Eubank Sr takes dig at Haye?
Posted: 21 Nov 2011, 16:59
http://www.boxingtoday.co.uk/interviews ... ubank-1615
"But what injuries cannot be used as is an excuse, because you know that boxing isn't very good for your health in the first place. I could say I fought the last four years of my career with one leg, that I couldn't extend my right elbow in the period '92-'93, that I had nausea in South Africa and diarrhea in Dubai, and was in the Correctional Facility of Indiana, USA to visit Mike Tyson in prison the night before I fought in Belfast.
"If I had used particular issues as excuses for loss(es) or supposedly below-par performance(s), I would've been looked upon in a lesser respect. Similarly if I had pulled out of a title fight or title defense, complaining of a bad arm or bad leg or wouldn't fight my mandatory challenger - all of which is unprofessional and not the mark of a proper champion dealing with the pressures - then I would've lost respect, no question about it."
"But what injuries cannot be used as is an excuse, because you know that boxing isn't very good for your health in the first place. I could say I fought the last four years of my career with one leg, that I couldn't extend my right elbow in the period '92-'93, that I had nausea in South Africa and diarrhea in Dubai, and was in the Correctional Facility of Indiana, USA to visit Mike Tyson in prison the night before I fought in Belfast.
"If I had used particular issues as excuses for loss(es) or supposedly below-par performance(s), I would've been looked upon in a lesser respect. Similarly if I had pulled out of a title fight or title defense, complaining of a bad arm or bad leg or wouldn't fight my mandatory challenger - all of which is unprofessional and not the mark of a proper champion dealing with the pressures - then I would've lost respect, no question about it."
