did america really value Nigel Benn and Chris Eubank

[ICB]

Americans are stupid?

So stupid we kicked your asses in the Revolutionary war and protected your sorry asses in WW2 from being ass fucked by the Germans

Revolutionary War was actually more/less a draw so i heard, and you guys only entered WW2 because you got bombed, not because you was saving are asses. And no one country saved anyone's asses, pretty silly logic there Daxx. Im being sarcastic by the way and isn't Oumafan American anyway ?

I am not in anyway serious with what I said just stirring the pot mate...(why I say that word is beyone me I am from NY but from posting here it has become a habit)....Don't know where Ouma is from TBH....Don't care.........


BTW Cotton Hill would argue all of your points when it came to war....Actually he is the one I got the comments from..

Me too Daxx plus i haven't got a clue about history, i left school at 16. And the last time i probably took history serious was probably when i was 14, so you don't need to pull out any quotes or ETC, because its a safe bet im wrong

[BlackRazor]

Apart from the odd journey stateside from nigel and a trip or 2 into europe from eubank they exclusively only ever fought in the UK and thus lost out on a huge following stateside.

But growing up i was exclusively brought up around these 2 fighters (along with bruno) believing they were the best of the best as its all we really ever had in britain up until the introduction of cable TV

Did america ever really give the due dillegence to these 2 guys and what they acheived inside the ring

Honestly, I wish these guys would have come along now. I saw Benn a couple times on TV but never had the chance to see Eubank. I recall having to wait 2-3 months for the boxing mags to report on the outcome of their fight - those were the old days! I recall being surprised to see Chris had KO'd Benn.

[DaxxKahn]

Revolutionary War was actually more/less a draw so i heard, and you guys only entered WW2 because you got bombed, not because you was saving are asses. And no one country saved anyone's asses, pretty silly logic there Daxx. Im being sarcastic by the way and isn't Oumafan American anyway ?

I am not in anyway serious with what I said just stirring the pot mate...(why I say that word is beyone me I am from NY but from posting here it has become a habit)....Don't know where Ouma is from TBH....Don't care.........


BTW Cotton Hill would argue all of your points when it came to war....Actually he is the one I got the comments from..

Me too Daxx plus i haven't got a clue about history, i left school at 16. And the last time i probably took history serious was probably when i was 14, so you don't need to pull out any quotes or ETC, because its a safe bet im wrong

Cotton Hill is a TV cartoon from the show King of the Hill..
http://origin.fox.com/kingofthehill/bios/cotton.htm

He is an ex war vet who had his shins shot off in WW2

they were actually comparing him and another charechter Peggy to John McCain and Sara Palin

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9dq159XFYk

[BIG H]

Benn is one of my all time favourite fighters, but I always felt both Benn & Eubank would lose to Nunn, Toney, Jones Jnr, & McCallum - but then Benn went and beat McClellan - go figure

[Fenster]

haha, I'm American.

I don't know why, I just didn't assume anyone would take that seriously.

Clearly Ouma, you're the most Un-American American on the site.

I think you should invest in taking American lessons.

I'll speak to Lyle, Daxx and Rozzysean for ya

[ICB]

Benn is one of my all time favourite fighters, but I always felt both Benn & Eubank would lose to Nunn, Toney, Jones Jnr, & McCallum - but then Benn went and beat McClellan - go figure

Michael Nunn just before the Sumbu Kalambay fight, would of flattened our boys no problem. A non lazy James Toney would as would Mike McCallum, prime RJJ. Your pretty much right there.

[Althugz]

Benn is one of my all time favourite fighters, but I always felt both Benn & Eubank would lose to Nunn, Toney, Jones Jnr, & McCallum - but then Benn went and beat McClellan - go figure

I still think McClellan would have done Ben in the first had it not been in my back yard, the East End.

Benn staged one of the most amazing comebacks I've seen but the French ref really helped him out of that first round. Allowed him to contantly duck below the waistline, wouldn't let McClellan at Benn to finish him off etc.

I too was also bought up on Benn and Eubank...didn't know any other fighters existed Kinda reminds me of most of us Brits now lol

[WelshDevilRob]

Nigel Benn had that crossover appeal while Eubank was always abit of an enigma - more known by name rather like Darius M.

Benn gained respect for his style of fighting and because he fought in the States. I always remember him having pretty good coverage and a reputation from the US boxing magazines.

[Spicoli]

Benn is timeless and priceless....in my all time top 3 favs ever.Put it this way,Ive had a 15 yr old cat from the time he was a kitten...Name is Nigel .....

Eubanks?? F!!!! em

[Hulk]

I'm 21 now and began watching boxing when I was around 12 or 13. Before coming on this forum 3 years ago, I had never even heard of Nigel Benn or Chris Eubank.

But since hearing about them and seeing the Benn vs. Barkley fight, and some more of him on youtube, I decided to order his career set last week, and I've watched most of his fights on there and I love the guy.

Nigel Benn was an animal with one punch KO power in either hand and a warrior's heart.

Also his fight with Eubank proved that Chris could take a hell of a shot and box very well.

Crazy that Joe Calzaghe dropped Eubank within the first 10 seconds like that.

[porkypara]

Apart from the odd journey stateside from nigel and a trip or 2 into europe from eubank they exclusively only ever fought in the UK and thus lost out on a huge following stateside.

But growing up i was exclusively brought up around these 2 fighters (along with bruno) believing they were the best of the best as its all we really ever had in britain up until the introduction of cable TV

Did america ever really give the due dillegence to these 2 guys and what they acheived inside the ring

IMO most American fans did not rate Benn or Ebank coz they think a fighter has to fight on US soil to prove there worth.

But Nigel Benn did prove his worth on USA soil, beating dangerous guys like Iran Barkey, Doug DeWitt, he also beat the top American fighter Gerald McClellan.

Yes Benn did fight on US soil but the fights were low key and off the rader of a lot of fans at the time.

I think the Benn-Barkley fight become more well know after it took place coz it was such a brawl.