Nigel Benn

Nigel Benn: Eubank Jr. should stay away Golovkin

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eubank777By Scott Gilfoid: Former world champion Nigel Benn doesn’t think it’s a good idea at all for the 26-year-old #1 WBA Chris Eubank Jr. (20-1, 15 KOs) to challenge IBF/IBO/WBA middleweight champion Gennady “GGG” Golovkin (34-0, 31 KOs) right now because he feels that he’s not ready for an advanced fighter like him.

Benn thinks that Eubank Jr still needs to learn his trade before he takes on an experienced fighter like Golovkin. Benn notes that Eubank Jr. was beaten by Billy Joe Saunders just last year in November 2014. Benn figures that if Eubank Jr. couldn’t even beat a guy like Saunders, who he doesn’t feel is in the same class as Golovkin, then he doesn’t see him as being able to compete against a talented fighter like Golovkin.

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Nigel Benn: The Peoples champion

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benn34By Abbas Dadhiwala: I was tasked with writing an article about a British boxer who was exciting and wowed the crowd. The first name that sprung to mind was Nigel Benn the Dark destroyer. Nigel Benn was a boxer with tremendous punching power and a heart of a lion.

Every fight he would go in to knock the other guy out that was his only strategy. His career through the professional ranks was nothing short of spectacular, with 22 straight knockouts in just over 2 years. Benn tasted his first defeat when he fought underrated Michael Watson, the boxer with understated power and a close peek a boo style defence. Benn tired looking for his 23rd knockout win and Watson stopped him in 6 rounds.

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Benn v McClellan – One night in 1995

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mcclellan837By Daniel Hughes: In over 30 years of watching boxing from here in the UK the one fight that stands out for me on these shores as the most brutal, enthralling but ultimately tragic fight I have witnessed, has to be Nigel Benn v Gerald McClellan.

On the 25th February, 1995, in the new London Arena, in London, UK, bared witness to the coming together of Nigel Benn 42(35kos)-5-1 and Gerald McClellan 31(29kos)-2 for the WBC super-middleweight title.

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Nigel Benn: Haye has to stop Chisora early or else

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Image: Nigel Benn: Haye has to stop Chisora early or elseBy Allan Fox: Former British boxing great Nigel Benn sees this as a make or break fight for both David Haye and Dereck Chisora with the loser of the fight being pretty much finished in the sport. Benn feels if Haye wins he’s got to do it early before Chisora comes on and starts punishing him like he did against WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko last February.

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Who is the best of British?

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Image: Who is the best of British?By Mark Havey: There is always talk of who is the best pound for pound. Most fans and experts concede that it is either Manny Pacquiao or Floyd Mayweather Jr. When looking at the past most say Muhammad Ali or Sugar Ray Robinson. But I would like to know who everyone thinks is the best P4P out of the British boxers from the past?

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Nigel Benn picks Ward to beat Froch

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Image: Nigel Benn picks Ward to beat FrochBy Scott Gilfoid: Former boxing star from the 80s/90s Nigel Benn is picking American WBA super middleweight champion Andre Ward to do a number on WBC super middleweight champion Carl Froch and walk off with the Super Six tournament trophy. This has got to hurt Froch, because Benn is British like him and it doesn’t look good to him Benn siding for the American.

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Nigel Benn tells Haye to avoid Vitali

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Image: Nigel Benn tells Haye to avoid VitaliBy John F. McKenna (McJack): Former middleweight and super middleweight champion Nigel Benn is urging former World Boxing Association (WBA) heavyweight champion David Haye not to fight World Boxing Council (WBC) heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko (43-2, 40 KO’s). Benn’s comments are based on reports that have been circulating in the media that the “Hayemaker” appears to be willing to return to the ring just weeks after his announced retirement on October 13.

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Beautiful Brutality

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mcclellan837By Alexander Burton: Roaring crowds. The ferocious sound of victory is absorbed by one Champion, while the distant echo of defeat is soon lost for the other. Quietly replaced by an agonizing fight for life. 25 February 1995 a 13 yr old sits in his parent’s front room trying to get exited about the forthcoming fight and share in the magical spell that fight night ominously casts over his father and elder brother. For the past week he has listened to the two debate the outcome of the clash of champions.

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