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https://youtu.be/og4yClgGjxE

The turk looks strong and determined but I wonder how he'll handle Jr's speed and punch variety ?

Avni will be to slow mentaly and physicly and get outboxed. Ud win for eubank

Jip wrote:Avni will be to slow mentaly and physicly and get outboxed. Ud win for eubank

Yeah, probably but I think Yldirim is a tougher opponent than the old-slow A.A.

apollo creed wrote:

Jip wrote:Avni will be to slow mentaly and physicly and get outboxed. Ud win for eubank

Yeah, probably but I think Yldirim is a tougher opponent than the old-slow A.A.

Defintly. Strong & hard puncher. No easy walk in the park.

Jip wrote:

apollo creed wrote:

Jip wrote:Avni will be to slow mentaly and physicly and get outboxed. Ud win for eubank

Yeah, probably but I think Yldirim is a tougher opponent than the old-slow A.A.

Defintly. Strong & hard puncher. No easy walk in the park.

If Jr can beat this guys , IMO it would be Jr's best win to date.

Jr power will be too much I predict a tko.

https://youtu.be/OFnOcyi60EQ

It was supposed to be a media workout, an opportunity for photographers and journalists to gather images of boxer ahead of the second quarter-final showdown for the Muhammad Ali Trophy. Unfortunately, technical difficulties forced a change from workout to hastily arranged press conference ahead of this Saturday’s eagerly awaited contest between Britain’s Chris Eubank Junior and unbeaten Turkish prospect, Avni Yildirim.

Eubank Junior and his team were due to attend but cancelled at the 11th hour citing security concerns. According to Ahmet Oner, Yildirim’s manager and trainer, Eubank Senior expressed concerns for Juniors’ safety in a crowd of majority Turkish support for Yildirim.

“He [Junior] shows a little bit of disrespect to the organisation, to us personally and to my fans, especially his father last night, he said ‘oh I don’t know, my son is in danger, dangerous people, hooligans’ but you saw them, they are all nice, cool guys” explained Oner, translating for Yildirim. “He’s arrogant, respectless, very bad behavior. It’s not nice.”

FastestHandsInThewest wrote:Jr power will be too much I predict a tko.

I think Jr's power is almost identical with Willie Monroe Jr's power.

Eubank on workrate

apollo creed wrote:

FastestHandsInThewest wrote:Jr power will be too much I predict a tko.

I think Jr's power is almost identical with Willie Monroe Jr's power.

not far off ! Eubank practically" places" his punches rather than punching through his target

littlepug wrote:

apollo creed wrote:

FastestHandsInThewest wrote:Jr power will be too much I predict a tko.

I think Jr's power is almost identical with Willie Monroe Jr's power.

not far off ! Eubank practically" places" his punches rather than punching through his target

Agree

He thinks he’s a wrecking machine but he is not a heavy puncher. Definitely enough on them to impact the fight, but his strength is volume

Ossyrules wrote:

littlepug wrote:

apollo creed wrote:
I think Jr's power is almost identical with Willie Monroe Jr's power.

not far off ! Eubank practically" places" his punches rather than punching through his target

Agree

He thinks he’s a wrecking machine but he is not a heavy puncher. Definitely enough on them to impact the fight, but his strength is volume

Yeah, he likes throwing punches in bunches but he ain't no puncher.

littlepug wrote:

apollo creed wrote:

FastestHandsInThewest wrote:Jr power will be too much I predict a tko.

I think Jr's power is almost identical with Willie Monroe Jr's power.

not far off ! Eubank practically" places" his punches rather than punching through his target

apollo creed wrote:

littlepug wrote:

apollo creed wrote:
I think Jr's power is almost identical with Willie Monroe Jr's power.

not far off ! Eubank practically" places" his punches rather than punching through his target

I think Avni has havier hands than Jr.

This it has to be a good match up.

apollo creed wrote:

FastestHandsInThewest wrote:Jr power will be too much I predict a tko.

I think Jr's power is almost identical with Willie Monroe Jr's power.

Ehh I don't see it.

FastestHandsInThewest wrote:

apollo creed wrote:

FastestHandsInThewest wrote:Jr power will be too much I predict a tko.

I think Jr's power is almost identical with Willie Monroe Jr's power.

Ehh I don't see it.

Yeah it's practically non-existent.

FastestHandsInThewest wrote:

apollo creed wrote:

FastestHandsInThewest wrote:Jr power will be too much I predict a tko.

I think Jr's power is almost identical with Willie Monroe Jr's power.

Ehh I don't see it.

not that much of a puncher. a workrate guy who overwhelms and stops by landings loads. great engine and speed. seems to have good chin. fought half a fight as inexperienced guy against bjs, and still almost won and was ragdolling him in the end. now he fights from the start and jabs more.

eubank is a top talent and will make a good fighter in avni look like a bum. ppl underrating avni just because hes not a big name and to make eubanks win not look as good. ppl love to hate him.

jamamb wrote:

FastestHandsInThewest wrote:

apollo creed wrote:
I think Jr's power is almost identical with Willie Monroe Jr's power.

Ehh I don't see it.

not that much of a puncher. a workrate guy who overwhelms and stops by landings loads. great engine and speed. seems to have good chin. fought half a fight as inexperienced guy against bjs, and still almost won and was ragdolling him in the end. now he fights from the start and jabs more.

eubank is a top talent and will make a good fighter in avni look like a bum. ppl underrating avni just because hes not a big name and to make eubanks win not look as good. ppl love to hate him.

Agree with parts of this but don’t agree with you thinking he has a jab now. His jab is really pretty average now imo

Also Saunders was also inexperienced when they fought. So junior fans can cram that excuse

He’s good but unproven vs opponents at Euro level or above

Ossyrules wrote:

jamamb wrote:

FastestHandsInThewest wrote:
Ehh I don't see it.

not that much of a puncher. a workrate guy who overwhelms and stops by landings loads. great engine and speed. seems to have good chin. fought half a fight as inexperienced guy against bjs, and still almost won and was ragdolling him in the end. now he fights from the start and jabs more.

eubank is a top talent and will make a good fighter in avni look like a bum. ppl underrating avni just because hes not a big name and to make eubanks win not look as good. ppl love to hate him.

Agree with parts of this but don’t agree with you thinking he has a jab now. His jab is really pretty average now imo

Also Saunders was also inexperienced when they fought. So junior fans can cram that excuse

He’s good but unproven vs opponents at Euro level or above

Saunders way more experienced. way more amateur fights and already was british and euro champ. already fought solid fighters like ryder, spike, fletcher, blackwell, etc. and went 12 rounds many times. look at who eubank fought. no one. and only had about 25 amateur fights. never paced himself for 12 before unlike saunders.

total stupidity to act like they had similar experience. eubank had way more potential for improvment and has improved.

eubank had his 10th amateur fight in the same year saunders boxed in olympics. saunders had already had nearly 70 fights just as a senior amateur at that time. for eubank to do as well as he did fighting half a fight shows how much more natural talent hes got.

jamamb wrote:

Ossyrules wrote:

jamamb wrote:
not that much of a puncher. a workrate guy who overwhelms and stops by landings loads. great engine and speed. seems to have good chin. fought half a fight as inexperienced guy against bjs, and still almost won and was ragdolling him in the end. now he fights from the start and jabs more.

eubank is a top talent and will make a good fighter in avni look like a bum. ppl underrating avni just because hes not a big name and to make eubanks win not look as good. ppl love to hate him.

Agree with parts of this but don’t agree with you thinking he has a jab now. His jab is really pretty average now imo

Also Saunders was also inexperienced when they fought. So junior fans can cram that excuse

He’s good but unproven vs opponents at Euro level or above

Saunders way more experienced. way more amateur fights and already was british and euro champ. already fought solid fighters like ryder, spike, fletcher, blackwell, etc. and went 12 rounds many times. look at who eubank fought. no one. and only had about 25 amateur fights. never paced himself for 12 before unlike saunders.

total stupidity to act like they had similar experience. eubank had way more potential for improvment and has improved.

Fair reply I weren’t really taking into account amateur stuff. Saunders was unproven also, more experienced that eubank, but still inexperienced as far as pro boxing goes. Saunders just has a better boxing mind to hustle him

saudners had plenty of pro experience. already british, lonsdale, and euro champ. hed faced plenty of solid fighters and gone 12 numerous times. what had eubank done?? guy had like 20 amateur fights and had fought no one as a pro. never been past 8. that fight showed how much more naturally talented he is than bjs. bjs could barely beat him when he eubank was a novice. eubank was knocking him around the ring for most of the second half, when he actually started throwing.

jamamb wrote:saudners had plenty of pro experience. already british, lonsdale, and euro champ. hed faced plenty of solid fighters and gone 12 numerous times. what had eubank done?? guy had like 20 amateur fights and had fought no one as a pro. never been past 8. that fight showed how much more naturally talented he is than bjs. bjs could barely beat him when he eubank was a novice. eubank was knocking him around the ring for most of the second half, when he actually started throwing.

I said I weren’t taking into account amateur stuff so you can have that

Eubank has had 18 fights when they fought. You can make excuses for him all you like but he’d gone through the mill enough to test himself vs untested euro level Saunders. Saunders hustled him and was too smart for him. I’d say Eubanks not even more talented, he’s just way better disciplined and physically better. He’s definitely not as talented boxer

fighting bums doesnt do much. eubank had fought no one. never been past 8.

saunders had fought ryder, spike, fletcher, blackwell, blandamur, hall,etc. been twelve many times. already commonwealth, british, lonsdale, euro champ. fought for it all beneath world title level.

totally different levels of pro and amateur experience. eubank deciding to take the fight doesnt mean he had been tested. what a stupid notion that is.