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Originally Posted by Osem
I love the way Eubank and Co were banging on about bringing Boxing back to the masses via terrestrial TV blah, blah, blah, then went PPV at the first opportunity. Who'd have thought...  |
He actually wanted it on Sky Box office, they knocked it back and offered a Sky sports 1 slot, he turned it down and negotiated with ITV whom offered the fight on a new channel at £13 a pop.
So to have looked at Sky first and then in a desperate attempt for money signing with ITV on a PPV basis, it just shows it was never on the agenda. It was a move to stir up a few fans for a British fighter that's really lacking a fanbase. He's a gobby one that continuously calls out big names then disappears and fights a mandatory or as we have tonight, a 12-1 fighter on PPV. We're in the 7th now and it's hardly being anything worth paying for.
Eubank has this, but this should have been done ages ago, if he takes this guy all the way then it really shows what level Eubank Jr is still at. There's no way in hell this guy lasts 6 rounds with Golovkin, his defense isn't brilliant and you can't measure his skills that well when he's fighting stationary nobodies and showboating every other round. He throws incredibly wild punches that the likes of GGG will counter and batter him on. This is still the Eubank that avoided a Billy Joe Saunders rematch.
The highlight of a drab PPV thus far is David Price taking a mid round nap on the ropes.
Howard foster spares Eubank Jr's blushes and ends the fight amid Eubank pressure
Took him 10 rounds to get him out, without a knockdown either. Pretty drab fight and as expected given the embarrassing Price fight, a poor advert for PPV boxing by ITV. Now onto the part where he calls out everyone miles better than him then runs off for 5 months before taking on his mandatory.