Monday 10 March 2014

Era of the Junior: Eubank, Collins and Chavez Jr

Steve Collins and Chris Eubank, two of the most respected warriors to step into a boxing ring in recent times. Both men were involved in massive fights in the super middleweight division which included two fights against each other that Steve Collins won on both occasions.

Both of these warriors now have sons that are looking to make an impact in the boxing world. Steve Collins Jr is a cruiserweight and Chris Eubank Jr campaigns at middleweight. Steve Collins Jr looks as strong as an ox but he looks raw and his lack of amateur experience has shown in his two professional contests thus far. It looks unlikely that he will go on to emulate his father’s achievements in the sport, but he's also reportedly a keen rugby player and could find success there.

Now Chris Eubank Jr may look like the real deal to the casual boxing fan, but he’s really just living off his dad’s name. He even uses the same ring entrance tune as his father in ‘Simply the best’. I think he should live in his dads shadow and make his own name. He is currently 13-0 with 8 KO's which at a glance is an impressive record; however, if you look closely he has been matched very carefully so far. He usually gets a weight advantage or faces an opponent that gets little notice. Any opponent with a name has been past their best. He should be looking to step up in class by now. After all you have to beat the best to be the best.

It's not as if everyone is running scared of Eubank Jr, in fact they are queuing up to beat him. The likes of James DeGale, Billy Joe Saunders, Gary O'Sullivan and Adam Etches are itching at the chance to get stuck into him but he doesn't appear to want those fights. If he was as good as he and his dad make out he is, then they would jump at the chance to face these fighters. He should stop strutting around the ring with arrogance as if he's the best thing since sliced bread and take a proper fight. I personally don't think Eubank Jr will win a world title like his father, the real Chris Eubank. In fact, I doubt he'll win a British title unless he grows a pair and mixes it with the best of our fighters at domestic level.

If you are a deluded Eubank Jnr fan and fancy a flutter, you can get 7/2 for Chris Eubank Jr to win a world title before 2020. I’d advise you to keep your money firmly in your pocket. Chris Eubank Snr has got more chance of winning another world title than his son has.

His arrogance shows in the fact that he's made a twitter account and hasn't bothered to follow a single person, despite having over 80,000 followers, whereas most boxers use twitter to interact with their fans and fellow boxers but not Chris Euabank Jr, he's too good for everyone.

Whilst on the topic of boxers living off their dads names I talked in a recent blog post about Julio Cesar Chazez Jr being shown favouritism by the WBC governing body. I say again, this clearly has something to do with his dad Julio Cesar Chavez being a boxing legend with an astonishing 115 fight career.

The difference between Julio Cesar Chavez Jr and Chris Eubank Jr is that Chavez Jr has already mixed it at the highest level and is a quality operator inside the ring, with fifty one fights and only one defeat at the hands future hall of famer Sergio Martinez.

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