Nige is and was a legend, one of my all time faves. He went in to KO or be KO'd, tho after the McLellan fight he was never the same IMO
Against guys like McClellan, Watson, DeWitt, Galvano (1), Barkley, Eubank (1) and Logan you'd of had to nail him to the ring to beat him barring a referee deciding to step in and stop it; and he was attempting to knock your head off from the very first bell and with each and every last punch thereafter. Unreal fighter. Even against domestic area-level opposition (like Kid Milo, Lou Gent) you got a see-saw war just because of his all-out, open style - despite those guys not being in his league or even the league below. Madness.
Aww it's close Benn's punches had spectacular effect on Barkley and Sims, the two toughest US-based black middles of the 80s conveyor belt barring Hagler, and that tips it to Nigel over Naz for me..
Well said, Americans cant get over the fact he was knocking them out in their own backyard, big time! But You're right, Hamed and Benn are so close in terms of punching power, its unreal, if you caught one clean, you werent gonna get back up. I'm just glad i was able to watch the both of them in thier prime.
Naz was a freak but pre-Barrera lacked the quality of opposition Benn had apart from an over-the-hill Kevin Kelley. Tom Johnson was tough but not as tough as Barkley, McClellan or Sims.
What you talking about,all the best ever fighters i like and most of us that know boxing like, come from where yous lot are,America,so don`t talk shite you muppet.
vuyani bungu, medina, augie sanchez, vazquez etc i think are decent quality, and he put them to sleep.Maybe not McClellan level, but not bums either. Benn in his time at SMW never really had the one punch power he had at MW. And i honestly dont beleive Hamed wa a real featherweight, i think he was jsut lazy and couldnt be bothered shifting those extra pounds the fat ******* lol