"EUBANK DUCKED TONEY" "TONEY WOULD OF BEAT EUBANK" comments from a BRIT! haha juyjuy

[oldgringo]

Eubank himself has said he probably would have lost to Toney when they were both champions, i know cos i asked the man myself.

This man tells it like it is regardless.

[JUYJUY]

Eubank himself has said he probably would have lost to Toney when they were both champions, i know cos i asked the man myself.

Oh yeah, when was that then? Because Eubank has always said in interviews that he would of beaten Toney but "Jones got there first".

[theironone]

Last september in a theatre full of people, we fired questions at him, I asked what he thought of Toney in respect of his trash talking then asked if he thought he would of beat him when they were champs.

[JUYJUY]

Last september in a theatre full of people, we fired questions at him, I asked what he thought of Toney in respect of his trash talking then asked if he thought he would of beat him when they were champs.

Well, on his official website he pretty much hints that he feels he'd of beaten Toney and has said so in a few interviews too.

[theironone]

Well he didn't say it that night.

[JUYJUY]

you should post a few Eubank fights in the downloads section

I was holding the camera in this clip check it out:

[JUYJUY]

Olympics2000: Boxing (09/08/00)

Richie Woodhall says Olympic success helped launch him on the road to professional glory.



The Telford boxer became one of only a handful of Britons to win an Olympic medal by claiming a bronze at Seoul in 1988.

The achievement gave him the courage to turn professional - a decision which has paid off in a big way.

"The Olympics was the highlight of my amateur career," said Woodhall. "I wouldn't have turned pro if I hadn't done so well.

Offers

"I wanted to go to Barcelona in 1992 and go for gold but, after winning gold at the Commonwealth Games, I was getting lots of offers to turn professional. In the end, I decided to go for it. Everybody was telling me that the gold medal was there waiting for me in Barcelona, but it was always my dream to become a world champion as a pro, all my dreams were fighting as a pro. So I just went for it."

Woodhall was beaten by highly-rated American Roy Jones in Seoul, falling at the semi-final stage.



It was a close contest, Woodhall losing on points but by no means disgracing himself against an opponent whom he now regards as the "best pound-for-pound fighter in the world".

It was a typically gutsy performance from the down-to-earth Englishman, but Woodhall regards his quarter-final victory over Puerto Rico's Ray Rivero as the defining moment of that Games.



"Rivero had won his previous fight with a knockout and put me down after just 20 seconds," recalled Woodhall.

Ideas

"He went away to his corner with his arms in the air, thinking he'd done it again, but I had totally different ideas. I recovered within two or three seconds and went on to box his ears off."

That set up a fight with Jones, who many expected to stroll the gold medal.

But Woodhall, given great support by Great Britain coach Kevin Hickey, was not about to lie down.

"Kevin told me not to settle for bronze," said Woodhall. "I knew I was up against it but I listened to what Kevin told me and went for it. Unfortunately, I wasn't quite good enough."

Jones went on to lose the final in controversial fashion, out-pointed by local fighter Park Si Hun when everyone else in the arena thought he had won comfortably.

Disappointment

But he quickly put that disappointment behind him, enjoying even more success as a professional.

"I've said for a long time that there's only one man who would live with Marvellous Marvin Hagler, Sugar Ray Leonard and Thomas Hearns, that one man is Roy Jones Jr. He's a different class, his counter-punches and he stays composed. He can throw you off because he's a little different, his reflexes are frightening at times, I imagine fighters hesitate against him because he has proved his power in the pro's in the past, and also he's pretty fast."

Woodhall would like nothing more than a return against Jones, who is the current undisputed light-heavyweight champion.



But he accepts he must win another world title before he has any chance of fulfilling that particular dream.

"I'd love to fight him again," said Woodhall. "He's light-heavy now and I'm super-middle, so there's not much between us. He'd bring the best out of me that's for sure, I'd love to test myself against him again, I'd give him everything I have to offer and see how he deals with it. I'd love it in there.

"But I'd have to win a world title again to have any chance of earning another crack at him.

"He's the best pound-for-pound fighter out there at the moment and would only be interested in fighting me if he had something to gain."

Jones recalls that Olympic clash some 12 years ago "Woodhall was very good, no doubt about that. He caused me some bother and made me work for it. He's a good fighter, Richie, he's upright but he's difficult and quick-handed. If he could beat Calzaghe then we'll see if we can put something together, as far as I know he's not signed to any TV network unlike Calzaghe so we could try and do something there," said Jones.

Jones added "It's funny, you know, it's like a never-ending conveyor belt of good middleweights you got over there. There was Benn, Eubank, Watson - I would like to of got into that mix when I was a kid. Now there's Calzaghe, Woodhall, both had similar amateur careers to me, I know Calzaghe got screwed abroard like me. I said once that England was the one place I might check in to, because I think that a lot of the bad judging comes from Eastern Europe, Germany, you know."

Injury

Woodhall's hopes of becoming a world champion for a second time have been hit by a back injury.

But he returned to light training this week and hopes to be back in the ring in October.

If he wins that contest, he can start thinking about taking on his good friend Joe Calzaghe in what would be a very competitive and interesting match-up between best of friends.

Good **** check it out:

It was a good fight, Richie competed for 10 high-class rounds - winning atleast three or four of them in the procress, but it was Joe's heavier punching that dragged the fight into his favor more and more until Richie could take no more.

[Orange Sneakers]

Whats Richie Woodhall doing with himself these days now that BBC have quit boxing?He was a good chap Richie,abit like Hatton in that he had a decent attitude.

[JUYJUY]

Richie is working as a boxing commentator/boxing analyst for BBC radio right now.

[JUYJUY]

A trip down memory lane....