Tarver, Benn, and GGG to be inducted into the HOF.

Benn was what we all love about boxing! Dynamite in both hands and guns blazing!

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Michael Nunn lost to Steve Little on a co main event card with Nigel Benn who beat Henry Wharton the same night.

A big fight with Benn/Nunn was being set up if both men won their fights that night but Nunn got upset by Little hence ruining the potential showdown.

So maybe get your facts straight.

As for your other nonsense comparing Whyte to Benn I'm not even going to bother anyone with common sense can see that comment is a complete joke.

 

True. I know he fought a bit in America for a short time but not sure if he had much of a following there.

He was huge in the UK though and the UK are some of the most passionate followers of the sport so hes still a big name. I’m Australian and followed his career because he was exciting to watch.

 

He was known in America after the wins over DeWitt and Barkley especially the Barkley one.

And the McClellan fight which was on Showtime definitely made him a name in America. Especially with how brutal and memorable the fight was for good and bad reasons.

 

Nunn was past prime by that stage and losing to mediocre opponents. Had they fought circa 1990 Nunn would have been heavily favored to beat Benn.

Benn conveniently missed out on loads of dangerous opponents who would have been favored to beat him. Nunn, Jones, McCallum, Hearns, Reggie Johnson, etc

Obviously if he fought all those guys he would have many additional losses and would be perceived much less favorably by British fans.

 

Absolutely.
So glad Benn's in there, one of my personal favourites.

 

Benn deserved to be in there.
He was no one hit wonder.
He had a good reign at SM and took out one of the most dangerous guys at that weight.

 

How can you have a quality reign without ever being the best in a weight class? That's supposed to be the point of being a reigning champion.

 

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I'm sure you must remember this. Why not, it's a IBHOF celebration!

 

I liked him, and thought he won the 2nd Eubank fight, at least at the time. I haven't checked it out since it happend I don't think.

 

Loads of great champs didn't fight the best in the division s.
Especially the modern era with some many belts.
But Benn held the WBC title and defended it against the guys listed in that body's rankings.
I've a ton of respect for the guy.
Most were avoiding the G-man,he took the fight.

 

One of the most exciting fighter s to come from the UK imo

 

You get proven wrong about Benn ducking Nunn and now you change it to "Oh Benn would've lost in 1990".

This is what you do all the time move the goalposts to drag out a conversation delibaretly to be argumentative so you can find a way to disagree on purpose.

You don't debate or have conversation in good faith.

Infact I'm tired of reading your posts every interaction I've ever had with you is exactly the same.

Blocked go annoy someone else with your moronic Benn/Whyte comparison.

 

Benn had years to fight Nunn though. How the hell does Nunn losing in 1994 prevent Benn from fighting him earlier or later?

That seems like a terrible argument made in bad faith. By that logic he has an excuse for not fighting almost everyone aside from Jones because they lost at various stages.
Nunn was more highly ranked than the guys he actually was fighting like Mauro Galvano, Dan Sherry, Nicky Piper, etc.

Moreover in addition to not fighting Nunn, he didn't face Toney, Jones, McCallum, Johnson, etc. There's clearly a pattern of him not taking on the bet competition available.

 

Wouldn't fighting Jones, Toney, McCallum, etc be far more deserving of respect than fighting lesser opponents in WBC title defenses?

McClellan didn't beat anyone beside Jackson, where's the evidence that everyone was ducking him?