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  • Nigel Benn & Steve Collins have agreed a fight. Both men are in their 50s. Absolutely ridiculous!
  • Nigel Benn & Steve Collins have agreed a fight. Both men are in their 50s. Absolutely ridiculous!

    Agreed - but no more ridiculous (in fact I would say less) than the self-acclaimed best of all-time boxing a cage fighter.
  • bobmunro said:

    Nigel Benn & Steve Collins have agreed a fight. Both men are in their 50s. Absolutely ridiculous!

    Agreed - but no more ridiculous (in fact I would say less) than the self-acclaimed best of all-time boxing a cage fighter.
    Would prefer to see that than mayweather mccgregor. Winner to fight Eubank snr??
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    Nigel Benn & Steve Collins have agreed a fight. Both men are in their 50s. Absolutely ridiculous!

    Jesus, why?
    Pair of stupid sods.
  • No doubt they'll get licences from the Luxembourg Boxing Board.
  • Greenie said:

    Nigel Benn & Steve Collins have agreed a fight. Both men are in their 50s. Absolutely ridiculous!

    Jesus, why?
    Pair of stupid sods.
    A mix of ego and money I would suggest - mainly the latter.
  • The usual 'unfinished business' bollocks?
  • bobmunro said:

    Nigel Benn & Steve Collins have agreed a fight. Both men are in their 50s. Absolutely ridiculous!

    Agreed - but no more ridiculous (in fact I would say less) than the self-acclaimed best of all-time boxing a cage fighter.
    Not just self-acclaimed. I don't think there's much question that's he's the best to have boxed this century.
  • bobmunro said:

    Nigel Benn & Steve Collins have agreed a fight. Both men are in their 50s. Absolutely ridiculous!

    Agreed - but no more ridiculous (in fact I would say less) than the self-acclaimed best of all-time boxing a cage fighter.
    Not just self-acclaimed. I don't think there's much question that's he's the best to have boxed this century.
    I wouldn't disagree with that - almost certainly the best pound for pound in the last 17 years. The best of all-time takes in another 100 years and there most certainly isn't agreement that he has that title. At least one, maybe both Sugar Rays, are above him in my opinion.
  • iaitch said:

    The usual 'unfinished business' bollocks?

    Collins is 2 up, I say it's finished, unless Benn wins and there's a rematch.
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  • iaitch said:

    The usual 'unfinished business' bollocks?

    Collins is 2 up, I say it's finished, unless Benn wins and there's a rematch.
    Best of five?

    At least Collins is honest and has come out and said that the only reason for him is financial.
  • bobmunro said:

    iaitch said:

    The usual 'unfinished business' bollocks?

    Collins is 2 up, I say it's finished, unless Benn wins and there's a rematch.
    Best of five?

    At least Collins is honest and has come out and said that the only reason for him is financial.
    Steve Collins was such a good fighter it's a shame that he couldn't be financially sound. Don't get me wrong I'm not kept up at night worrying about his financial situation but quite often the way with professional sportsmen especially fighters who put a lot on the line, people around them end up a lot better off than them
  • Nigel and steve are in superb shape and have been sparring in the gyms for ages

    The fight was due to be vs Eubank three yrs ago but chris did his normal bullshit

    According to benn he finished his career in a shadow with drug addiction and numerous personal issues

    He said it's for closure the interview with big kugan is very enlightening and shows a lot of insite into his reasons for fighting
  • but he says he is getting 1.5 mil for the fight I think that's more reason to fight than closure he also said the Eubank fight was worth double that
  • Despite it being announced I'm not convinced it will happen.
    Where is the money coming from to pay the purse?
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    WBO, WBC, IBF, WBA....OAP?
  • Despite it being announced I'm not convinced it will happen.
    Where is the money coming from to pay the purse?

    You could sell the crap out of the advertising on it and it would easily pull in a sponsor , fights like this on sport bible would generate a lot of views ,

    Depending where and when if it was on a fight card with a decent headline you'd sell tickets also to generate a real amount of cash
  • Despite it being announced I'm not convinced it will happen.
    Where is the money coming from to pay the purse?

    You could sell the crap out of the advertising on it and it would easily pull in a sponsor , fights like this on sport bible would generate a lot of views ,

    Depending where and when if it was on a fight card with a decent headline you'd sell tickets also to generate a real amount of cash
    Exactly, add to that the ghoulish curiosity of fight fans and as part of a show like Haye v Bellew 2 (please let this fight happen) it would get enormous pay per view sales. A hell of a lot of people, me included have nothing but love for Nigel Benn and whilst I think this fight is more suited to a nondescript white collar show I would travel to watch it having never seen Benn fight in the flesh. In fact it was probably Nigel Benn who got me into boxing.
  • Loved Nigel Benn. And the dust ups Collins had with Benn and Eubank were the hardest fought I've seen... Lots of respect for Collins
    This would be like watching the Rolling Stones I reckon
  • Thoughts on Eubank Jnr v Abraham last night?
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  • Thoughts on Eubank Jnr v Abraham last night?

    I was reasonably impressed with junior's performance, although Abrahams is now a spent force. There's no question he has the moves but I'm not convinced he has the punching power at super-middleweight, some of those uppercuts should have troubled Abrahams more than they did (yes I know he's got a granite chin, but ...).

    I would take George to beat Eubank fairly comfortably - I would also back Billy Jo to beat him again if they ever meet.

    This may sound strange as nobody does really, but I don't think he likes getting hit! Most boxers will take a shot to land one whilst still maintaining their discipline - junior seems to get rattled when he's been hit and that is a recipe for disaster against someone with accurate and heavy hands (George).

    The fight of the night was Robbie Davies Junior against Syrowatka. A real tear up and Davies lost in my opinion because he tried to be too macho - if he had stayed at distance he would have won on points comfortably. He looked to be in real trouble at the end of the fight but the reports from the hospital are I believe positive. A rematch would be worth paying to see.
  • Bobmonro bang on the money with the post above

    JR does not carry the power his frame and PR videos suggest he should be causing opponents when he lands flush ,

    He has the look and moves of a classy boxer but imo he will quit when the going gets tough last night he got hit 4 times in last nights fight and against a younger more mobile boxer he would have been tested more

    Take nothing away from him the performance was very good , yet again he came through a good hard camp looking fantastic

    has a real chance to dominate if he can somehow get the snap into his punches abs as I don't think there is a finer physical and fitter middleweight that starts fights so quick and intense

    Groves and smith degale beat him currently relatively easily

    Glad Robbie has tweeted his all clear

    Performance of the night for me was Selby to fight at that level only 4 days after the death of his mum against a man who stole his big night from him only months ago simply amazing


    Really pleased Martin J Ward won the belt out right very hard working and genuine kid

  • cruz vs frampton 3 was worth a lot of money to a lot of people once Carl couldn't be mandatory due to missing the weight it's no surprise that the fight didn't go ahead

    #justsaying
  • Just Broner Garcia to look forward to in the early hours then
  • Few rumours Carl came in over weight to avoid being made mandatory to Gary Russell Jnr.
    Would mean a third fight with Santa Cruz or even a fight with Selby would be much easier to make and for a lot more money too.
  • Gary Russell would smash Frampton.
  • Gary Russell would smash Frampton.

    That's not a bad call you know. If I was Carl Frampton I'd not be in a rush to get in the ring with Gary Russel junior

    The Santa Cruz rubber is the right fight then think about Gary Russel junior
  • Garcia took Broner to school there tonight.
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