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Originally posted by rocco1252
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That's just not true, sorry. He doesn't choose to fight ageing past their prime fighters, he has always wanted to fight the best but can only beat who actually wants to fight him. -
when has he made an attempt to make large fights wait let me refraise that when has he actually had the big fights? I always hear about them and that they are going to happen they are signed and last minute he's hurt. Furthermore how many times has he fought a quality US fighter or even moved up or down 3 pounds to fight better opposition? I havent seen anything in this man to prove his greatness. I rest my case I'm OutOriginally posted by JUYJUYComment
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Originally posted by JUYJUY
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You can't say it's anyone's fault other than his own when you consider how long this type of thing has gone on for, and how many times he's failed to be involved in a world class fight.Comment
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ProBox was shown live in every major country in the world apart from Germany (Universum), Austria (Universum), Poland (Universum), Ukraine (Universum) and America. It featured Barry McGuigan, 'Baby' Jake Matala, Sugar Boy Malinga, Chris Eubank, Nigel Benn, Lennox Lewis (89-91), Naseem Hamed (92-94), etc.Originally posted by TheEvilSaint
Nigel Benn's first fight on ProBox was against Eubank in 1990. But Eubank had been fighting on ProBox since 1989. Let me explain..
When Nigel Benn won the Commonwealth title, all of his Commonwealth title fights were shown in all of the Commonwealth countries (Canada, South Africa, Australia etc, there are 100's of countries belonging to the Commonwealth). Chris Eubank fought on Benn's undercard in Feb 89, against Anthony Logan. Eubank described himself as an "overnight success" because that one fight made him, Eubank was supposed to be just a 'warm-up' fight for Logan before Logan got his rematch with Benn.. but Eubank dominated from start to finish. But most of all, Eubank gained loads of recognition that night because he came out with a lot of strutting and posing and he vaulted over the top rope before the fight, he didn't bother to sit down between the rounds and basically just strutted and posed throughout the whole fight. Even though it was a Benn card, Eubank stole the show! Now because Eubank was on Benn's undercard, Eubank was shown to all the Commonwealth countries (not to mention live on terrestrial ITV at prime time) and ofcourse, nobody had ever seen anything like this guy before! Barry Hearn signed Eubank that night, and Hearn was involved with ProBox and got Eubank a contract. All of Eubank's fights from Franki Moro right up to Ray Close II were shown live world-wide on ProBox. Eubank was the game's great showman. (Eubank's fights with Malinga, Jarvis, Essett, Thornton, Giminez, Holmes and Close I were all on American TV on ESPN by the way, but hardly anybody watched).
Now, Nigel Benn had all of his fights on ProBox live world-wide from Eubank I right up to the McClellan fight.Last edited by JUYJUY; 10-24-2005, 11:13 PM.Comment
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Benn's fight with Watson was shown live in America. Benn's five fights in America were live on free TV (ABC) in America. Benn-Eubank II was live on Showtime, Benn-McClellan was live on Showtime, Benn was live on Showtime at Wembley Stadium as the supporting fight to Bruno winning the title, and Benn-Collins II was the supporting fight to Tyson-Holyfield on the Showtime/Sky Sports PPV (undercard of that PPV featured Hamed, Moorer, Winky, Lopez etc).Last edited by JUYJUY; 10-24-2005, 11:27 PM.Comment
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Nigel Benn during his WBC title reign had the likes of Michael Nunn, Mike McCallum and Virgil Hill defending their world titles on his undercards in London. Nunn was the number one contender for Benn's WBC title but Don King offered Benn £500,000 more to fight McClellan instead. Benn-McClellan was Showtime's greatest ever fight, and Showtime's most memorable ever fight, and Benn was #2 lb4lb after that fight and pushing for a unification fight with the #1 lb4lb Roy Jones Jr (Gerald McClellan was the last man to legitimately defeat Roy Jones before Tarver came along, doing so at the 1988 Golden Gloves). Benn-McClellan was the first ever fight between two WBC champions, and they had 33 1st-round wins between them. I'm suprised you don't remember this fight
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Let's face facts. Calzaghe never stepped up.Comment
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Originally posted by JUYJUYNigel Benn during his WBC title reign had the likes of Michael Nunn, Mike McCallum and Virgil Hill defending their world titles on his undercards in London. Nunn was the number one contender for Benn's WBC title but Don King offered Benn £500,000 more to fight McClellan instead. Benn-McClellan was Showtime's greatest ever fight, and Showtime's most memorable ever fight, and Benn was #2 lb4lb after that fight and pushing for a unification fight with the #1 lb4lb Roy Jones Jr (Gerald McClellan was the last man to legitimately defeat Roy Jones before Tarver came along, doing so at the 1988 Golden Gloves). Benn-McClellan was the first ever fight between two WBC champions, and they had 33 1st-round wins between them. I'm suprised you don't remember this fight
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why is it that i dont see any of ur boys names in ring magazines Fighter of the Year or Fight of the Year or any kind of GOAT ranking by any knowledgeable boxing expert?
gee, is it a conspiracy or is there something about ur boys that just isnt worth noting?Comment
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They retired 10 years agoOriginally posted by TheEvilSaint
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