Comments Thread For: Nigel Benn Explains Return, How it Came Down To Sakio Bika

[EnglishOxide]

. Hopkins went until 50, sure, but Hopkins was a freak of nature who trained like an animal and had the IQ to avoid excessive punishment and pace himself sensibly. Benn is 55, has been sat on his arse for years doing nothing and has none of Hopkins' attributes, as good as he was in his prime.

This seems a bit ignorant of the situation tbf. Benn has rarely left the gym since retirement. He's in phenomenal shape.

Floyd Mayweather Sr is old and diseased as hell yet he still laces up with young guys in the gym and teaches them a thing or two but I don't see nobody crying about that.

[Curtis Harper]

A person can be in the best physical shape and still get crushed. Gotta be in that ''getting hit in anger w/o head gear'' mode.

[Pigeons]

Sakio Bika won't be out to hurt him.

[Mindgames]

He was good, and great to watch. *

I fixed it for you.

No, i actually saw the Eubank fight live. It was brutality like no other. You'd have to be better than good to survive more than a handful of rounds like that.

[Mindgames]

He and Eubank Sr were great to watch. Both they weren’t great boxers.

Benn could box if needed. He actually had good head movement and couldnt have survived the McClellan fight without it. Now yeah, i know he wasnt Sugar Ray Robinson, but he wasnt Gatti either. He just liked a tear up.

[Angeljuice]

The Dark Destroyer was one of the best English fighters we’ve had in recent years. *


I Fix it for you.

When I say we, I mean the British, I'm far too intelligent to be the same species as an American.

[Angeljuice]

Say that when you see your elders speaking like James Toney or worse.

Fighters need to quit while ahead because this sport does not forgive those that fight beyond their limits.

Ali is more known for his disease than his true greatness as a boxer.

What are you talking about? If you ask anybody on the street who was Ali, they'll say "the Greatest of all time", "boxing genius", you may even get a couple of "loudmouth show off", but I guarantee that nobody would say "Parkinsons Disease".

[PRINCEKOOL]

If Nigel Benn knocks out Saiko Bika violently, this is not going to be the end of his comeback.

[boogbx]

What are you talking about? If you ask anybody on the street who was Ali, they'll say "the Greatest of all time", "boxing genius", you may even get a couple of "loudmouth show off", but I guarantee that nobody would say "Parkinsons Disease".

I work with youth so my opinion might be skewed but youth today remember Ali from the will smith movie their parents might’ve seen and the person that is all
“Messed up”.

I was exaggerating but my point is fighters need to take care of themselves.

[BangEM]

Benn could box if needed. He actually had good head movement and couldnt have survived the McClellan fight without it. Now yeah, i know he wasnt Sugar Ray Robinson, but he wasnt Gatti either. He just liked a tear up.

But would call him an all time great?

There’s a difference between being a good boxer and fun/great to watch and being a great boxer. Benn was the former. And that’s my point.