Nigel Benn sparring with Roberto Duran (video)

[Orange Sneakers]

I think they sparred all week or the next week and Duran wanted to feel Benn out first

They sparred in Miami as well in about Feb '88, Mickey Rourke watched it

This vid is early Jan '88 (hence the xmas gut on Duran)

[hugh grant]

Someone answer the question we are all wanting to ask. Did Benn get the better of Duran during these sparring sessions? They didnt seem all out though?

[deliveryman]

Benn spanked that ass.

[ferocity]

A young Benn was helping sharpen up Duran's defense

Thanks for sharing.

Roberto Duran is a legend. Man that guy is crazy one of the few who can fight at his age for the many years he did.

Would be funny as hell if Hatton did what Duran did to Benn in sparring. As Mayweather is posing and moving his head side to side, walk away then attack him as Mayweather comes forward. Great stuff.

[ferocity]

Nearly 20 years later

Thats great that Benn is helping out the kids. But, does he ever wear headgear?

[Orange Sneakers]

Someone answer the question we are all wanting to ask. Did Benn get the better of Duran during these sparring sessions? They didnt seem all out though?

Nigel hurt him badly to the body in Miami, I know that, apparently Roberto was full of welts and **** over his ribs (according to Mickey Rourke)

Also, Benn knocked out Freddie Pendleton accidently (in Miami)

[dino]

Duran didn't look that bad, he was working on defense, thats why he wasn't letting his hands go.

Duran was probably about 175 in that session

[The Noose]

Duran didn't look that bad, he was working on defense, thats why he wasn't letting his hands go.

Duran was probably about 175 in that session

Duran was getting hit with nerly everything.

[Orange Sneakers]

Would love to have seen Benn-Jones Jr or Jones Jr-Calzaghe, even in sparring or something lol

[QuCongee]

Duran looked awful in that. Massively overwieght, and **** in every other aspect. Surely this was some sort of exhibition, he can't have been seriously training in that vid????

Why not? That's exactly how he looked in a lot of his fights lol....awful and massively overweight.