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Watched the Eubank v Benn press conference and you may as well roll back time. Eubanks just have a knack for getting under their skin. Benn is too emotional and Eubank takes him apart, psychologically and physically.
 
Both the Eubanks are fantastic heels. They know exactly how to rile people up and it seems like father like son.

Regarding Fury? Then vacate the belt
 
whether you like eubank or not you cant argue that he handles himself in pressers really well and is well spoken - he totally got in benns head too

why did he come dressed as a suitcase though?
 
Eubank Jr talks ****, just like his Dad. The Benn fight is everything Eubank looks for in a fight - on paper it's a big fight because of the opponents name but in reality it's a fight he should win comfortably. He's shown for years that all he wants to do is fight names who are well past their sell by date or in Benn's case, half his size. He has no interest in fighting any top middle/super middleweights because he knows he'll get slapped about again like Groves did to him.

From Benn's point of view I'm not sure if it's a really smart business move or a sign of desperation. A fight vs Eubank, because of their dad's, is likely to be the biggest fight of both their careers from a financial point of view and it's possibly a case of make it now or it never happening. As Eubank gets older he'll struggle to come down in weight so this may have been the only chance to make the fight. Or is it a case that Hearn simply can't make any major fights for Benn? Outside of the UK Benn's name doesn't carry much clout and I suspect there's going to be a fair few up and coming fighters getting frustrated with Hearn in the coming months and years. It's hard to build a fighter when they're fighting on DAZN with tiny viewing figures and in turn it's then hard to pay for those big fights. It's different with your AJ's and Canelo's, these guys have the following that will come over to DAZN (albeit on PPV) but fighters a rung or two below them?
 
Yeah this DAZN venture isn't working out too well at the moment. It seems the Sky machine is a massive thing to try and stop and they've signed lots of new fighters and out on a few decent cards since Matchroom left
 
Sky sports news and the whole sky sports platform etc is a big juggernaut to promote fights on the back of, when there is a big fight on you can’t avoid it when you watch the PL, F1, Cricket, Golf whatever.

DAZN really needed to get some other sports rights in the UK to get the ball properly rolling. Just having boxing isn’t going to get the majority to part £7/£8 a month.
 
Eubank Jr and Benn won't be as big as they want simply because its on Dazn. Don't even think most pubs have Dazn.

So it's a bizarre fight from the get go, only being made on the fact it could be huge due to the "name" and association with the old men in the 90s. So trying to cash in on nostalgia, which it would have massively if it was on another platform.

The masses don't do Dazn yet and this is a "casual" fight. So it could flop from its probably intended aim.
 
What's everyone saying for AJ Usyk?

I am going Usyk win by stoppage. a lot of people in the media saying AJ has all the tools to win, just don't see it myself, especially as the first fight AJ just looked lost.
 
lemonkettaz said:
What's everyone saying for AJ Usyk?

I am going Usyk win by stoppage. a lot of people in the media saying AJ has all the tools to win, just don't see it myself, especially as the first fight AJ just looked lost.
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I would not be shocked either way, Usyk has put on about 15KG or rumor has it. If true then that could slow him up a bit and make him more of a target for AJ to lay into, or maybe Usyk will have much more power this time and deck AJ fairly quickly and finish him properly.

I do expect AJ to go for broke this time and you never know, i would not want to get punched by the guy after watching a recent training video where he was hitting the pads like a beast. I think it would kill a normal man.
 
Depends how AJ approaches the fight. Trying to come in at a lower weight and outbox Usyk in the first fight was one of the most retarded game plans I've ever witnessed in boxing. Chisora had the blueprint and bullied him with his size advantage, he just didn't have the skill to really hurt him.
 
AJ’s biggest problem is not his chin as some have said it’s his stamina. I’m going to back AJ as I always have but Usyk is very good so it’ll be tough. Hard to call.
 
I think it's hard to call. I flip flop on AJ. Sometimes I think he's all hype and hasn't had a great win since he won the world title from Charles Martin. The Klitschko fight was very exciting and he showed some cajones to turn that around but Vlad was 40 and past his best. Since then he's not been active enough and only beaten fighters he should have beaten easily. The pandemic obviously affected everyone's schedule but I just feel AJ has been eclipsed by Fury. Usyk really outclassed him in what was an intriguing but quite dull fight and I can see the same happening again unless he can really land early.
I'm 70:30 Usyk but want AJ to win. Joshua seems focused, he wants a legacy that can compete with the likes of Lewis but I don't think he's in that class. Lewis also lost but he regained the title and fought pretty much everyone at a time where the division was much more competitive. Just look at the names on Lewis's record. Lennox Lewis Box Rec
 
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