Great Nigel Benn video. Smack My ***** Up

[Southpaw Stinger]

benn actually turned down a roy jones million dollar payday after the mclellan fight. jones wanted vengeance but benn wanted none of it.

Benn was finished after that fight. A match with Jones would have been meaningless.

[coghaugen]

http://groups.google.com/group/rec.sport.boxing/browse_thread/thread/a3b3d5a3c39a5b7d/d6a61cbc435aee13?hl=en&ie=UTF-8

[stefjonno1]

Benn was excellant. I seen him fight twice live. He could be outboxed, but the guy was a warrior, defo one of the most exciting fighters from the UK ever! The public loved him. He just loved to throw leather. Without doubt a legend.



About the benn= roy jones matchup. If the gerald mCclellan situation never happend they probably would have fought. Emotions were runnin very high at the time, plus benn was commin to the end, obviously it was'nt meant to be. It certainly was nothing to do with Benn or roy bottling it.

[Chrismart]

Great video. Benn was a real warrior. Would of been great to see fights between Benn, Eubank, Toney and Jones.

I think Eubank and Benn are a little under-rated by many American boxing fans.

[coghaugen]

Michael Nunn on the way up the ranks heard there was a destroyer in England about the same age who would be his future rival.

I can't believe Benn and Nunn never fought. It's mad really. Multi-million money fights were offered from '88 to '95 but it never happened!

The ultimate contrast in styles etc, transatlantic..

[CiganoBoxer]

The sound has been put back.

Thats still one of the best highlights i have ever seen !
Went to see Benn fight twice...what a gunslinger of a fighter he was...you never felt short changed when he fought !...he just went for the kill and that was it lol

[Adamantium]

Michael Nunn on the way up the ranks heard there was a destroyer in England about the same age who would be his future rival.

I can't believe Benn and Nunn never fought. It's mad really. Multi-million money fights were offered from '88 to '95 but it never happened!

The ultimate contrast in styles etc, transatlantic..

Benn was offered the Nunn fight, but turned it down for The McClellan fight, which was much more lucrative.