Nigel Benn v G-MAN

[CutMeMick]

If it wasn't for the ref Benn wouldn't have made it out the first round. The ref was a joke. He was clearly helping Benn by giving him time to recover. Even the ShowTime crew was complaining. It was a disgrace.

Quite possible top 3 in the worst referee jobs I've ever seen in a ring.

[No Contest]

I never physically wanted to hurt a referee until I saw this fight. The rabbit punching was what did the damage. Benn should be ashamed of that shit, he was dirty as fuck that night. I liked Benn before that fight, but not after.

[Spicoli]

I never physically wanted to hurt a referee until I saw this fight. The rabbit punching was what did the damage. Benn should be ashamed of that shit, he was dirty as fuck that night. I liked Benn before that fight, but not after.

Come on??Yes there was some Iffy clips by both guys & The ref had his head up his backside,pushing both guys and Inserting Himself but there was plenty of accumulative Damage Inflicted outside of "Dirty" tactics by both .This one is a hard one to talk on and the cruel Irony is that both guys were Indeed trying to Hurt one another badly but by no means to the extent that followed Nor Illegally.

[DaxxKahn]

Sounds Geyish.........Dont really give a fark. I love Nigel Benn.For as flawed as He was as a Boxer His intensity and desire in the ring was One of the key factors that Imbebed me as a dedicated Fan.Fought like I use to live life...Face first.From the first day I saw him live in the Dewitt Squabble followed by the Barkley scrap...(which had many a friend bashing him for "Cheating" and Me the only one in a roomfull of Drunken Americans rooting for him).

Nigel kind of got a bad rap after all this happened...I always found him to be a decent guy from what I have ever seen of him in interviews etc...He was a dangerous fighter that could end anything at anytime with 1 shot....It was his chin that was his biggest downfall...He was not really and overly skilled technical fighter by any means and IMO he relied on that power a bit too much like many guys with big power...Benn though was so strong it often left guys with greater boxing ability on the defensive so much and in fear of countering due to being caught by one of his swaring hooks they were taken out of their game all together...

I was a fan

here is a decent little video of his career I found on youtube
http://youtube.com/watch?v=YeD9Z8lDpZw

Nigel prided himself on being a bad guy.

He had a verrry questionable youth, he was saved by the military and rumours abound to this day, of his shady connections

Donny if I made a list of fighters over the years that fit that profile it would take a week

[No Contest]

I can't condone dirty tactics in the ring, I'm all for trying to win, but once you start putting other peoples health at risk to win.... I just remember countless times inside Benn would throw about 2-3 rabbit shots, ref did nothing. McClellan would be getting the upper hand and the ref would get in the way for some fucking reason. He broke them up alot in the first round when McClellan was trying to take him out..it was total bullshit. It was like the ref felt bad for Benn and was helping him. I get worked up every time I think of this fight...I'm done with this shit...I can't say with certainty that Benn did anything on purpose, I blame the ref more for just letting him do whatever.

[Dark Lord Al]

Yes this was a stinker by the ref , but the worst performance i can think of by a ref is
Isaac Carrera , Thomas Hearns v Dennis Andries , he was a disgrace especially in the 6 th round , were i think he wanted Andries dead .

[Spicoli]

Yes this was a stinker by the ref , but the worst performance i can think of by a ref is
Isaac Carrera , Thomas Hearns v Dennis Andries , he was a disgrace especially in the 6 th round , were i think he wanted Andries dead .

Andries too tough for his own good.He was bounced like a yo-yo there.Hearns was pretty nice moving up and retained his Tools In that one

[donnydarkoIRL]

Nigel kind of got a bad rap after all this happened...I always found him to be a decent guy from what I have ever seen of him in interviews etc...He was a dangerous fighter that could end anything at anytime with 1 shot....It was his chin that was his biggest downfall...He was not really and overly skilled technical fighter by any means and IMO he relied on that power a bit too much like many guys with big power...Benn though was so strong it often left guys with greater boxing ability on the defensive so much and in fear of countering due to being caught by one of his swaring hooks they were taken out of their game all together...

I was a fan

here is a decent little video of his career I found on youtube
http://youtube.com/watch?v=YeD9Z8lDpZw

Nigel prided himself on being a bad guy.

He had a verrry questionable youth, he was saved by the military and rumours abound to this day, of his shady connections

Donny if I made a list of fighters over the years that fit that profile it would take a week

You see Daxx, the thing is, with Benn, he was the peoples champ and all that.

But he was nasty. Behind the scenes he was just as ferocious as he ewas in the ring.

I won't get into it, but there are stories and they all end similarly.
Because of his background, Nigel Benn will never go poor

[bambamdaddio]

Yes this was a stinker by the ref , but the worst performance i can think of by a ref is
Isaac Carrera , Thomas Hearns v Dennis Andries , he was a disgrace especially in the 6 th round , were i think he wanted Andries dead .

Dark Lord Al I should not laugh, but just couldn't help myself with your wording re Hearns vs Andries ...

Priceless is that bud .... yet equally it's true, what on Gods earth was the ref doing .... I really could not believe what I was seeing....

[JT Rock]

Yes the "long count" How many times?

A fighter knocked out of the ring has 20 seconds to get back in under the WBC rules.

That wasnt the problem it was the ref pushing Gerald off of Benn for no reason when he got back in the ring..... not to mention Mclellan had Benn slumped on the 2nd rope with his hands down taking punches.. Last time I checked a fight was stopped when someone couldnt intelligently defend themselves.... Benns head was floating like a bobble head. Not to mention Benn was using his head like a Ram and rabbit punching ...

Bullshit black eye on Boxing, Gman is blind and slow because of corruptness and a cocksuker piece of shit ref who ruined both men they were both never the same he should rot in hell like the bastard he is

[sonny78]

Yes this was a stinker by the ref , but the worst performance i can think of by a ref is
Isaac Carrera , Thomas Hearns v Dennis Andries , he was a disgrace especially in the 6 th round , were i think he wanted Andries dead .

Just watched that here

Definitely the worsted I have seen, where was the towel from the corner?

[DaxxKahn]

Yes this was a stinker by the ref , but the worst performance i can think of by a ref is
Isaac Carrera , Thomas Hearns v Dennis Andries , he was a disgrace especially in the 6 th round , were i think he wanted Andries dead .

Andries too tough for his own good.He was bounced like a yo-yo there.Hearns was pretty nice moving up and retained his Tools In that one

If Andries was not flying around so much and Tommy was able to land cleany the fight would have been over due to the fact Andries would not have gotten up...I give the man credit for his heart that night,,,one of those times where one is too brave for their own good IMO...Or maybe I should say his corner was too brave for his own good...The ref was just plain old crazy....

[Master]

What about Gatti in the 9th against Ward, he still came back in the 10th but even I surprised it was not stopped, but thankfully it was not.

[Fenster]

Yes the "long count" How many times?

A fighter knocked out of the ring has 20 seconds to get back in under the WBC rules.

That wasnt the problem it was the ref pushing Gerald off of Benn for no reason when he got back in the ring..... not to mention Mclellan had Benn slumped on the 2nd rope with his hands down taking punches.. Last time I checked a fight was stopped when someone couldnt intelligently defend themselves.... Benns head was floating like a bobble head. Not to mention Benn was using his head like a Ram and rabbit punching ...

Bullshit black eye on Boxing, Gman is blind and slow because of corruptness and a cocksuker piece of shit ref who ruined both men they were both never the same he should rot in hell like the bastard he is

Yeah the ref had a bad night. I was just confirming Big H's query about the extra-time allowed for a fighter knocked through the ropes.

Benn was stuck on the ropes, they prevented him from falling, the fact he got up to carry-on probably makes that one of the "good" decisions the ref made that night.. although understandably with hindsight MOST would much rather be blaming the ref for a premature stoppage

[Majesty]

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