Boxing question (Middleweight)
DonDaddyD
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Why did Nigel Benn, Chris Eubank, Roy Jones Jr and Bernard Hopkins never fight each other?
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I think Roy Jones was fighting at middleweight at the time whilst Benn and Eubank were super middleweights0
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Maybe they were wary of each other's skills? Like Riddick Bowe never faced off against Lennox Lewis.0
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If it wasn't due to the weight differences, as mentioned above (possibly different weight divisions), then as with most things in boxing, it would have been about money\politics.Little boy to Obama: "My Dad says that you read all our emails"
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JonGinge wrote:The Benn vs Eubank bouts were incredible
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DonDaddyD wrote:JonGinge wrote:The Benn vs Eubank bouts were incredible
Why haven't Benn or Eubank fight Jones Jr or Hopkins?
Benn vs. Jones was sort-of ducked on both sides at different times: Jones first, as it would have meant a step-up to Super-Middleweight, so he chose to fight Hopkins, then by Benn, who was asking for an astronomical purse.0 -
Hopkins wasn't really a big deal at the time Benn and Eubank were at their peak - it was Roy Jones and James Toney. To be honest, I think Eubank was happy fighting domestic challengers, Benn wanted a big purse and also after McClennan was both battle scarred and avoided.0
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*cough* Steve Collins *cough*“New York has the haircuts, London has the trousers, but Belfast has the reason!0
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Partly timing, partly divisions, partly different belts/promoters partly Bernard Hopkins biggest rival was Winky Wright.0
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Culminates in him fighting Roy Jones jr.0 -
RJJ wanted nothing to do with Benn at that point in his career - high risk, low reward. Eubank, as basically a LHW when he stepped into the ring, even more so. Neither really would have been box office in America. I think RJJ was one of the most talented boxers to ever lace up gloves; however it's a shame that he never fought the best this side of the Atlantic. BHop wasn't really in the picture at that time.
@THW - Collins, good as he was, caught both Benn and Eubank at the right time!Road bike FCN 6
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Calzaghe - Jones,both in their prime-what a fight that would have been0
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I think Jones would have been too much for Joe.
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who knows? both great talents.it's a shame many fighters fought each other at different stages in their careers.tyson-lewis being another one.both towards the end of their careers,but one in his prime and the other a shadow of what he once was0