Chris Eubank

[nobby_nobbins]

Terrific fighter, but it's a shame he showed no desire to unify. He became more of an entertainer than a boxer after the Benn fight, which was much harder than he expected. He was still tremendously proud of his unbeaten record, but had lost his stomach for a fight and concentrated on sneaking fights by catching the eye of the judges. The Watson disaster further weakened his fighting spirit, but it was almost extinguished already in my view.

The young Eubank who beat Cronin was one of the most thrilling, gifted boxers I 've seen, and I'd rank that performace alongside Ali v Cleveland Williams and Naz v Belcastro.

[Greg Nicholas]

Eubank was SENSATIONAL on his stoppage run from Jun '89 to Mar '90.. Perfect punches, fleet feet and beautiful combinations.. When he beat Corti and McCallum beat Watson Eubank was WBA no.3. and down to fight Julian Jackson for the vacant WBC belt in London..but the BBBC wouldnt sanction it because of Jackson's detatched retina.. Hearn offered Julian a careerhigh purse..

That would have been an amazing run , if he'd taken Jackson..

We'd probably still had Benn/Eubank, but it might not have been as intense because it wouldnt have been an 'all or nothing' for Eubank..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jklzql4MPPg

[Scrap]

Eubanks had good stamina in the gym. His problem was making weight, should have moved up years before He did.

[oliverfennell]

Chris Eubank was bloody average, he never had problems killing people off, he had no confidence in his stamina so had to fight at a slow pace...its pure bullshit to blame his farce of a reign on the Watson tragedy and pure revisionism...

BS. Look at the pre- and post-Watson Eubanks. There were huge differences. Before, he had the killer instinct. He flattened a lot of guys, finished off Benn, crushed Stretch, and so on. Post-Watson, he had only one proper stoppage win for the belt (Jarvis, as Storey was stopped on injuries). He knocked down several of his opponents but never seriously tried to finish them. Before Watson, he would have done. In fact, in the post-fight interview after Rocchigiani, he even said he no longer seeks the knockout if he can win on points.

I agree he could have worked harder in a lot of his fights, but if his stamina was bad, how did he come through those epic wars with Benn 1 and Watson 1? Only someone of superb fitness could have come through them.

Surely you mean Watson 2? Fight one was not epic, nor a war.

Yes, I meant that!

As for Autobarn's comments, admittedly he didn't look like he had superb fitness in a lot of his fights. He liked to fight at his own pace, and that was slowly. However when pushed, he could fight very, very hard in long fights. They don't come much harder than Benn 1, Watson 2 and Thompson 1, and he either won or lasted the distance in all of those, in fights which ONLY superb fitness would allow you to do.

[Ketchel]

Did'nt Jim Watt once say during Eubank's reign that he'd heard that there had been a break in at the WBO headquarters and the burgulars had found the scorecards to Eubank's next 3 fights!

[thepocketrocket]

Did'nt Jim Watt once say during Eubank's reign that he'd heard that there had been a break in at the WBO headquarters and the burgulars had found the scorecards to Eubank's next 3 fights!

LMAO...I hope to god thats a true story, but even if it isnt that was funny!

[banjo]

Did'nt Jim Watt once say during Eubank's reign that he'd heard that there had been a break in at the WBO headquarters and the burgulars had found the scorecards to Eubank's next 3 fights!

Now that is rather amusing

[Greg Nicholas]

Eubanks being interviewed by a computer in Jan '91 !

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2jQVQSnauQs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGMGHa2Jcd4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Ncp4dFsI-U

Interesting stuff.. lol..

[coghaugen11]

Eubank was treated for Schizophrenia in his young youth apprently. If asked about this he says his real problem was "Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder."

[oliverfennell]

Yes, I meant that!

It was a huge anti-climax, you nutter

I meant that I meant THAT when you asked me what I meant.

I was, of course, referring to Watson 2.

[coghaugen11]

Signs and symptoms
A person diagnosed with schizophrenia may demonstrate auditory hallucinations, delusions, and disorganized and unusual thinking and speech; this may range from loss of train of thought and subject flow, with sentences only loosely connected in meaning, to incoherence, known as word salad, in severe cases. Social isolation commonly occurs for a variety of reasons. Impairment in social cognition is associated with schizophrenia, as are symptoms of paranoia from delusions and hallucinations, and the negative symptoms of avolition (apathy or lack of motivation). In one uncommon subtype, the person may be largely mute, remain motionless in bizarre postures, or exhibit purposeless agitation; these are signs of catatonia. No one sign is diagnostic of schizophrenia, and all can occur in other medical and psychiatric conditions.[4] The current classification of psychoses holds that symptoms need to have been present for at least one month in a period of at least six months of disturbed functioning. A schizophrenia-like psychosis of shorter duration is termed a schizophreniform disorder.[4]

Late adolescence and early adulthood are peak years for the onset of schizophrenia. These are critical periods in a young adult's social and vocational development, and they can be severely disrupted. To minimize the effect of schizophrenia, much work has recently been done to identify and treat the prodromal (pre-onset) phase of the illness, which has been detected up to 30 months before the onset of symptoms, but may be present longer.[8] Those who go on to develop schizophrenia may experience the non-specific symptoms of social withdrawal, irritability and dysphoria in the prodromal period,[9] and transient or self-limiting psychotic symptoms in the prodromal phase before psychosis becomes apparent.[10]