 2 October 2021
Posted: 01 Oct 2021, 20:34
by KiwiRider
The Sky guide have him down as "Eubanks Jr"
I'm gonna watch this, its live at 2pm on a Sunday and I've got beers in the fridge so....
Re: Chris Eubank Jr. vs. Anatoli Muratov - 2 October 2021 (OFF)
Posted: 02 Oct 2021, 08:02
by Ruthless-RKO
Fights off..
Card still goes ahead.
BBBofC unable to clear Muratov on medical grounds.
Biggest joke!
Re: Chris Eubank Jr. vs. Anatoli Muratov - 2 October 2021 (OFF)
Posted: 02 Oct 2021, 08:04
by JamesPhilips
Ruthless-RKO wrote: ↑02 Oct 2021, 08:02
Fights off..
Card still goes ahead.
BBBofC unable to clear Muratov on medical grounds.
Biggest joke!
Fook sake bit late in the day that
Re: Chris Eubank Jr. vs. Anatoli Muratov - 2 October 2021 (OFF)
Ruthless-RKO wrote: ↑02 Oct 2021, 08:02
Fights off..
Card still goes ahead.
BBBofC unable to clear Muratov on medical grounds.
Biggest joke!
Fook sake bit late in the day that
Very late in the day.
Why let him weigh in?
Wouldn’t Wasserman/Boxxer have let BBBofC know beforehand they had him in mind..
First Sky card since Matchroom and it’s flopped.
Re: Chris Eubank Jr. vs. Anatoli Muratov - 2 October 2021 (OFF)
Posted: 02 Oct 2021, 08:18
by Boxerbeetle
Jokers
Re: Chris Eubank Jr. vs. Anatoli Muratov - 2 October 2021 (OFF)
Posted: 02 Oct 2021, 08:24
by Glass Joe
All 2 people on here who were looking forward to this must be devastated.
Re: Chris Eubank Jr. vs. Anatoli Muratov - 2 October 2021 (OFF)
Posted: 02 Oct 2021, 08:26
by maverick23
Hmm. Very late in the day - we’ve known about this guy for a few days now. Surely it should have been rubber stamped by the BBBC before even announcing the fight?
Other than on Sky Sports’ and Sky Sports News there’s been little build up for this. Kalle’s been doing a bit on YTube etc but Adam Smith seems to be doing the majority of the talking for the show. If the show doesn’t involve a Wasserman boxer then will Adam be the main hype guy like Eddie was before?
Re: Chris Eubank Jr. vs. Anatoli Muratov - 2 October 2021 (OFF)
Posted: 02 Oct 2021, 08:35
by peter barlow
It gets from bad to worse for Sky's new era. Should have gave Mick Hennessy the gig.
Eddie will be laughing.
Re: Chris Eubank Jr. vs. Anatoli Muratov - 2 October 2021 (OFF)
Posted: 02 Oct 2021, 08:59
by skanksta
ffs
Re: Chris Eubank Jr. vs. Anatoli Muratov - 2 October 2021 (OFF)
Posted: 02 Oct 2021, 09:01
by TheLeprechaun
I'm pretty happy we don't get to see Eubank lounging around wasting time showing off vs a low level guy. It was a complete waste of time like the Morrison fight.
Re: Chris Eubank Jr. vs. Anatoli Muratov - 2 October 2021 (OFF)
Posted: 02 Oct 2021, 09:30
by tony1234
You'd think they might have check his certs etc when he was booked to replace the original guy. At least it wasn't a decent fight I was looking forward to
Re: Chris Eubank Jr. vs. Anatoli Muratov - 2 October 2021 (OFF)
Posted: 02 Oct 2021, 09:46
by peter barlow
tony1234 wrote: ↑02 Oct 2021, 09:30
You'd think they might have check his certs etc when he was booked to replace the original guy. At least it wasn't a decent fight I was looking forward to
Its amateur hour at Sky with this Boxxer link up. What has Boxxer/Ben Shalom done to be Sky's boxing promoter? Doesn't even do interviews ?
It's very strange from Sky, they seem to think they can basically do it all themselves and be the de facto promoters.
As this week has shown they can't. They pumped this show up for weeks on their channels and it's now an absolute mess. Nevermind the poor sods who bought tickets.
Re: Chris Eubank Jr. vs. Anatoli Muratov - 2 October 2021 (OFF)
tony1234 wrote: ↑02 Oct 2021, 09:30
You'd think they might have check his certs etc when he was booked to replace the original guy. At least it wasn't a decent fight I was looking forward to
Its amateur hour at Sky with this Boxxer link up. What has Boxxer/Ben Shalom done to be Sky's boxing promoter? Doesn't even do interviews ?
It's very strange from Sky, they seem to think they can basically do it all themselves and be the de facto promoters.
As this week has shown they can't. They pumped this show up for weeks on their channels and it's now an absolute mess. Nevermind the poor sods who bought tickets.
