did america really value Nigel Benn and Chris Eubank

[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.

[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.