Eubank having a pop at Mayweather, Collins and Calzaghe
Posted: 17 Nov 2007, 06:27
“Mayweather’s career is a work in progress. He won’t retire yet,”
“Mayweather has had 38 straight wins but he is not a ‘great’ yet. “Greatness is what is measured when your career is finished, and before that happens you have to have done your winning and
your losing.”
“You have to show you can lose and that you can take your beatings. “The truly great fighters, like Mohammed Ali, Sugar Ray Robinson and Marvin Hagler were all great fighters because they took their losses and came back. “There has only been one fighter (Rocky Marciano) who has retired undefeated and I wouldn’t class him a ‘great’ because you only see someone truly great in the way they lose.”
http://www.7days.ae/showstory.php?id=50261
"The belt is only as big as the man you take it off. Benn was a shark, Pyatt was my sparring partner."
"To be a legend is nothing about numbers, belts, names or hype. Adversity is what determines greatness in boxing.
"The greatest fighters, or legends, overcome the greatest adversity. Everything else is hearsay."
"Mayweather is a fabulous fighter and has 19 world championship wins. But we`ve yet to really see what kind of grit he has.
"Grit is very important."
"You`re not thinking of making champion or anything - you just want to win your first fight and have yourself respected.
"You hear about all these great fighters with 35 - 0 records, but all you want to do is win your first fight and pocket a couple of hundred dollars.
"The fact I was involved in arguably the greatest fight of alltime at White Hart Lane and arguably the biggest fight of alltime at Old Trafford, to say I achieved beyond my expectations would be an understatement of behemoth proportions."
http://www.thetimes.co.za/Sport/Article.aspx?id=612404
“Mayweather has had 38 straight wins but he is not a ‘great’ yet. “Greatness is what is measured when your career is finished, and before that happens you have to have done your winning and
your losing.”
“You have to show you can lose and that you can take your beatings. “The truly great fighters, like Mohammed Ali, Sugar Ray Robinson and Marvin Hagler were all great fighters because they took their losses and came back. “There has only been one fighter (Rocky Marciano) who has retired undefeated and I wouldn’t class him a ‘great’ because you only see someone truly great in the way they lose.”
http://www.7days.ae/showstory.php?id=50261
"The belt is only as big as the man you take it off. Benn was a shark, Pyatt was my sparring partner."
"To be a legend is nothing about numbers, belts, names or hype. Adversity is what determines greatness in boxing.
"The greatest fighters, or legends, overcome the greatest adversity. Everything else is hearsay."
"Mayweather is a fabulous fighter and has 19 world championship wins. But we`ve yet to really see what kind of grit he has.
"Grit is very important."
"You`re not thinking of making champion or anything - you just want to win your first fight and have yourself respected.
"You hear about all these great fighters with 35 - 0 records, but all you want to do is win your first fight and pocket a couple of hundred dollars.
"The fact I was involved in arguably the greatest fight of alltime at White Hart Lane and arguably the biggest fight of alltime at Old Trafford, to say I achieved beyond my expectations would be an understatement of behemoth proportions."
http://www.thetimes.co.za/Sport/Article.aspx?id=612404
