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'J !', man, Leonard was a Welterweight and even if Nige became anorexic he wouldn't make 147 
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This is a dumb topic, Hagler would have destroyed Benn under 4 roundsComment
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i know this and i wasnt suggesting that he should, Leonard would have had to move up, its not inconceovable he could have bulked up to a light middle and fought at middle.Originally posted by JUYJUY'J !', man, Leonard was a Welterweight and even if Nige became anorexic he wouldn't make 147
i know he was near the end of his carer but he wasnt a light heavy when he fought lalonde niether.
if mayweather moves up to fight Zab do you think he will be a natural welter? No of course not he isnt even a natural light welter at present buit is still good enough to be dominating.
same applies to Leonard.Comment
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Newbon tried to calm Benn, to capture the excitement with dignity. The TV clock was running down. Newbon had to ask his questions before the ads kicked in. He started to tell Benn how great he was, how he'd defied the odds. He wanted him to listen then respond with a few appropriate soundbites, as is the deal when TV is paying the freight. But Benn doesn't do soundbites or platitudes.
"Nigel," Newbon began, "that was not only your greatest performance, that was one of the greatest boxing performances of all time in this country."
"Yeah, well, all you lot were geeing him up, giving it this, giving it that. I knew he wouldn't be able to go the distance..."
Benn, never looking at Newbon, broke off to wave his still-gloved fist again at the simmering crowd. "Yeah!" he shouted.
"But Nigel . . ."
"No, no, you listen to me! I'd like to thank my trainer, Kevin Sanders. Everyone sayin' we ain't goin' anywhere without Jimmy Tibbs. Proved him wrong. And not only that, the person I'd like to thank most of all is Paul McKenna, who hypnotised me and made me believe in myself."
Newbon, fearing a roll-call of everyone Benn had ever known in boxing, tried again to ask another question. Nigel would not be silenced.
"No, no. You listen to me. I'm always listenin' to you."
They came to a muddled compromise and Newbon attempted to talk Benn through some highlights. But Gary started to lose it. As he swung around towards McClellan's corner, he said, "Mike McCallum's actually very badly hurt and they've got a stretcher in here, Nigel. I'm sorry. Mike McClellan. Gerald McClellan. Sorry. I'm getting confused here."
It was all unravelling. Mike McCallum, the world-class middleweight, had fought on the undercard. Newbon, who had his producer yelling corrections down his earpiece, motioned Benn away from McClellan's corner, where they'd been standing. And still there was no sensible dialogue between fighter and interviewer.
Out of the corner of his eye, Newbon had seen that McClellan had slipped from his stool and was lying on his back. His producer told him to get on with the interview and Newbon looked towards the board doctor to see if it was all right to continue. "Gary!" shouted his producer. "Get on with it!"
Benn had either not heard Newbon telling him about McClellan or had ignored it. "No, mate. They only brought him over to bash me up, mate. I'm gonna say what I want to say. Let me tell you that now. They only brought him in to bash me up, mate. No chance ...no chance ...no chance..."
Benn was oblivious to everything and everyone, including McClellan. He only wanted to talk about the fight. At that moment in his life, it was his courage and his victory that defined him. He would allow nothing to intrude on that. "I don't care if you knock me down, I was ready to go with him. Whatever he wanted to, I was going to match him. All the way, mate. All the way. Now you might start believin' in the Dark Destroyer. I'm number one. Second to no one!"Comment
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and the point of this post was what exactly?
relevance?
oh i give up. laters.Comment
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I have just about had it with this *******, JUYJUY.
He has managed to create 100x the amount of discussion that Chris Eubank & Nigel Benn warrant.
He has done so by incessantly posting worthless interviews & stories on them. He has also done so by making ridiculous assertions that he knew would flare people up (I have been flared, so I'm guilty) & get them to join in him his PATHETIC obsession/agenda.
It's nice to call attention & create discussion about fighters who have been overlooked by fight fans & fans in general.
But what this guy has done with Benn & Eubank is a disgrace. These two have been discussed more, in one month, than ****in' Roberto Duran has been discussed in over a year.
It is LITTER....GARBAGE.
He can't rightfully be banned, because he is at least posting boxing-related topics, & he's not really an insulting type of guy. But he is a JUNK MERCHANT, & needs to be limited.
I will ignore him from here on....if anyone else thinks he's as detrimental as I, please do the same.
**** you, JUYJUY.....go get a life, you obsessed one-trick pony.Comment
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You'll no doubt be banned as soon as a mod reads this.Originally posted by jabsRstiff
Who started this topic? Not me.
If your a fan of boxing you should have nothing but praise for Benn and Eubank, they put so much into the game. How much have you put into the game?
Scum, you are just pure scum.Comment
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Benn and Eubank would have given Hagler a good fight, but I think he'd have probably beat them both.
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why are constantly trying to get people banned?
what jabsd refers to is actually becoming detrminetal to the site so if anyone should be banned mate its you with constant repetition of Eubank/Benn wanking..
for what its worth i agree with Jabs totally, you are no doubt one of the biggest *******s ive ever come accross on the internet.
so ****ing ban me i dont care. wanker.Comment
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