Nigel Benn & Steve Collins have agreed a fight. Both men are in their 50s. Absolutely ridiculous!
Agreed - but no more ridiculous (in fact I would say less) than the self-acclaimed best of all-time boxing a cage fighter.
Not just self-acclaimed. I don't think there's much question that's he's the best to have boxed this century.
I wouldn't disagree with that - almost certainly the best pound for pound in the last 17 years. The best of all-time takes in another 100 years and there most certainly isn't agreement that he has that title. At least one, maybe both Sugar Rays, are above him in my opinion.
Collins is 2 up, I say it's finished, unless Benn wins and there's a rematch.
Best of five?
At least Collins is honest and has come out and said that the only reason for him is financial.
Steve Collins was such a good fighter it's a shame that he couldn't be financially sound. Don't get me wrong I'm not kept up at night worrying about his financial situation but quite often the way with professional sportsmen especially fighters who put a lot on the line, people around them end up a lot better off than them
Despite it being announced I'm not convinced it will happen. Where is the money coming from to pay the purse?
You could sell the crap out of the advertising on it and it would easily pull in a sponsor , fights like this on sport bible would generate a lot of views ,
Depending where and when if it was on a fight card with a decent headline you'd sell tickets also to generate a real amount of cash
Despite it being announced I'm not convinced it will happen. Where is the money coming from to pay the purse?
You could sell the crap out of the advertising on it and it would easily pull in a sponsor , fights like this on sport bible would generate a lot of views ,
Depending where and when if it was on a fight card with a decent headline you'd sell tickets also to generate a real amount of cash
Exactly, add to that the ghoulish curiosity of fight fans and as part of a show like Haye v Bellew 2 (please let this fight happen) it would get enormous pay per view sales. A hell of a lot of people, me included have nothing but love for Nigel Benn and whilst I think this fight is more suited to a nondescript white collar show I would travel to watch it having never seen Benn fight in the flesh. In fact it was probably Nigel Benn who got me into boxing.
Loved Nigel Benn. And the dust ups Collins had with Benn and Eubank were the hardest fought I've seen... Lots of respect for Collins This would be like watching the Rolling Stones I reckon
I was reasonably impressed with junior's performance, although Abrahams is now a spent force. There's no question he has the moves but I'm not convinced he has the punching power at super-middleweight, some of those uppercuts should have troubled Abrahams more than they did (yes I know he's got a granite chin, but ...).
I would take George to beat Eubank fairly comfortably - I would also back Billy Jo to beat him again if they ever meet.
This may sound strange as nobody does really, but I don't think he likes getting hit! Most boxers will take a shot to land one whilst still maintaining their discipline - junior seems to get rattled when he's been hit and that is a recipe for disaster against someone with accurate and heavy hands (George).
The fight of the night was Robbie Davies Junior against Syrowatka. A real tear up and Davies lost in my opinion because he tried to be too macho - if he had stayed at distance he would have won on points comfortably. He looked to be in real trouble at the end of the fight but the reports from the hospital are I believe positive. A rematch would be worth paying to see.
JR does not carry the power his frame and PR videos suggest he should be causing opponents when he lands flush ,
He has the look and moves of a classy boxer but imo he will quit when the going gets tough last night he got hit 4 times in last nights fight and against a younger more mobile boxer he would have been tested more
Take nothing away from him the performance was very good , yet again he came through a good hard camp looking fantastic
has a real chance to dominate if he can somehow get the snap into his punches abs as I don't think there is a finer physical and fitter middleweight that starts fights so quick and intense
Groves and smith degale beat him currently relatively easily
Glad Robbie has tweeted his all clear
Performance of the night for me was Selby to fight at that level only 4 days after the death of his mum against a man who stole his big night from him only months ago simply amazing
Really pleased Martin J Ward won the belt out right very hard working and genuine kid
cruz vs frampton 3 was worth a lot of money to a lot of people once Carl couldn't be mandatory due to missing the weight it's no surprise that the fight didn't go ahead
Few rumours Carl came in over weight to avoid being made mandatory to Gary Russell Jnr. Would mean a third fight with Santa Cruz or even a fight with Selby would be much easier to make and for a lot more money too.
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Pair of stupid sods.
At least Collins is honest and has come out and said that the only reason for him is financial.
The fight was due to be vs Eubank three yrs ago but chris did his normal bullshit
According to benn he finished his career in a shadow with drug addiction and numerous personal issues
He said it's for closure the interview with big kugan is very enlightening and shows a lot of insite into his reasons for fighting
Where is the money coming from to pay the purse?
Depending where and when if it was on a fight card with a decent headline you'd sell tickets also to generate a real amount of cash
This would be like watching the Rolling Stones I reckon
I would take George to beat Eubank fairly comfortably - I would also back Billy Jo to beat him again if they ever meet.
This may sound strange as nobody does really, but I don't think he likes getting hit! Most boxers will take a shot to land one whilst still maintaining their discipline - junior seems to get rattled when he's been hit and that is a recipe for disaster against someone with accurate and heavy hands (George).
The fight of the night was Robbie Davies Junior against Syrowatka. A real tear up and Davies lost in my opinion because he tried to be too macho - if he had stayed at distance he would have won on points comfortably. He looked to be in real trouble at the end of the fight but the reports from the hospital are I believe positive. A rematch would be worth paying to see.
JR does not carry the power his frame and PR videos suggest he should be causing opponents when he lands flush ,
He has the look and moves of a classy boxer but imo he will quit when the going gets tough last night he got hit 4 times in last nights fight and against a younger more mobile boxer he would have been tested more
Take nothing away from him the performance was very good , yet again he came through a good hard camp looking fantastic
has a real chance to dominate if he can somehow get the snap into his punches abs as I don't think there is a finer physical and fitter middleweight that starts fights so quick and intense
Groves and smith degale beat him currently relatively easily
Glad Robbie has tweeted his all clear
Performance of the night for me was Selby to fight at that level only 4 days after the death of his mum against a man who stole his big night from him only months ago simply amazing
Really pleased Martin J Ward won the belt out right very hard working and genuine kid
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Would mean a third fight with Santa Cruz or even a fight with Selby would be much easier to make and for a lot more money too.
The Santa Cruz rubber is the right fight then think about Gary Russel junior