Nigel Benn vs. Thomas Hearns

[Vivid Intent]

how the hell can anyone pick benn? thats just pure ignorance.

hearns is a million times superior, benn struggled with eubanks boxing skills what the hell is he gonna do with hearns? the man who outboxed leonard, benitez and virgil hill. not to mention he can crack to say the least. no way ben can handle the speed, skills and power..

hearns KO2

Benn wasn't supposed to have a hope in hell against McClellan either. I'll use your logic against you, Benn is better than Barkley so therefore he would beat Hearns.

[Earl-Hickey]

how the hell can anyone pick benn? thats just pure ignorance.

hearns is a million times superior, benn struggled with eubanks boxing skills what the hell is he gonna do with hearns? the man who outboxed leonard, benitez and virgil hill. not to mention he can crack to say the least. no way ben can handle the speed, skills and power..

hearns KO2

What a ****ing joke, obviously you never saw the mclellan fight, G man is one of the all time hardest punchers, not to mention he was quick, strong, iron jawed and highly skilled. and he and Benn fought out a war that sadly cost the great g-man his faculties and left Benn ruined on the inside, and you basically insult Benn and mclellan with this kind of ****e.

Show some respect you ****ing moron.

[The_Demon]

benn would win by KO,he was an animal in the ring
hearns was a great fighter but benns power would have been too much as soon as he turned it into a tear-up

p.s-thanks to #1assasin for giving me a good laugh with his prediction,what a joke

[Mugwump]

Benn's chin was criminally underrated. He took some huge bombs from heavy hitters like McClellan, Barkley & Eubank and stayed on his feet. Nigel's problem was ALWAYS expending too much energy trying to bust the other guy up and then gassing out. The Benn that fought the G-Man had learned the lessons of the past and instead of wasting gallons of energy swinging haymaker after haymaker picked his opponent off with controlled and targeted aggression.

I would love to see Benn and Hearns go at it.

[Vivid Intent]

Benn's chin was criminally underrated. He took some huge bombs from heavy hitters like McClellan, Barkley & Eubank and stayed on his feet. Nigel's problem was ALWAYS expending too much energy trying to bust the other guy up and then gassing out. The Benn that fought the G-Man had learned the lessons of the past and instead of wasting gallons of energy swinging haymaker after haymaker picked his opponent off with controlled and targeted aggression.

I would love to see Benn and Hearns go at it.

I agree, the only two times he was stopped (nobody counts Collins, and one of those was an ankle injury) was due to gassing. And to be honest he was unlucky to be stopped against Eubank. He learned his lesson and paced himself in the rematch and should have got the nod IMO.

[Roger Mellie]

Who Takes It?

You bastard! Thats my two favourite fighters!

It would either be over by devastating KO in the first 3 rounds or be a bloodbath that didnt go past 8.

As for who wins,I would have to toss a coin on that one!

[#1Assassin]

Benn wasn't supposed to have a hope in hell against McClellan either. I'll use your logic against you, Benn is better than Barkley so therefore he would beat Hearns.

doesnt make sense..

hearns was dominating barkley until he got caught, he just got careless. in the second fight hearns was well past it, and it was at 175. which barkley carried well, but hearns did not.

benn woulve been KOd in 1 against gerald if the ref hadnt saved him. u know like another ref let benn land a KO punch on barkey while he was down.

and we are not using the same logic eighter. saying hearns (a superior boxer) could outbox benn cuz eubank did it makes sense. they both box the same way does eubank and hearns, use their legs and their jabs. only hearns does it better, he is taller, smarter, faster and has better skills.

saying benn beat barkley who beat hearns so benn would beat hearns is simply a triangle theory, which isnt what i did. triangle theories never work since styles make fights.

What a ****ing joke, obviously you never saw the mclellan fight, G man is one of the all time hardest punchers, not to mention he was quick, strong, iron jawed and highly skilled. and he and Benn fought out a war that sadly cost the great g-man his faculties and left Benn ruined on the inside, and you basically insult Benn and mclellan with this kind of ****e.

Show some respect you ****ing moron.

ive probably seen the mclellan fight 10-15 times. see the guy in my avatar?

mclellan was brain damaged going into the benn fight, as soon as he got hit he was gonna come apart. he was damaged in the first jackson fight, all the fights between then and when he fought benn ended in round one. so would the benn fight if it wasnt for the ref btw. anyways, non brain damaged mclellan destroys benn. hell even a brain damaged mclellan wouldve done it if it wasnt for the ref.

its interesting you brought up mclellan though. according to the g-man hearns was the best fighter ever.

[Earl-Hickey]

doesnt make sense..

hearns was dominating barkley until he got caught, he just got careless. in the second fight hearns was well past it, and it was at 175. which barkley carried well, but hearns did not.

benn woulve been KOd in 1 against gerald if the ref hadnt saved him. u know like another ref let benn land a KO punch on barkey while he was down.

and we are not using the same logic eighter. saying hearns (a superior boxer) could outbox benn cuz eubank did it makes sense. they both box the same way does eubank and hearns, use their legs and their jabs. only hearns does it better, he is taller, smarter, faster and has better skills.

saying benn beat barkley who beat hearns so benn would beat hearns is simply a triangle theory, which isnt what i did. triangle theories never work since styles make fights.



ive probably seen the mclellan fight 10-15 times. see the guy in my avatar?

mclellan was brain damaged going into the benn fight, as soon as he got hit he was gonna come apart. he was damaged in the first jackson fight, all the fights between then and when he fought benn ended in round one. so would the benn fight if it wasnt for the ref btw. anyways, non brain damaged mclellan destroys benn. hell even a brain damaged mclellan wouldve done it if it wasnt for the ref.

its interesting you brought up mclellan though. according to the g-man hearns was the best fighter ever.

Makes sense now, you are a Benn hater because of the G-Man fight

You are a disgrace to Gerald.

[The_Demon]

Makes sense now, you are a Benn hater because of the G-Man fight

You are a disgrace to Gerald.

his avater and huge girly over-reaction in his first post of this thread kind of gave that away

[Mugwump]

doesnt make sense..

hearns was dominating barkley until he got caught, he just got careless. in the second fight hearns was well past it, and it was at 175. which barkley carried well, but hearns did not.

benn woulve been KOd in 1 against gerald if the ref hadnt saved him. u know like another ref let benn land a KO punch on barkey while he was down.

ALL fighters are the receivers of bad breaks, whether they be long counts, poor judging, injuries or whatever. It's what they DO with those breaks that define them as fighters. Sure, Benn got a slice of luck that night. But he could just as easily have been KOd in each and every second of the remaining time. He wasn't. And that's what made him a true warrior.