Boxing question (Middleweight)

DonDaddyD
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edited May 2011 in Commuting chat
Why did Nigel Benn, Chris Eubank, Roy Jones Jr and Bernard Hopkins never fight each other?
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  • jonginge
    jonginge Posts: 5,945
    What? 4 in a ring?
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  • jonginge
    jonginge Posts: 5,945
    The Benn vs Eubank bouts were incredible
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  • dugliss
    dugliss Posts: 235
    I think Roy Jones was fighting at middleweight at the time whilst Benn and Eubank were super middleweights
  • artaxerxes
    artaxerxes Posts: 612
    Maybe they were wary of each other's skills? Like Riddick Bowe never faced off against Lennox Lewis.
  • FoldingJoe
    FoldingJoe Posts: 1,327
    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.
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  • DonDaddyD
    DonDaddyD Posts: 12,689
    JonGinge wrote:
    The Benn vs Eubank bouts were incredible
    Sorry, I meant:

    Why haven't Benn or Eubank fight Jones Jr or Hopkins?
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  • UndercoverElephant
    UndercoverElephant Posts: 5,796
    DonDaddyD wrote:
    JonGinge wrote:
    The Benn vs Eubank bouts were incredible
    Sorry, I meant:

    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.
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  • bigmat
    bigmat Posts: 5,134
    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.
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  • tailwindhome
    tailwindhome Posts: 19,354
    *cough* Steve Collins *cough*
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  • flicksta
    flicksta Posts: 157
    Partly timing, partly divisions, partly different belts/promoters partly Bernard Hopkins biggest rival was Winky Wright.
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  • flicksta
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    BTW - this is one of the bravest sporting stories ever

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    He's a Daily Mail journo. He takes a year off work to play sport against the best i.e Springboks, Redgrave, Kenyan runners, Jansher Khan, Aussie ODI team.

    Culminates in him fighting Roy Jones jr.
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  • andyb78
    andyb78 Posts: 156
    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!
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  • oscar-j
    oscar-j Posts: 269
    Calzaghe - Jones,both in their prime-what a fight that would have been
  • FoldingJoe
    FoldingJoe Posts: 1,327
    I think Jones would have been too much for Joe.
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  • oscar-j
    oscar-j Posts: 269
    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 was

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