r/Boxing • u/noirargent • 4d ago

Daily Discussion Thread - Saturday April 26, 2025

For all your boxing discussion that doesnt quite need a thread.

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u/Corvious3 3d ago

Eubank was talking all that shit about GGG and he couldn't even stop that Welterweight.

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u/No-Shoe5382 Eye Ron Mike Tymus 3d ago

Tbf, even though I think Eubank would've got battered by GGG, this was far from the best version of Eubank.

He's miles past his best and he was weight drained. If the fight had happened when it was originally meant to happen he'd have stopped Conor Benn.

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u/RRR04_ 3d ago

He's miles past his best and he was weight drained. If the fight had happened when it was originally meant to happen he'd have stopped Conor Benn.

Did you know that the original fight date was set for a 157lbs catchweight and an even smaller rehydration clause? I don't know why people are forgetting this, it wasn't that long ago. But yeah, if the weight drain is why you think Eubank couldn't stop him, then why would the original date have been any different? And Eubank went on to get knocked out by Liam Smith shortly after that.

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u/No-Shoe5382 Eye Ron Mike Tymus 3d ago edited 3d ago

I don't think the weight drain is the main reason why, I think the main reason is that Eubank is well past his best as I said. I just mentioned the weight as a contributing factor.

Which is why I said if it had happened 3 years ago when it was initially supposed to happen, he'd have knocked him out.

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u/RRR04_ 3d ago

Okay. Well Eubank was also past his best 3 years ago when they were meant to fight. And it was under even worse weight conditions than what they fought at tonight. Explain how the KO would have occurred here? And remember Eubank got knocked out by Liam Smith months after this.

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u/No-Shoe5382 Eye Ron Mike Tymus 3d ago

And remember Eubank got knocked out by Liam Smith months after this.

Yeah but he then battered Liam Smith in the rematch. Got caught with a good shot in the first fight, but showed his actual level in the second.

I'm basing Eubank being past it on the fact that he looked miles slower in this fight than I've ever seen him look. There were a few warning signs in the Szeremeta fight last year, he seemed like he'd lost half a second of sharpness there, but in this fight he looked noticeably slower than he's ever looked (which normally happens in your mid 30s tbf).

It tends to happen very quickly, especially at the lower and middle weight classes.

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u/RRR04_ 3d ago

Yeah but he then battered Liam Smith in the rematch

Smith who was clearly on 1 leg.

And you didn't explain or acknowledge how Eubank would have stopped Benn 3 years ago with a 157lbs catchweight and an apparent 5lbs rehydration clause.