Chris Eubank vs Gary Stretch

WBO World middleweight title, Olympia Grand Hall, Kensington, London - 18th April 1991

[@bigderekkeene]

Gary had no idea that Chris watched over him while he was asleep and just how close he came to slicing his neck

[@runningfox5091]

😂 fkn brilliant

[@Miguel...160]

Ha ha , dead mans shoes 🤗

[@VeganStance]

Yes it is

[@preston7960]

You're fucking there mate! So get in that car... and fuck off

[@BottleBri]

@Tony Paterson yes it is!

[@seanhayes9769]

He's waying him up, waying him up.

[@maciej.ratajczak]

(weighing) *Dead Man's Shoes ;)

[@seanhayes9769]

@@maciej.ratajczak soz

[@louisgayle9211]

This brings back great memories the Theme music to ITV boxing when it was free 2 air before sky & so on got the rights to the Big fights they were the good old days🙂🥊🥊

[@serenityinside1]

That music - and the dynamic duo of Jim watt and reg gutteridge ( rip). Those were the days .. sigh 😌

[@runner1984]

Dam right! What a banger from the past!

[@vanillacoffee]

Chris gave him a super dose. Sent him into space man.

[@rhysnichols8608]

Vanilla Coffee But the space ship ain’t coming back baby

[@Bansenshukai9]

This spaceship ain’t fuckin’ comin’ back though, Baby!!!

[@brianmorecombe2726]

Dont praise eubank that much,he was losing nearly every round until the ref ref reduced Stretches score and Stretch just switched off but eubank looked amatuerish during the fight

[@vanillacoffee]

@@brianmorecombe2726 Maybe you didn’t get the reference sir. Never mind.

[@shakenyajones7809]

Dead man's shoes talk 😂

[@jamiew1664]

you gotta admire gary, succesful career in boxing, and made it in acting too. plus seems like a nice enough bloke, not many people achieve those top things in diff industries. Take my hat off to him.

[@serenityinside1]

Made it in acting ?!! So when was the last film he was in ? A good one apart from the cult classic ‘ DMS’ ? He seems to have no career now he’s looks have faded and memories of him ditto !

[@nealbeard1]

Harsh. Maybe true but Gary must have something about him to find success in something else

[@crocop4life]

Gary who

[@zekeedwards9708]

Afterwards he visited Chris at knoxams farm because he was making him very nervous

[@mikenewbold1699]

motsans but ok

[@seempeeson771]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 gave me a good laugh

[@kirkhalls4873]

Guess he never got to Chris before Chris got to him first...don't mention the elephant;)

[@linnet12dd]

It's beyond words mate!

[@mustertherohirrim7315]

I've got you right there

[@quagsnake]

"You're making me very nervous R̶i̶c̶h̶a̶r̶d̶ Chris"

[@afc89]

😂😂😂

[@jamiew1664]

"well you should be"... lol

[@joemorgan636]

Amazing watching Stretch knocking out unbeaten Georgie Collins in NABC Class C Finals at Grovner House Hotel Park Lane 1985. Georgie beat me in Semi Finals

[@manosparavida3551]

No shame in that pal, Collins was meant to be the next great prospect in British boxing. I'm certain that if Stretch had been trained by a top American trainer, e.g. Eddie Futch I'm fairly certain that he'd have beaten Eubank. Along with Chris Pyatt versus Steve Collins.

[@boum62]

I agree.

[@tribeshift]

Gary only lost because he didn’t’t have Tuff, Soz and Herbie in his corner.

[@philipchurchill6508]

brilliant and funny comment , didn``t get it at first , obviously a reference to that film .

[@darrenrexfrancis2538]

Gary lost because he was beaten!!

[@davidtaylor4366]

Dead man's shoes 😊

[@mrbillhicks]

I remember Stretch... Fancied himself a bit as I recall... Doing quite well until the first decent punch landed on his chin... Stretch's corner looked like a Bros appreciation night out... Nice to see all the smartly dressed men with their suits and ties, ladies wearing nice dresses ringside... Stark contrast to the yobs and slappers you get at fights these days waving their phones around like it was going out of fashion... Different class

[@serenityinside1]

Indeed. To clarify , they were the ringside set only ! Indeed the females looked liked sophisticated sexy Ladies in those days - not the hookers of today

[@harv2796]

Such a great champion.....Eubank!!!!

[@anthonymcken6050]

A proper showman too.

[@grahamgibson2527]

Good old days when live boxing on late on itv?brill …

[@rhysnichols8608]

So after losing this fight, sonny turned into a drug dealer and turned into beating up spastics!? Jeez, must've been a sore loser

[@bramleydragon]

You're fucking there mate.

[@robefc358]

Fantastic lads just watching it now great film

[@bramleydragon]

digitalradiohacker "get in that car and fuck off".

[@dontpanicblink]

seemingly he wanted to be a clown but, was shit at it so richard painted his face for him

[@phil-zz5hk]

rhys nichols who are talking about ?.

[@philipchurchill6508]

gangster ray bang bang hill in pink tie at 3.59

[@stevex8409]

Only 5 rounds completed but Stretch was up on all 3 cards until Eubank caught him.

[@samblack5313]

According to who? Racist, biased, clueless commentary?

[@seanscanlon9067]

@@samblack5313 I will go out on a limb here and suggest according to the judges scorecards.

[@brigittegeorg]

My Dad was the man on the left in front who walked Gary Stretch down to the ring. I remember watching it on tv all those years ago, seems strange to watch it again now.

[@technomickdocumentalist2495]

Wow, cool but if info , thanks . 👍

[@TedTheTree]

I remember backing Eubank to win in the 6th round & I won 175 quid;

[@bigmoncrief6071]

Fantastic commentary team. Jim Watt's immediate analysis is brilliant.

[@samblack5313]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 fucken morons.

[@serenityinside1]

Indeed. Unlike his “ legendary “ scoring usually 😯

[@justinboon3811]

This was from a time when Great Britain had so many world class champions from different weights from lightweight to heavyweight to many to name I liked watching the dark destroyer Nigel Benn in his prime knock out his opponents in the first round

[@TheNathtube]

I wonder if Eubank was teasing him about the elephant man during the fight

[@TheIkaraCult]

Love all the Dead Mans Shoes references in the comments here :)

[@yippeeki-yay1691]

You're not scared of me are you..?

[@mattyhill595]

Good content mate keep doing what you are doing mate 🎉

[@Zzzonked007]

Rumour has it Gary is still weighing Eubank up

[@bwilson5401]

When I was working on the building in the 80s,I Almost got into a fight with a bloke who sparred with George Collins who fought Gary Stretch.I wish it had happened. Even if I'd lost,I would've had that attachment.

[@minteastwood288]

The reason Eubank pulled away at the start was cos the ref asked “ do you want to give him a kiss?”

[@robwood8270]

Came for Ray Hill looking after Gary Stretch

[@anthonymcken6050]

Bang Bang Ray Hills.

[@martytdd1606]

Freddy's hair cut was awesome!

[@paulanthony5274]

Gary Stretch,Dead Man's Shoes.

[@serenityinside1]

Al Pacino - Heat . Your turn

[@paulanthony5274]

@@serenityinside1 Al pacino didn't fight Chris Eubank though.

[@timothycox3121]

You're not scared of me, are you Chris?? What are you playing at Lad??

[@eatmywords]

sad to see michael watson there, knowing, as we do, what happened a few months later.

[@mrkipling2201]

Agreed.

[@user-js3cr6wu7g]

I know this might sound crazy, but i think Chris was technically much better and strategic at the end of his career, in his 30s!! He seemed more compact and composed, like he knew what he was doing more, but the inevitable sadly happens over 30, you lose your stamina and punch resistance, despite that superior knowledge and experience you have. It's like life is playing a sick joke! .

[@glenmiles6279]

Chris was brilliant,he may have been behind on points but he waited for his moment and took it👏👏👏👏well done simply the best.

[@josephbird4182]

Lord,gay but not in that order. Your making Me very nervous

[@mikeyoung7660]

I met Chris a few years ago and he very kindly signed a pair of boxing glives id brought along for charity nice guy

[@IbnBahtuta]

Jim Watt getting it wrong again as usual.

[@serenityinside1]

lol 😂 especially the scoring usually

[@gordonferrar7782]

You're fooking there son.

[@robwood8270]

When British boxing was proper.

[@discostu9585]

Your fckin there mate 😀

[@jamesbondiv4072]

2:18 Junior! I remember this fight was unusually on a Thursday night for some reason. If you watch the Screen Sport version, they had Eubank well ahead!!!

[@samblack5313]

Because they aren’t clueless racist assholes.

[@jimbob7370]

@@samblack5313 dunno why you would think the scorecards/judges were racists .. Any idea how many decisions eubank was lucky to get over the years ; ray close and Watson 1 immediately spring to mind but there were quite a few (Watson's black I know) .. the point is in a business race doesnt matter money does .. if a fights close the decision goes to the box office draw

[@samblack5313]

@@jimbob7370 Yeah I’ve watched all the fights I can find on the guy, and any interviews I could find. The one constant was the negative towards him heading into fights and during broadcasting. Negative from the commentators, negativity in the way they called the fights, negative in the promotion of him as a fighter.

[@jimbob7370]

@@samblack5313 Agree with everything you said there except for negativity in promoting him .. I was a kid when eubank was around and he got serious amounts of column inches/air time .. but the negativity surrounding his career wasnt racial ; his opposite number Nigel Benn was incredibly LOVED for example

[@samblack5313]

@@jimbob7370 He was loved because people wanted him to beat chris’ head in, not because he was loved. We live in a world where people cheer against who they want to lose with more passion for who they want to win. Do I think the hate for Chris was purely race based? Not at all. I think he was hated for his personality, the way he talked, but being a cocky, seemingly gay black dude didn’t help.

[@copee2960]

You got to have a pair to have got in the ring with Eubank...he had a fantastic chin...so you knew you were in for a long night....fare game to Gary.

[@CallumFitzpatrick-ld5mg]

To be honest I had stretch ahead on points and the one exuding dominance overall until the 6th round stoppage. He proved himself to be a top quality fighter in this bout, not just a pretty face made for the modelling/acting industry.

[@joff20276]

My uncle was Gary stretches promotor at this fight lol, at 4:02 That's my uncle, big bloke with a ginger beard .

[@andihoar1608]

joff20276 Have u seen the film Dead man's shoes? Gary was brilliant in it

[@joff20276]

Andi Hoar no haven't seen the film. I thought he was going to win this fight, he was clearly up on points. Got a fight myself soon.

[@ericguy1573]

the promoter was barry hearn..

[@demolitionguyinvideo9485]

Dead Man's and everything Shane Meadows does is brilliant :)

[@ORIGINOLINDIVIDUAL]

Eric Guy no that was eubanks promoter

[@petehobson1054]

"You're there mate!"

[@ycamara9034]

True he is , the best. No doubt about it .

[@tonymaxwellhatt1175]

When Stretch wakes up, tell him what happened.

[@MrBooBeeDoo]

Gary, what are you up to lad?

[@dickodickinson3833]

Why didn’t he just chin him ?

[@GRPLiningServices]

Hahahha. Classic.

[@mickybrennan3489]

Gary stretch, very gracious in defeat.

[@jackphilips9526]

Look at what Eubank did to Michael Watson. The ref stopping the fight was absolutely the right thing to do.

[@anyawaleofondo]

Why does Eubank insist on having his hair cut in the dark.

[@jamieoliver3262]

You can’t knock Eubank proper champ once he clipped him he was all over him like a rash good 4rounds for stretch watts called it good stuff!!

[@mrbipolarmattyhoward6071]

I was at this remember it well Gary stretch was on every newspaper tv show he was the new star of boxing for a while. I don't remember anything about what happened to his career afer this fight.

[@serenityinside1]

One more fight , a win then retirement. Good purse from this fight and decided modelling was a lot safer ! Don’t blame him - he wasn’t go to go far - a limited talent la king strength + power .

[@mrbipolarmattyhoward6071]

@@serenityinside1 nice one wondered what happened to him.

[@BottleBri]

‘You’ve fucking shot AL man!’

[@adamw.p.6287]

Came here for the Dead Man's Shoes references. lol

[@BullyBoxer]

My wife just said All the money in the world couldn’t make you want you to look like Eubank senior over Garry stretch.😂

[@philipchurchill6508]

yeah and life is all about looks fella isn`t it ?

[@FoobsTon]

Your wife is happy to watch a boxing match from 30 years ago? Who did you marry...yer mate?

[@kolaseak8066]

Good ref!

[@rigby7662]

Gray got the mystery prize 👊

[@russelias6107]

Good guys all of them ...but Calzaghie remains the best.

[@andya5597]

Eubank landing a lot of hurtful shots, even if he wasnt winnning the rounds. Eubank had real power at MW, underrated puncher

[@samblack5313]

But he was winning the rounds in the eyes of everyone but racist UK commentary clowns.

[@samblack5313]

@@cassius348 Did you listen to the commentary? It’s pretty openly racist, bud. Should I be condescending to you and tell you to ‘find peace’ in your life, as well?! 😂🤡 Have another drink, mate.. I’m sure there’s serenity as awakened as yours at the bottom of every bottle.

[@Theeirishman74]

Ask steve collins 😂

[@JeffreyPullen-lp4oe]

Gary should have had a rematch

[@seempeeson771]

Eubank your there 🤚mate

[@mickangel3945]

Things for Michael Watson might have turned out differently if he'd faced Stretch instead of Eubank.

[@thehomefront1905]

Gary only lost because Chris punched him hard in the head, if Chris wasnt so good there's a good chance Gary could have won.

[@bilsmith7328]

st helens wool logic🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@thehomefront1905]

@bilsmith7328 I'm thinking of going into boxing commentary lol

[@bilsmith7328]

@@thehomefront1905 CANT be any worse than all the other muppets doing it lol

[@RickTheBoss98]

@@thehomefront1905 if you start a Twitter petition I will vote for you

[@leebaker733]

Is tha bang bang Ray Hill im the pink dickie bow walkomg stretch out

[@ryanp758]

Freddy roach as a pup

[@Guitar387]

Eubank was very tough around the edges here , just swinging in and lunging from the outside with shots a decent opponent could go and make a cup of tea come back and still dodge. Eubank is a true warrior and has a chin of steel though.

[@anyawaleofondo]

Why was Stretch wearing a negligee?

[@FromaTwistedMind]

So much needle & disrespect prior to the fight. So much respect for eachother after the fight - ALL good then. Gary did very well and was ahead on points, and clearly Chris found it hard against a tall southpaw..... Good reflection from Michael Watson & Nigel Benn. THE BEST ERA OF UK WORLD CLASS BOXING & NOTHING like the fiasco Luke Fairy has turned UK boxing into tbh.

[@technomickdocumentalist2495]

At least he didn’t wake up morning of the fight with clown make up all over his face … with Eubank saying “ your right fkin there mate “ pointing to the palm of his hand … I’d gather those goonies up and get the fk outta here… 👀💯

[@jimmyharbison6726]

Stretch needs learn the UPPERCUT!!!

[@davidswaine3723]

Never mind Dead mans shoes just watch him in Freebird with Geoff Bell and Phil Daniels, blinding film

[@robwood8270]

Yes saw Ray in pink bowtie yes Ray

[@mirabiledictu3526]

Motson's Farm

[@rjsampsonrs]

I once snorted coke with Stretch at Stringfellows...tough as nails he won this fight

[@starwarsroo2448]

Fair claim to fame. He looks like he's been bang at it these days

[@wailee3939]

He got knocked out you prat, no arguments

[@gbwildlifeuk8269]

Rob Sampson if you think he won you must still be snorting that coke you prick.

[@ianwalsh9552]

That's coz your a prick

[@saintjohn6820]

ian walsh you’re

[@BB49.]

Stretch is doing alright for himself now in Hollywood!

[@tonymaxwellhatt1175]

@BB45 selling his arse on Hollywood boulevard.

[@jamiew1664]

not really hollywood, the UK low budget movie scene maybe

[@serenityinside1]

Not even that - hasn’t done a film for ages ! Don’t know what he does .

[@miltonwelch8619]

Europeans are too uptight about ducking low. Seems to me it's am man's option to duck as low as he cares, as long as he doesn't stay down there or touch the canvas. They probably took a fight away from Whittaker because of that.

[@serenityinside1]

The rule is the head must not go below waist height - for either .

[@normanbell-br7nf]

about 6' 2 " Gary wasn't he ?

[@anthonymcken6050]

Yes he hardly had any minerals in him trying to make 160.

[@justinboon3811]

Gary done good until Chris changed gears and it was all over he couldn’t really take the power Eubank was in his prime here one of our best middleweight boxers of all time Respect Nigel Watson a true warrior

[@georgehaynes394]

Nigel Watson???

[@darrenrexfrancis2538]

I think you mean 'Gary did well?'

[@schmatever]

Gary Stretch was (is) an egotistical prat. I remember him back in the early 90s, saw him in Hampstead. I was in a phone box trying to make a call and he wanted to use it. I was a bit younger than him and smaller (about 16-17) and never forget his bully-like approach being a lot older and bigger than I was. Says it all. Tosser.

[@anthonymcken6050]

Haha you must have been glad to see Eubanks spark him out then, Haha. Eubanks hates bullies as well.

[@schmatever]

@@anthonymcken6050 yeah I really was!!

[@brianmorecombe2726]

Just the fight shown with NO subscriptions or ppv.It was on terrestrial tv with just the short clips of the weigh in and a short few interviews and some adverts.The undercard fights were shown afterwards with just highlights.More highlights were shown if there was a knockout or stoppage in the main event.Then sky takeover with all their millions and make the sport boring with 5 hours of the whole event including the undercard and lengthy shallow head to head interviews.Now with women doing it i have even less interest in it now

[@counterfeitclone]

If your that bothered just tune into the main fight. And if you don't want to pay for sky sports or bt sports then stream it. Seems like your moaning alot about nothing.

[@angelicazambrano]

I did not know about the Iraq comment from Eubank, that earned my respect,

[@mickymac6571]

I never realised until recently Gary stretch was in dead man's shoes.

[@serenityinside1]

Well done …genius 🙄

[@mickymac6571]

@@serenityinside1 didn't work it out for myself so your praise is wasted,thanks anyway.❤️❤️

[@oliverjames7682]

Turns out Gary is my brother in laws uncle

[@johnwedgbury6817]

i can sleep easy now then. phew, thanks for letting me know.

[@GEricG]

@@johnwedgbury6817 ha ha ha

[@samblack5313]

I was wondering about that.

[@DavidPatersonPortraits]

Jim Watts commentary is annoying.

[@einarvalentinoronn9870]

This Clown Eubank would have been knocked out in seconds against Julian Jackson 👊

[@antduke2361]

You best get to him before he gets to you

[@paulphilipempey1]

The fight was referred to as, 'Beauty and the Beast. Which one was the Beast?

[@paulkelly285]

Beauty and the best

[@dontpanicblink]

gods knows ,Herbie ?

[@carrroad]

I'd say Eubank was the 'beast' given he's not much in the looks department (quite ugly in fact) and Stretch at the time had modelling contracts with Versace & Calvin Klein.

[@samblack5313]

Beauty and the ‘BEST’ (Eubank ALWAYS came out to ‘Simply the Best’ by Tina Turner)

[@harryrammer]

Good boxer Stretch, eubank was very fortunate indeed

[@samblack5313]

Fortunate? He weighed him up and cleaned his chin out in 5 rounds.. stretch is fortunate the ref didn’t send him back in.

[@vikingvk3013]

I'm guessing you actually meant to say Great boxer Eubank,Stretch was very fortunate to be allowed to fight him and fortunate the ref stopped the fight to stop him getting a further hiding

[@JeffreyPullen-lp4oe]

They should have never have stopped that lol typical British ref lol

[@poolypiraterecords5740]

Gary got stretched!!!

[@mickthompson584]

Stretch has dead mans shoes on i reckon.

[@garethleeming539]

Stretch well out of his depth!

[@serenityinside1]

Absolutely! 👍

[@BottleBri]

Gary stretch acted in a really good British film called ‘dead man’s shoes’. Look it up. It’s good.

[@philipchurchill6508]

and acted brilliantly

[@simondelaney6483]

Why the hell did Stretch get a shot at the world title. He was not even a middle weight and only British title class.

[@paulanthony5274]

He'll answer you in his own time.

[@samblack5313]

@@paulanthony5274 Why did Coner mcregger get a fight against Floyd when he can’t even win in his own sport……… money.

[@JeffreyPullen-lp4oe]

Eubank was a paper champion he wouldn't fight Bernard Hopkins or roy Jones

[@jamb6600]

did gary end up with karen?i think he did.

[@martincolton32]

Sonny

[@robwood8270]

Both hard as nails Eubank and Stretch

[@serenityinside1]

The former , yes . The latter - patently not .

[@vincespell]

Eubanks said he could have beaten Hagler.....LMAO! That is the funniest thing I've ever heard, and Herol "Julian Jackson taught me how to sleep peacefully" Graham said the same dumb shyt too! Eubanks is trash and so was Graham! Beat Hagler and Leonard...LOl....I noticed they never said they could beat Hearns~

[@chelseatv9880]

Mismatch tinpot fighter against elite fighter

[@redflag8970]

totally i couldnt believe it at the time it was on