Nigel Benn 91st On 100 Greatest Punchers?

so u didn't watch it .

 

Well, you have made your opinion very clear, but I disagree with most of it, and am standing by my previous posts. As well as thinking you are wrong in many of your assessments, I also think that the way you have expressed yourself is offensive and disrespectful to two great fighters who gave their all.

I suppose you could say that a fight with such a tragic consequence goes well beyond a petty squabble about the nature of the win Nigel got. In the end, so much damage was inflicted on Gerald that he couldn't continue. I wouldn't say he quit...his brain was shutting down. He was dying, and (as you say) he would certainly have died if not for the emergency surgery he received.

But both were warriors who gave their all on that terrible night.

Benn withstood blows from one of the most devastating punchers on the planet. He refused to succumb to the onslaught, kept coming back, and gutted it out to the end. I think even without the injury McClellan suffered, Benn proved he was a very determined and dangerous opponent for Gerald.

McClellan had several factors working against him. Some, self-inflicted (like underestimating Benn and firing Emanual Steward, leaving Stan Johnson in charge of his corner) and others bad luck (a poorly chosen referee, perhaps overwhelmed by the occasion). But Gerald unloaded hell upon Benn, that would have finished off the vast majority of fighters. He knocked Benn through the ropes in round one. He also knocked Benn down in round eight. There is no questioning his desire to beat Benn. Any hesitance on his part can be put down to him facing much sterner opposition and power than he'd expected to meet.

Admittedly, it was not a fight that was about the finesse of 'the sweet science'...it was a brutal tear up between two massive punchers, with enough vicious blows landed to have KO'd several ordinary fighters. It careered off the tracks and into tragedy.

Comparing Benn/McClellan to Zelenoff and "the special olympics" is a poor thing for any boxing fan to come out with.

I have watched it in the past, and agreed that the ref was a poor choice for the fight.

But frankly, frankenfrank, my fairweather friend, I've already given you too much of my time. From what I've seen of you, I think you are more of a troll than a proper poster.

 

Does anyone know wtf Vysotsky is talking about??

 

If he was beating Benn by a large margin there was a robbery in process, Benn won most of the rounds, the rest of your post is nonsense though so I'm guessing you're wrong

What misinformation from an utter cretin. Have you actually seen the fight or are you just lying? Benn won the majority of the rounds beating Gerald up and it wasn't close

 

Exactly I saw the fight as being one-sided for Benn, I was starting to distrust my own ability for scoring a fight