Respect to one of Britiains Finest

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  1. dannylatics

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  4. ApatheticLeader

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    Benn = Very good fighter.

    Eubank = Good, but hideously overrated.
     
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  5. dan-b

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    Resume wise, yes. Skills wise, no.
     
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  6. Felix Sanchez

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    Eubank was better than Benn.
     
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  7. Mike_S

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    Watson could have been the best out of the 3, nice style.
     
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  8. ApatheticLeader

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    Skills wise is even more evident than his overrated resume.

    When a fighter ISN'T coming looking for Eubank, he's rendered nigh-on useless.

    Stand-offish fighters/backpeddlers = nightmare for Eubank
    Volume punchers = nightmare for Eubank
    Boxer-punchers = trouble for Eubank

    These three groups of fighters amount to an all-too-big percentage of fighters that Eubank struggled against. No fighter with as much skill as people wrongly claim Eubank had should have so many stylistic nightmares.
     
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  9. ApatheticLeader

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    Absolute ****ing bull****. Benn's style was made for Eubank. Came out like a raging bull, throwing bombs, and that is one of the only environments in which Eubank can actually thrive.

    What happened in the second fight? Who showed more aptitude in the rest of their careers?

    I rest my case.
     
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  10. Felix Sanchez

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    Glad to see you take other people's opinions on board well. :lol:

    I won't bother to elaborate if you think it is 'absolute ****ing bull****'.
     
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  11. ApatheticLeader

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    No, please elaborate. You may well have points I'm forced to concede are true, and I might take your opinions on board.

    It's very doubtful I will, but you should still give it a shot.
     
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  12. Mandanda

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    I agree. He put on a good display when he fought McCallum he showed he could go with the top guys.
     
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  13. ApatheticLeader

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    Watson WAS the best out of the 3.
     
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  14. dannylatics

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    Very hard to argue against your case there mate. Watson was terrific, beat Benn and definately beat Eubank in there first fight without a shadow of a doubt. And if it wasn't for the freak uppercut from Eubank near the end of the second fight who knows what he would have achieved.

    ALso a very nice bloke but didn't carry the carisma or Benn or Eubank, hence why they will always be more popular

    IMO Eubank was the most skilled of the 3 but on his day Nigel Benn was a monster
     
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  15. Mookhound

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    The Benn in the Eubank rematch was the best of the three (imo, one of the biggest robberies in the UK since Ronnie Biggs decided to go trainspotting).
     
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