Thanks for that,I missed the first 25mins or so last week....essential viewing for anyone who watches boxing.
essential viewing regardless of whether you like boxing or not. there are very few boxers nowadays who come close to the quality of Benn eubank Collins etc. Even Henry wharton.
They were quality weren't they. Some proper fights. None better than the Benn/McClellan IMO. Benn was always my favourite, a real warrior, never knew he was beat. and put on a show more often than not.
I would fancy any of them to give either of the dish cloth brothers a better bout than Hayes ever would.
Has to be in my the top five fights I have watched live. I watched the documentary last Monday and its well worth watching.
Super Middlewight Era never to be beaten Where the top boxers actually fought each other, and having an '0' wasn't the be all and end all. The Dark Destroyer was unbelievable - great entertainment. What happened to McClellan was devastating, but from a sporting point of you for Benn it really took the gloss of what was possibly the best performance by a British boxer I've ever witnessed.
One thing I always admired about Nigel Benn was the fact that he didn't dodge anyone,unlike Chris Eubank....hard man though he genuinely was he wouldn't take on top Yanks.
I saw Joe Calzaghe destroy Eubank, I was only 14, 15 or sumat. Saw most of his fights tbh. As Ive probably said before. I would have loved to have seen Calzaghe - Benn.. And for me, Joe's total and utter boxing-clinic against the great new US hope - Jeff Lacy - that was the best I have seen. In the flesh n all
Completely agree. Calzaghe is probably the best British boxer of all time. people have tried to rewrite history over the Lacey fight, but when Calzaghe fought him he was tmeant to be the best thing in world boxing. They asked 20 American pundits who would win and 19 said Lacey. And then Calzaghe absoutely demolished him. Outstanding performance.
Amazing viewing watched it 1st time round, only 2 people to blame for this the REF who was completely out of his Depth and McClennans trainer. The ref for not knowing the rules, quite clear he gives Benn a 20 count which should only have been a ten and his trainer for being an amateur. Says it all when a boxer has to tape his own hands because his team don't know how to do it. Agree about Benn though, he wasn't a boxer but a brawler who grew up in gangstaville looking after Ronnie and Reggie wannabes. Never knew when to give in or when he was beat the 90's were great for boxing in the super/middleweight division today's fighters just don't come close
Disagree about the ref. I know the documentary tried to spin that and he was out of his depth, but it didn't cause what happened. He should have counted out Benn, and although that would have prevented what happened it wasn't directly linked. I'm not sure any ref would have stopped it. His corner on the other hand should have. I though Manny Steward's point was interesting that McClellan chose to use those people was an interesting one and one that the documentary brushed over slightly. It briefly mentioned it and that it was about money but didn't go in to why in detail
does anyone know who benn fought afterwards? at end of fight you can here don king saying benn's next fight would have been roy jones jr but that fight never happened (that would have been a tear up). anyone know why?
Outstanding performance, but ..... The yanks always get carried away with any fighter who racks up a 25 and 0 record - never believe the hype with them, look at James Kirkland (although he's back on the scene now). They crave talent, and build it up for worse than we do. Calzaghe was an immense talent, but his reputation will be tarnished (in my eyes) by the fact he never went to America when he was in his prime. He should never have fought Roy Jones JR, complete waste of a fight and offered nothing, and should have been knocking down the door to go and fight him in America like Clinton Woods did at a time when his speed and reflexes were still in tact. More respect has to go to Hatton, Khan, Froch, etc who actually left their own back yard in search of greatness, whilst Calzaghe was happy to go through the motions in the UK having one competitive fight in every six (Woodhall, Mitchell, Kessler). And just for the record, I absolutely loved Joe Calzaghe.
