[Other Sport] Eubank v Benn

[CheeseRolls]

Thanks for that, very constructive lol

Can't remember you being a major contributor on boxing threads, but apologies if I have missed something.

There is a reason boxing has so many divisions. Fighting bigger fighters can be dangerous as can over dehydrating to make weight.

Eubank senior is right on this one, we don't need this type of circus.

 

[Easy 10]

As much as Eubank Jnr can be a bit of a dick at times, he’s clean, which can’t be said for his opponent.

That said it truly is the PT Barnum fight, in that you can fool some of the people some of the time, in boxing terms neither are anywhere near the top level, yet they claim to have sold 70,000 tickets and Ben Shallom, Eubank’s promoter is predicting it will be the biggest PPV buys in UK television history.

I'm amazed ANYONE still actually pays for PPV these days.

 

[METALMICKY]

I'm amazed ANYONE still actually pays for PPV these days.

Indeed. But can you then on sat night point me in the direction of something that rhymes with cream?

 

[Easy 10]

Indeed. But can you then on sat night point me in the direction of something that rhymes with cream?

Hmmm...probably not. I just pay £60 a year for IPTV, which works like a...dream.

 

[sparkie]

Me in the lottery.

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

Eubank. The other one is a chavy drugs cheat.

 

[Bozza]

Eubank missed the weight limit and has been fined £375,000 as a result.

Expensive mistake.

 

[Joey Jo Jo Jr. Shabadoo]

Eubank missed the weight limit and has been fined £375,000 as a result.

Expensive mistake.

Most expensive ounce ever.

 

[rippleman]

Junior to win, of course. He will knock the drugs cheat out by end of round 6.

After being a real disappointment for a few years, Junior looked like his old self in his last fight. Would love to see Junior's fast hands and heavy punches end Benn's career for good.

No sport needs the partication of a druggie. End of.

 

[Peppermint Tea]

Ignoring the chorus of “meh” here (!), I’m going and taking my boxing mad 20 year old son. And I’m buzzing. Strong undercard and, whatever the merits of JR and Conor as boxers are, there’s genuine animus there.

 

[pay no mind]

Junior should have invited Greg Davies to the press conference to pretend to be his dad.

 

[dadams2k11]

Hmmm...probably not. I just pay £60 a year for IPTV, which works like a...dream.

Indeed. But can you then on sat night point me in the direction of something that rhymes with cream?

Like a VIP league dot mi

 

[TomandJerry]

I think Eubank missing weight proves his father's point.

Jr clearly tried to make weight by missing it by such a fine margin and I think this will have a psychological impact because of the weigh in tomorrow morning.

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

Nigel Benn certainly comes across as someone who’s been bashed around the head many times. Is he okay? Genuine question.

 

[The Clamp]

Benn. Purely because I’m not a fan of Eubank.

Beyond that, I’ve lost all interest in modern boxing.

 

[The Clamp]

Nigel Benn certainly comes across as someone who’s been bashed around the head many times. Is he okay? Genuine question.

I don’t know any boxer with the exception of McGuigan who doesn’t seem to exhibit some form of detrimental effect from their fighting.

How can it not have an effect?

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

I don’t know any boxer with the exception of McGuigan who doesn’t seem to exhibit some form of detrimental effect from their fighting.

How can it not have an effect?

True. He seems to shuffle a bit and slurs his speech a little.

 

[Guinness Boy]

Might small river it depending on result of Potter II and how much ale has been taken as a consequence.

Would normally be very much for a Brighton lad and very much against a drug cheat but, as others have said, this is a farce of a fight and I worry I’ll be rubber necking.

 

[Guinness Boy]

In fact, it reminds me of that time on The Overlap when Hearn suggested Wayne Rooney should fight Jake Paul at Old Trafford.

 

[Paulie Gualtieri]

Albion
Villa
Eubank

A stingy 5/1 treble