The Church of Nigel Benn

:bowdown:bowdown:bowdown:bowdown:bowdown:bowdown:bowdown:bowdown

 

As a kid i didn't respect how good he really was till the last couple years watching back fights. McClellan fight was something of sheer bravery and i cannot appreciate enough how much inner pride and metal he had to pull out to win that fight.

My Sister was driving through Streatham about 8 years or so back they bumped cars and she got out of car and went to go ape**** and the guy and who gets out....a one Nigel Benn...she clocks it's him and keeps her cool and he is all respectful and admits the accident was his fault and apologizes and they end up sitting there for a hour just talking about boxing and life in general. She didn't have a bad word to say about him and her motor was fine

 

Most beautiful wedding proposal I've ever seen which he made post fight.

Oh, and he was ****ing kick ass.

 

He was a great character & a fine champion, & I loved his book.

HOWEVER

Its such a shame he never fought the true greats of his era.

I will always admire the guy, but Im no convert to the church of Nigel Benn cos he didnt fight the best of his era.

& remember folks, I was a young impressionable man buying boxing magazines back in those days before the internet, & I really thought that both Benn & Eubank would 'get it on' with the prime Jones jnr & Toneys of the world.

Never happened though.

 

The gospel according to Nigel? Count me in.

A friend of mine was staying in a hotel in Liverpool having come up for the weekend. He went out for dinner and came back for a night cap at the hotel bar, sat down next to some guy who turned out to be Nigel Benn. My mate's not really a boxing fan but he said he was a cracking bloke that took time out for pretty much everyone around to get a picture with him and sign autographs. In between all this (of which my mate said there were countless) he'd sit back down and chat to my mate about the day they had both had. I'd love to meet Benn.

 

Favourite fighter ever. You'll struggle to find a fighter so universally loved.

 

And a fighter who was so nails

 

The Benn/Eubank era got me into boxing as a kid, and obviously Benn was my favourite (I was a kid, Eubank was the pantomine villian etc). As I got older and more into boxing and watching Benn's fights again I have another level of appreciation for him, legend in my eyes.

I'm on board brother! Shout it out load!

 

i'll pray at the house of nigel.
i was going to join the jehovah's witnesses but you've made me see the light

 

I'll pray here for the time being but the minute The Eubank Church is opened i'll be converting :good

 

Talking of Churches, hasn't Benn found religion himself now (a mainstream one, not on in which he is the deity!)? I read somewhere that he wants to put his boxing career behind him and he auctioned his old belts saying they brought him and his family so much heartache?