SRL verses Nigel Benn :middle ?

redrooster · May 8, 2018

laxpdx said: ↑

Benn by brutal KO.
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brutality as its worst! LAPD eat your heart out

Unforgiven · May 9, 2018

Benn would probably win by stoppage.
Hagler wasn't hitting Leonard as hard as Benn would have.

Stevie G · May 9, 2018

Momus said: ↑

It comes down to which Benn and which Leonard?

Benn pre 90 has little more than a puncher's chance against the Leonard who beat Hagler. Even the more rounded Benn that emerged post-Watson would struggle against the 87 Leonard, who was still a class act. Benn struggled with movement, and Leonard would come in with the right gameplan and box his way to a decision.

Leonard seemed to slip markedly by 89, and if the fight had materialised in reality in late 1990 I don't think Leonard could keep Benn off for 12 rounds. Too young, strong and relentless. Leonard's previously solid chin also started to betray him at this point, and Benn may even have forced a stoppage.
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Yes it comes down to these variables.

Fergy · May 9, 2018

Wass1985 said: ↑

I think this has the potential to be a Camacho style loss for Leonard only a lot more painful and brutal.
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I think you've nailed it Wass,Benn cutting through Sugar, not giving him a chance to be fancy. Benn was so raw at middle, he was exciting to watch. I always thought Honey was our most explosive fighter at the lower weight s until Nigel crashed on to the scene.

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