Why was Nigel Benn such a quitter against Collins?

[SimonH]

yeah, heard it was a close fight

It was anything but close; Malinga won at least seven of the ten rounds.

[Mark TKO]

Malinga was just one thing - awkward.Thats why he gave people problems. Was he also the first man to beat Robin Reid ??

[X]

Malinga would always pretend to be hurt and sucker the other guy in, where he would catch him with big shots on the way in.















......... so he was MALINGering

[SimonH]

Malinga was just one thing - awkward.Thats why he gave people problems. Was he also the first man to beat Robin Reid ??

Yeah, I believe he was.

[The_One77]

yeah, heard it was a close fight

It was anything but close; Malinga won at least seven of the ten rounds.

haha....too bad because nobody remembers that as long as the W is on Nigel's record

[WWatt]

Benn twisted his ankle in the first fight and could of quit but roared for the ref to let him carry on, then the ref stopped it about 20 seconds later. In the second fight, Peter DeFreitas told Nigel he had one more round to stop Collins or he'll pull him out.. and that's what happened.

[LBSCFC]

Malinga was just one thing - awkward.Thats why he gave people problems. Was he also the first man to beat Robin Reid ??

he beat reid in 97 for the wbc super middleweight title in an easily forgettable fight

[WWatt]

he did beat Malinga, 5 years prior

LOL, the ref was the only one who fought he had; that was the night the 'Anything EU can do' tour, crashed and burned.

Nigel lost that fight more so than Malinga winning it. Nigel only trained four weeks, didn't go to Tenerife for his camp either. He saw Malinga looking awful against Eubank, and told his people that Malinga would be a "three-round job".

He under-estimated Malinga massively, but FFS Nigel was just standing in front of him with no guard, no head movement - Malinga couldn't miss him with his rangey, fast, arrow-like jabs and right crosses. Benn had his tongue busted up bad after Malinga's delived some snappy right uppercuts with his back against the ropes in round five, and Benn just generally lacked snap in his work.

I have no problem with Benn getting the decision because he was forcing the fight, Malinga was just sitting back and was too relaxed. Benn often repsonded from a jab that would snap his head back with say, a light triple-jab of his own and keep coming. It was clear Benn was in poor shape, and clear that Malinga was better on that one night than people expected, but Benn forced the fight and it was very close.. could of gone either way.

Malinga wasn't very good, he looked rubbish against Eubank and Roy Jones. He looked rubbish on Benn's undercards too when he fought Trevor Ambrose and Nardiello, and lost almost every round to Woodhall.

[BrooklyniteQueen]

yeah, heard it was a close fight

It was anything but close; Malinga won at least seven of the ten rounds.

Didn't Roy Jones Jr knock out Malinga easily?

[WWatt]

yeah, heard it was a close fight

It was anything but close; Malinga won at least seven of the ten rounds.

Didn't Roy Jones Jr knock out Malinga easily?

Yeah, even John Jarvis beat Malinga (that guy who looked awful against Eubank). A very disinterested Eubank won every second of every round against Malinga, and had Malinga down and out almost with that ridiculous loopy overhand right in round five. And that was Eubank at his worst. Trevor Ambrose was robbed against Malinga, Vincenzo Nardiello beat Malinga.

Apart from the first Benn fight, I never even saw Malinga look remotely world-class! It was a one-off bad night for Benn, and a one-off good night for Malinga. And even so, I gave Benn four rounds clearly with another four as potential 10/10's.

[The_One77]

so if malinga looked so bad against Eubank, why was it a split decision?

[WWatt]

so if malinga looked so bad against Eubank, why was it a split decision?

The judges got it wrong

Some of the judging at Eubank's fights was very, very strange. I remember Barry McGuigan had Eubank winning 8 rounds against Ray Close in Glasgow with round eleven as 10/8 Eubank, I had the same as did Jim Watt on ITV. It was a draw.

Dan Schommer clearly beat Eubank in South Africa, but Eubank got the decision.

Eubank clearly won every round against Wharton, but one judge had it 114/113!

Steve Collins clearly won every round against Eubank in their rematch, but the judges only had it really F****** close??

On Jim Watt's scorecard he had Eubank winning 8 rounds against Malinga with the other four 10/10, and round five 10/8 Eubank. I had Eubank winning all of them, against Malinga. Malinga looked crap.

[The_One77]

so if malinga looked so bad against Eubank, why was it a split decision?

The judges got it wrong

Some of the judging at Eubank's fights was very, very strange. I remember Barry McGuigan had Eubank winning 8 rounds against Ray Close in Glasgow with round eleven as 10/8 Eubank, I had the same as did Jim Watt on ITV. It was a draw.

Dan Schommer clearly beat Eubank in South Africa, but Eubank got the decision.

Eubank clearly won every round against Wharton, but one judge had it 114/113!

Steve Collins clearly won every round against Eubank in their rematch, but the judges only had it really F****** close??

On Jim Watt's scorecard he had Eubank winning 8 rounds against Malinga with the other four 10/10, and round five 10/8 Eubank. I had Eubank winning all of them, against Malinga. Malinga looked crap.

hehe when Eubank fought Dan Schommer, he considered himself fortunate because he though he lost

[VerbotenerKonig]

dont call him a quitter, mate, he is ex military


none of us guys quit, ever. its sort of a rule

[Rahman]

Collins beat Benn and Eubank . . . End Of History ! ! !