What were your thoughts on Nigel Benn and Chris Eubank?

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  1. Slice N Dice

    Slice N Dice Big stiff idiot

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    Just interested in hearing your opinions as I'm bored and there isn't much going on in GD at the mo. Were they good fighters? Bad fighters? Frauds? Were you a fan of one or both? Hated em? Couldn't care less? Etc
     
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  2. cdogg187

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    Good fighters both... I give Benn more credit because he nutted up and tried to test himself against some of the American middleweights... but, hey, head to head Eubank got the best of him

    I never liked either guy but Benn was certainly exciting, anytime you can hit like that and you are that vulnerable, memorable things happen
     
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    Good fighters, especially Eubank. Benn was Tysoneque in terms of sheer excitement. He's one of my favourite fighters of all time. I mourned when he lost to Watson and Eubank.
     
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    Did you know them?
     
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    Great fighters who engaged in great fights and would be contenders in just about any era.
     
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    Neil tueur de grenouilles

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    benn -logan is still probably the closest boxing match Ive seen to a street fight. outside of the bowe tillery fiascos
     
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    joony "Twinkle Toes" McJack

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    benn was getting his ass pummeled before that hail mary left hook. he also made his best effort to hit behind the head as usual.
     
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    joony "Twinkle Toes" McJack

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    eubank was a weirdo, but i liked him more than that cheat.
     
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    Jimmy The Greatest of Are Times

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    I liked both guys and both were very good fighters. The tension between them and difference in personalities made up for a fantastic rivalry. Both Men were very intellligent too.
     
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    I knew Benn's dad, brothers and Jimmy Tibbs. I met Benn briefly only once.
     
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    Benn-logan was incredible.
     
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    Benn was as dumb as a bag of bricks!

    Eubank was more intelligent than Benn but far less intelligent that he thought he was.
     
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    Jimmy The Greatest of Are Times

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    I liked the way Benn portrayed himself. Intelligent in that sense
     
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    A little more liberal than I would be with that word.

    I watched their first fight last week. I always like Eubank more, but does anyone agree that the stoppage was a tad early?
     
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    agREED. I wouldn't categorize either fighter as "great". Both were a notch or so below that.
     
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    I thought so at the time. The thing is though that BENN himself didn't agree with you and that's the main thing. Dude was hurt bad!

    I do think though, and it never gets mentioned, that Benn was the victim of a SHORT COUNT against Watson. He must have been down only 5 seconds before counted out. Fastest count I've ever seen.
     
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    I thought Benn edged him in the rematch.

    Both fighters were excellent, but I missed both of their early careers. Back then, no internet to speak of so it was pretty hard to see foreign fights. Benn/Gent was on regular tv and then Showtime started showing their fights, but Showtime was not always easy to get back then, either.
     
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    I'm a big fan of Benn. Eubank was cool too.
     
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    Benn/Eubank were "good", even "very good", but definitely not great
     
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  20. cdogg187

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    an argument could definitely be made there
     
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    Too British to be considered great, isn't that right you yank!! :giggle:

    I agree with you. Eubank was a potentially great talent but he never proved himself. Benn was basically just a puncher with a ton of heart.
     
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    cdogg187 GLADYS

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    HAHA!

    No, of course not

    I think Ken Buchanan would've been thought of today as an all-timer at lightweight if he hadn't the misfortune of being around when that Duran guy was fighting... he's one of my all-time favorites
     
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