[Other Sport] Sky Sports - Fight Night.

[TomandJerry]

Joshua Buatsi v Pawel Stephen at Light Heavyweight.

Coverage starts at 7pm main fight around 10pm-ish

War Buatsi.

 

[TomandJerry]

And it's about to start ..

 

[Normal Rob]

Absolutely mind numbingly dull so far. I think the crowd has fallen asleep.

 

[Normal Rob]

Those who haven't fallen asleep are leaving before it ends

 

[Postman Pat]

Has Brighton Centre ever had a big fight before?

 

[Frutos]

Has Brighton Centre ever had a big fight before?

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I'm sure Eubank must have fought there.

 

[chimneys]

I'm sure Eubank must have fought there.

Correct! Terrible fight against a no hoper!

 

[chimneys]

Correct! Terrible fight against a no hoper!

20 Years Ago This Week – The Bizarre Chris Eubank-Dan Sherry Fight February 21, 2011 By James Slater – Twenty years ago this week (on the 23rd to be exact), one of British boxing’s most oddball fights took place. Undefeated Chris Eubank, the new WBO middleweight champion, met the likewise unbeaten Dan Sherry in a fight that caused a boatload of controversy. 25-year-old Eubank, already a man looked at as an eccentric, out of the ordinary kind of guy, had just snatched the WBO belt from Nigel Benn; stopping “The Dark Destroyer” in the 9th-round of a thriller the previous November. Now, no doubt anticipating a relatively easy first defence, the 25-0 champ went in with Canadian Sherry, 17-0 and the same age as the man who called himself “Simply The Best.” What followed at The Brighton Conference Centre, no-one was expecting. Managed by the great Sugar Ray Leonard and trained by Pepe Correa (who worked Leonard’s corner for a couple of Sugar Ray’s later bouts), Sherry was a former Commonwealth gold medallist and he was a capable boxer/mover with fast hands. Pretty soon, he was giving Eubank absolute fits.. After a good opening round in which he decked Sherry with a stiff left jab to the face, Eubank slowly began to grow frustrated. Unable to cleanly nail the fast-moving Sherry the way he so badly wanted to, Eubank was allowing the challenger to get away with showboating, holding, turning him and generally messing him about. Even doing the Ali Shuffle a couple of times in the fight, Sherry also rose his arms at nearly every opportunity. Eubank didn’t appreciate being disrespected the way he was being, but he couldn’t find the shot with which to put the cocky Sherry down and silence him. At times Eubank did get home with his right hand, but Sherry was showing a decent enough chin. By the middle-rounds even the U.K commentators (which included former featherweight king Barry McGuigan) were getting a little nervous, thinking maybe Eubank was on his way towards blowing a close decision. Pouring it on in the 6th, the champ hurt Sherry a couple of times; most notably with a left hook to the jaw. But still Sherry refused to go anywhere. Then, in the 7th, an event occurred that gave us a warning of what was to come. With his being spun around so that his back was facing Sherry, Eubank had the indignation of being whispered to in the ear. Whatever Sherry said to Eubank (and later, after the fight, Eubank said Sherry used inflammatory racial insults to wind him up) he clearly didn’t like it – taking a deep breath so as to compose himself and not do anything foolish. Three rounds later, Eubank would not be so restrained. Sherry took the showboating to another level in the 8th, as he mocked Eubank’s own, gloves-held-together, stand-and-stare-at-his-rival, mid-ring pose. Inside, the WBO champion must have been fuming! The 9th saw Eubank come desperately close to taking his tormentor out. A strong attack at the end of the session left Sherry hurt and bleeding; the cut inside his mouth a bad one. Then came the fateful 10th-round. All but running from an all-out attacking Eubank intent on at last closing the show, the seemingly exhausted challenger somehow survived the onslaught. And then it happened. With just under two minutes gone, Sherry again found himself standing directly behind Eubank. It’s not clear what he uttered this time (if anything), but Eubank lost whatever cool he had left and let loose with a backward head-butt. Boos rang out as Sherry immediately slumped to the canvas. Cries of “Oscar!” “Oscar!” were heard from the crowd, clearly aimed at what they felt was a con job by Sherry. But was the Canadian faking it, or was he badly hurt? At the time, when watching on T.V, I, like millions of others, felt Sherry was attempting to win the title on a foul. Even today, I’m still not sure. However, Sherry did say, days after the fight when he had recovered, that no way was he faking, that he was swallowing a lot of his own blood and that he was seriously concussed. Three times Sherry collapsed to the mat, before a stool was brought into the ring for him. Finally, after almost falling face-first off the stool, Sherry was carried back to his corner. The fight was over. But what now? All three judges were ordered to take two points from Eubank’s score, and the M.C also announced how the aborted fight would now go to the cards. Would Eubank lose his belt by way of a Technical Decision, and in front of his hometown fans at that? No. Scraping to safety with a split decision, Eubank kept his belt and unbeaten record. The 5,000 or so fans in attendance would not, thankfully, tear down the building and begin a riot! As his fans know, Eubank would go on to have even more controversial moments, in and out of the ring, for the remainder of his astonishing career. The Sherry incident preceded further controversial wins, flat-out bad decisions, weird comments, a “world tour,” a further 22 “world” title fights and, sadly, a near fatality. Back in February of 1991, when a good deal of fans were still making their minds up about Chris Eubank, no-one could possibly have predicted how much drama lay ahead – the strange fight that took place 20 years ago this Wednesday soon paling by comparison. Today, though, Eubank Vs. Sherry still remains in the memory as a closet classic for fans of all things weird!

Source: 20 Years Ago This Week - The Bizarre Chris Eubank-Dan Sherry Fight • East Side Boxing • News Archives (https://www.boxing247.com/weblog/archives/132578)

 

[Estonian Seagull]

I went to a couple of Eubank fights there back in the day - against an Argentinian nobody and then against Kid Milo from Birmingham. An up and coming Herbie Hide was on the undercard who brought plenty of support from Norwich. This was around the time Eubank linked up with Barry Hearn. One or two fights before he hit the big time fighting Nigel Benn.

 

[chimneys]

I went to a couple of Eubank fights there back in the day - against an Argentinian nobody and then against Kid Milo from Birmingham. An up and coming Herbie Hide was on the undercard who brought plenty of support from Norwich. This was around the time Eubank linked up with Barry Hearn. One or two fights before he hit the big time fighting Nigel Benn.

Just looked it up- all 3 Brighton Centre fights within 10 months! Add the Benn fight and another at Albert Hall in between, and Chris was a busy boy!!