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    Default nigel benn on roy jones

    seems very humble and generally a nice bloke, prehaps nicer than i gave him credit for

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xgcl9...eature=related

    if you fancy a watch

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    Good stuff.Was that after the Nardiello kissing beat down lol.From everything I remember and have seen (Stateside mind you),Benn was always yearning for a go and calling Jones out.And no not for the money,though it helped.....but much more to take the #1 spot from the one he considered the best.Roy was all about making the money then,and HBO said "ok".The politics/promotions got in the way.That fight was soooooo there to be made.Shame it never happened,I might be alone but I think Benn had more than chance.Love that dude,always wore it on his sleeve and had such vigor & spirit.

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    Default Re: nigel benn on roy jones

    I like Benn, but Jones would have destroyed him.

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    Default Re: nigel benn on roy jones

    i remember that interview, benn was awesome. that would of been a real fight & he & eubank had a good chance of a victory against RJJ in my book!

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    Default Re: nigel benn on roy jones

    benn would of been tailor made for RJJ if you ask me and would of walked on to far too many quick right hands for me to even consider him having a chance.

    But still great to here from nige who is to this day considered an all time great in britain, not surprised to here how humble he is about another fighter either. Even amongst the likes of chris eubank and don king nigel never went down the route of selling himself to be anything other than a london boy fighting his way up!!
    one dangerous horrible bloke

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    Default Re: nigel benn on roy jones

    Agree with Taeth. Benn was my favourite fighter, but Jones would've absolutely ruined him!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Taeth View Post
    I like Benn, but Jones would have destroyed him.
    Yes he would of. Richard Hall stlye

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    Quote Originally Posted by Violent Demise View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by Taeth View Post
    I like Benn, but Jones would have destroyed him.
    Yes he would of. Richard Hall stlye
    Richard Hall was a Nigel Benn clone complete with the "Destroyer" nickname and dread lock hair do.

    Benn was surly faster and more skilled than Hall. But Hall had every bit the heard of Benn, and I see Benn goin for broke and getting stopped earlier than Hall did. Hall just took an incredible beating for 11 rounds.

    Most dominant performance of Roy's career was the Hall fight.
    "You knocked him down...now how bout you try knockin me down ?"

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    Quote Originally Posted by Hulk View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by Violent Demise View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by Taeth View Post
    I like Benn, but Jones would have destroyed him.
    Yes he would of. Richard Hall stlye
    Richard Hall was a Nigel Benn clone complete with the "Destroyer" nickname and dread lock hair do.

    Benn was surly faster and more skilled than Hall. But Hall had every bit the heard of Benn, and I see Benn goin for broke and getting stopped earlier than Hall did. Hall just took an incredible beating for 11 rounds.

    Most dominant performance of Roy's career was the Hall fight.
    Not seeing the transition really...hairstyle and nickname aside,Up to then Halls biggest win was over punch prone Gary Ballard and he had been knocked out by former tough-guy contetant and zero defense Rocky Gannon as well.Benn was on a world class level and proven against extreme adversity,Hall may have taken a helluva beating but Benn brought much,much more in the way of an offensive threat to Jones.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Taeth View Post
    I like Benn, but Jones would have destroyed him.
    nah u dunn nooo
    benn mite of pulled offf won of his mad knockouts after bein down on points

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    As much as I would have LOVED to have seen RJJ take on: Benn/Eubank/Collins....he would have flattened every last one of them. Roy was quicker than everyone else, he was more powerful than everyone else, and he did everything better than anyone else IN HIS ERA of course. Did he not take very many risks? Sure he COULD have flown overseas but why risk it when you see what he got by playing it safe? Yes it gyps the fans out of fights but RJJ created an aura about his skills and ability and it's bigger than any of those guys you mentioned

    Now in hindsight I really wish Bernard Hopkins and James Toney fought Benn/Eubank/Collins. Those would be more even and I think the Toney-Benn styles really mesh well the same with Hopkins and Collins....although Bernard's style doesn't really mesh with anybody's.

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    Roy Jones would have beaten Benn, but if he landed that punch Jones would have been KOed like he was against Tarver.

    Roy would have had a better time against Eubanks who could not deal with counter punchers but his best chance was when he was still hungry when he beat Benn in the first fight.

    Roy Jones handily beat Toney and Hopkins and achieved more in boxing than Benn and Eubanks.
    Do not let success go to your head and do not let failure get to your heart.

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    Default Re: nigel benn on roy jones

    I think that at that time, if anyone was up for it and could walk through what jones had and take him out it was Benn. On the night Benn could take out clean, anyone at Middleweight. Would have been fantastic to watch Benn huntin down Jones and Jones pickin the shots on the move..... Anyones fight really. I thought Mclellan had enough to beat Jones, and Benn walked through everythin Mclellan had, and he had alot man.....

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    Quote Originally Posted by themacmagician View Post
    I think that at that time, if anyone was up for it and could walk through what jones had and take him out it was Benn. On the night Benn could take out clean, anyone at Middleweight. Would have been fantastic to watch Benn huntin down Jones and Jones pickin the shots on the move..... Anyones fight really. I thought Mclellan had enough to beat Jones, and Benn walked through everythin Mclellan had, and he had alot man.....
    Benn deep not walk through what Mcclellan was throwing. He survived it

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    Default Re: nigel benn on roy jones

    Nigel Benn was AWESOME!!! enough said really

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