SR Robinson vs. Nigel Benn

Benn was nowhere near as talented as Tyson.

At 160 Benn had a dodgy defense, and a crap chin. Robinson would have murdered him. The thought of Benn KOing Robinson is downright COMICAL. Ray had one of the best chins of all time.

 

You do talk some ****.Lamotta tangled with several big punching Light Heavies,like Murphy,Nardico,Satterfield,plus heavy hitting middles like Robinson,Basora,Dejohn.Avoided fighters? They avoided him ask Graziano.
Speaking of avoiding ,how come Benn never faced either of the two best middle weights of his time,Jones and Toney?
Benn was green against Watson? Actually he was a year older at 25 and they had both had the same amount of fights .Mickey Duff ,who managed Watson was so sure that Watson would take Benn out he had a substantial bet on it.

 

Come on Murphy,Nardico and Satterfield aren't in the same league as Moore, Charles, Burley. And don't tell me any of those men avoided Lamotta while facing a who's who of the time. Plus he lost by corner stoppage to Murphy and Nadico and if it wasn't for acorner stoppage probably would have been ko'd. Satterfield was green with only 15fights when Lamotta faced him.

Benn was a 2year pro against Watson and had started boxing later in life. He was not as good as he would become, Watson was an excellent technical counter puncher anyway but a prime Benn could take him imo.

I'm not a blind Benn fanboy, I know he could be outboxed and outslicked by better boxers but Lamotta walking straight into him suits him down to the ground

Benn actually wanted the Jones fight for the money but didnt expect to win it, Jones was seen as superman and Benn was shot after GMAN, Jones didn't want to work with Don King so it didn't happen.

 

Thompson stopped him on a huge swelling on Eubanks eye if I remember right? Hardly a bad mark against his chin

 

Robinson would murder Benn. Total mismatch.
As for LaMotta, well he went the distance With Robinson 5 times and lasted until the 13th the 6th time, I think his chin would hold up to Benn's punches just fine. Robinson hit harder than Benn.

 

Eubanks had a good chin but not as good as Lamotta's. imo.

 

There have been a lot of great chins in history, Greb, Eubank, Hagler, Morales etc.

But the cream of the crop is Jake LaMotta and Wayne McCullough

 

Eubank has a chin that compares favourably with any middleweight in history. Carl Thompson beat an old Eubank fighting nearly 40lbs above his natural weight class. He beat him on injury as has already been said, after outpointing him once. In the Thompson fight Eubank took a lot of huge punches. Benn hurt himas much if not more so than Thompson.

Benn would beat La Motta but would fail against SRR.

Eubank would last the course with any middleweight in history.

 

Apart from Watson and Benn, Eubanks defences were a disgrace and a joke.He was the beneficiary of some dodgy decisions, even against journeyman
Since ,like Benn he never faced the two best Middleweights in the world Toney and Jones.I think he is unproven at top level.

 

Robinson UD (10-2)

 

this fight would probably be like the graziano fight. srr could take a count but he has too much power and speed for nigel

 

1. Nardico doesn't look as much an explosive compact puncher on film as Moore/Charles and isn't proven against the better fighters of the era. Plus he isn't as accurate, fast and basically doesn't land as much which is more important in scoring KOs as raw power.

2. I think his management kept him away from them. I'm sure if the money was right, ie career high payday he'd fight them, no doubt. But he was happy facing Zivic instead of Burley. And anyone against Burley would be a big box office fight as I believe Robinson once was offered career high money for Burley

3. Lamotta has a good chin but it proves his chin is far from invincable if he's getting stopped and he can be ko'd just like anyone. Would you fancy Lamotta to take McClellan's shots? How would you see a fight between them?

The fact Satterfield only had 15fights means he isnt yet prime, hes less experienced, less adept at getting his shots off and not as strong and powerful as he will become. Also not getting ko'd by Satterfield isn't that big a deal because the vast majority of contenders beat him.

 

Its possible Robinson might taste canvas but only in a flash KD... but after that he would put a clinic on Benn & stop him.

Benn is way too open for a puncher like Robinson.