Nigel Benn Appreciation Thread.

[jack_the_rippuh]

Nigel is a tough bastard.

[jack_the_rippuh]

Nigel in a brilliant showing!
Right when you think you got him hurt, BAM!
I ****ing love this man!
****!
I love him!

[jack_the_rippuh]

Q: Top Five Boxing Idols?
Benn:
1. Roberto Duran ("he came from the streets with nothing but went on to be a superstar")
2. Marvin Hagler ("his reign of terror was the S***")
3. Joe Frazier ("the first boxing fight I saw was Ali-Frazier 1, I hold my hand up to not liking Ali's arrogance at the time so I fell in love with Frazier for a little spell and attained tapes of all his fights from the 60's)
4. George Foreman ("people forget that in the late 60's and early 70's, Frazier and Foreman were well menacing mate")
5. Jeff Fenech ("that guy would fight a lion")

Q: Top Five Favourite Fights?
Benn:
1. Muhammad Ali-Joe Frazier 1
2. Arturo Gatti-Mickey Ward 1
3. Marvin Hagler-Thomas Hearns
4. Sugar Ray Leonard-Roberto Duran 1
5. Chris Eubank-Steve Collins 1 ("finally he was knocked off his perch")

Q: Top Five Middleweights Ever?
Benn:
1. Sugar Ray Robinson
2. Sugar Ray Leonard
3. Marvin Hagler
4. Thomas Hearns
5. Jake LaMotta

Q: Top Five Fighters Ever?
Benn:
1. Roberto Duran
2. Sugar Ray Robinson
3. Sugar Ray Leonard
4. Marvin Hagler
5. Jack Dempsey ("nobody really knew how many hundreds of fights he had as a hobo, so his experience was so vast by the time he fought that big B****** Willard)

Q: Top Five Most Difficult Opponents?
Benn:
1. Chris Eubank
2. Gerald McClellan
3. Steve Collins
4. Doug DeWitt
5. Sugar Boy Malinga

Q: Top Five Favourite Foods?
Benn:
1. Chicken Stir-Fry ("I eat these all the time, I mean all the time! they are so quick and easy to toss up..")
2. Chicken Casserole
3. Chicken & Mushroom Pie
4. Shephard's Pie
5. Cottage Pie

Q: Top Five Favourite Drinks?
Benn:
1. Kalimotxo (spanish drink - red wine and coca-cola)
2. Cruzcampo (spanish beer)
3. Heinekan with lemon
4. Coca-Cola with lemon
5. Lemon Juice

Q: Top Five Favourite Films?
Benn:
1. Fury to Freedom
2. Mercy Streets
3. Without Reservation
4. First Blood
5. First Blood 2

Q: Top Five Best Venues?
Benn:
1. Las Vegas
2. Madison Square Garden ("I never fought there but everbody knows the place.. I had the chance to make my debut there on the undercard of a Tyson fight believe it or not but felt it was too soon at the time")
3. Wembley Stadium
4. Wembley Arena
5. Old Trafford

Q: Top Five Best Victories?
Benn:
1. Gerald McClellan
2. Iran Barkley
3. Doug DeWitt
4. Robbie Sims ("I was the first man to knock him out")
5. Mauro Galvano 1 ("I took his pride, I bashed him up on his home soil")

[jack_the_rippuh]

Listing Eubank vs. Collins I as one of his favorite fights just because Eubank was finally knocked off his perch is pure hatred.
I can't respect Nigelito for saying something like that. I still love him, though.

The honorable JUYJUY teaches us that Benn was a man who loved to verbally abuse his opponents. He was also a man who constantly committed adultery and began to hate himself for it.

[Pitbullpower]

That 'Top Five' interview is bull****.

[Pitbullpower]

Some guy on the Naz board used to post loads of **** and I'd copy and paste most of it, but I think a lot of it was abit weird

[jack_the_rippuh]

That 'Top Five' interview is bull****.

What makes you say that?

[Pitbullpower]

What makes you say that?

There's a certain freak out there. I don't know where he's at now that the Naz board has gone.

[jack_the_rippuh]

There's a certain freak out there. I don't know where he's at now that the Naz board has gone.

What was username?

[jack_the_rippuh]

What the ****??

I really miss this guy.

He was a good kid who just got caught up with the wrong crowd, ya know.