Nigel Benn vs Roy Jones!

[yvonne]

Cheers mate,i've wondered for years and years,i've read Nigel Benn's book,which is a great read and he mentions he wanted to fight Jones.I would of loved to see it happen.It would of been a great fight.Benn will always be my boxing idol,i was just soo hooked on watching him as a kid.He was everything that makes a really game fighter!!He was the true"Peoples Champ"in his prime.He'll always will be in my top list of fighters just for that alone.

[eagle]

Cheers mate,i've wondered for years and years,i've read Nigel Benn's book,which is a great read and he mentions he wanted to fight Jones.I would of loved to see it happen.It would of been a great fight.Benn will always be my boxing idol,i was just soo hooked on watching him as a kid.He was everything that makes a really game fighter!!He was the true"Peoples Champ"in his prime.He'll always will be in my top list of fighters just for that alone.

I honestly believe prime RJJ would have hurt Benn pretty badly, but then again Benn had as good a chance as most.

[C.J.Rock]

Jones avoided Nigel because he knew Nige had an excellent chance of beating him. Jones did same thing with all the legit contenders

[eagle]

Jones avoided Nigel because he knew Nige had an excellent chance of beating him. Jones did same thing with all the legit contenders

Toney 44-0-2
Hopkins 22-1-0
Tarver 21-1-0
Woods 32-1-0
Griffin 26-0-0
Harding 19-0-1
Johnson 39-5-1
Hill 43-2-0
Mcallum 49-3-1
werent legit contenders?

Nigel Benn had a punchers chance but 98 times out of a 100 Jones would have won prime for prime.

[skel1983]

Jones would of smoked him in 7 rounds.

[eagle]

Jones would of smoked him in 7 rounds.

Shit something we kinda agree on today.

[BIG H]

Jones would of smoked him in 7 rounds.

If not earlier

[Shamrock]

Nigel is one of my all time British favourites. If I go with my head I'd say Jones wins the fight by stoppage after 6 rounds.

In my heart though.... I keep thinking about the hammering he was taking from McClellan and still managed to come back. You can't teach that kind of heart. I'd love to think Jones had him hurt and followed in showboating with his hands down just as Nige fired a bone rattling right hook which put him to sleep.

I constantly go with my heart though and get it all wrong so Jones stoppage round 7

Benn V Toney would have been a war....

[Hulk]

Jones avoided Nigel because he knew Nige had an excellent chance of beating him. Jones did same thing with all the legit contenders

Toney 44-0-2
Hopkins 22-1-0
Tarver 21-1-0
Woods 32-1-0
Griffin 26-0-0
Harding 19-0-1
Johnson 39-5-1
Hill 43-2-0
Mcallum 49-3-1
werent legit contenders?

Nigel Benn had a punchers chance but 98 times out of a 100 Jones would have won prime for prime.

Lets not forget about Thomas Tate and Merqui Sosa who were both taken out in 2 rounds. And Benn's buddy Sugar Boy Malinga didn't fare much better.

I like Benn a lot. I have his career set. But he was made to order for Jones or Toney's great counter punching. Great heart and power though. Hell of an exciting fighter.

[erics44]

I think Jones would have beaten benn

having said that benn is one of my favourite fighters of all time, was a part of a fantastic british scene at the time

[Taeth]

Jones avoided Nigel because he knew Nige had an excellent chance of beating him. Jones did same thing with all the legit contenders

...wtf?

[rjj tszyu]

Jones avoided Nigel because he knew Nige had an excellent chance of beating him. Jones did same thing with all the legit contenders

...wtf?

Don't you just love it when people make themselves look a tit by talking shit lol. Fair enough Jones didn't fight the greatest names in history (although he has 3 ATG's on his resume) but he fought the best he could most of the time and the biggest problem for him was that the LHW division (when he was in his prime) were all a country mile behind.