Why did'nt Benn/Eubank ever chase RJJ fight?

[gudnite vienna]

Does anyone know if any of these fights were close to being made??

I once heard that Benn ducked RJJ!!

Any one know?

[ICB]

No it was other way around Jones didn't wana fight Benn after he see what happened to his friend Gerald and Eubank didn't want no part of Jones.

[gudnite vienna]

i know that RJ ducked Collins for a lomg time.

anyone give any of them a chance with RJJ?

[ICB]

i know that RJ ducked Collins for a lomg time.

anyone give any of them a chance with RJJ?

Nope not really only a punchers chance but thats about it.

[Tysonbruno]

Benn wanted Jones Jones did'nt want Benn but who would the guy hit heavy and if you could'nt stop him he just kept coming i loved Benn

[Tito BHB]

I believe that Eubank went on record stating that he wanted no part of Roy Jones after roy had moved on..

I assume that roy had moved on by the time collins was up there and in the mix.. That or it just didnt come off...

But if i was certain about any of the above its benn..

Roy was under alot of criticism for not taking the big enough fights..This even after beating james Toney aswell.. He kept saying nobody wanted the fights..

Hbo even took over and started negotiations on behalf of roy with several fighters that were big names..Some who had never even had million dollar purses who still turned down the fight!
Nigel Benn was one of the fighters at that time that turned hbo down for the fight..

Then later on Benn had a rematch with Thulani (Sugar boy) Malinga..Who had lost to both roy and nigel at the time..And had taken Eubank to the limit in a sd loss..

And as we all know what should have been a formallity for nigel to beat Sugar boy ended up in nigel loosing and not earning his shot at roy jones..

So .. I guess they did chase..But none came together..

[Nium]

Eubank thought it was too big a risk (it didn't take Einstein to see that Jones was good)

Benn was holding out for $25mill

[Nium]

anyone give any of them a chance with RJJ?

Benn at his best takes Jones - six rounds with Benn is too many rounds for Jones to escape

Eubank would have made Jones look silly for four or five rounds, but Jones would have out-hustled him


Jones and Collins would have been a gross mismatch

[Dark Lord Al]

RJJ WINS AGAINEST ANY OF THEM BUT I LOVED BENN

[Poom]

Eubank states in his book he was scared of Roy Jones

[Bomp]

What I heard about the proposed Benn Jones fight is that Jones didn't want it since he was a mate of geralds, and he didn't want the fight to be seen as some kind of revenge.
About Eubank, he has mentioned Jones in a few interviews, there was one here on saddo's a few months back, don't remember exactly what he said.

IMO Jones beats all three, but Eubank gives him a few problems.

[Tysonbruno]

Eubank mite have thought Jones would beat him but he would'nt be scared of him thats for sure

[BIG H]

RJJ would have won every round against Eubank and stopped Benn IMO

[JonesJrMayweather]

anyone give any of them a chance with RJJ?

Benn at his best takes Jones - six rounds with Benn is too many rounds for Jones to escape

Eubank would have made Jones look silly for four or five rounds, but Jones would have out-hustled him


Jones and Collins would have been a gross mismatch

after benn and mcclellan fought there's no way in hell benn would have a stood a chance against roy..not to mention before roy fought brannon there was a offer made to benn, eubank, collins and liles and all of them refused it...

Eubank make jones look silly? that's absurd..prime jones would have crushed all three of them and darius within 2 years had they come to the states...

i guess when you say look silly you mean the way eubank made thulani look silly with the 6 round stoppage...oh wait that way roy that did that...eubank barely won...

[donnydarkoIRL]

FACTS:
Eubank stated in his autobiography that jones jr. would have beaten him, although he said he would have put up a tremendous struggle.

Benn's trainer/friend Ambrose Mendy has been quoted many times saying that they were chasing a fight with jones for a pay day and that he did not think Benn had a hope in hell against jones.

Collins would have been little more than a glorofied heavy bag for jones. Not disrespecting the man: I'm Irish too so i look upto him, but Jones would have demolished.

Both Eubank and Benn were confronted by James Toney on live Television...Both expressed interest in fighting Toney, nothing materialised did it?