Paid Members Egg Shen Posted September 24, 2019 Author Paid Members Share Posted September 24, 2019 Porter needs to put his head down and make this ugly because if he tries to box with Spence he's gonna get killed. Yeh Dubois fight Friday, Royal Albert Hall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tamura Posted September 25, 2019 Share Posted September 25, 2019 So Nigel Benn is apparently making a boxing comeback aged 55. His opponent will be 40 year old Sakio Bika, so at least their combined age isn't over 100. This has 'disaster' written all over it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimufctna24 Posted September 25, 2019 Share Posted September 25, 2019 For anyone wondering how Benn has been sanctioned: Quote  The British Boxing Board of Control (BBBoc) is against the fight, which will be sanctioned by the rival British and Irish Boxing Authority (Biba). Benn - whose last fight was a defeat by Irishman Steve Collins 23 years ago - has passed all Biba's medical tests, while there will be a specialist in head trauma and a portable brain scanner available at ringside on fight night.  Apparently, Benn isn't skint either. He's making the comeback in the interest of "closure" according to his promoter. Regardless, it's almost certainly going to be car-crash TV. It'll probably be boxing's answer to Liddel vs Ortiz 3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Posted September 25, 2019 Share Posted September 25, 2019 Reeks of Rocky Balboa the movie where he needs to "get rid of the stuff in the basement" or some shit. Hopefully he comes through the fight unscathed and can finally put this part of his life to bed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimufctna24 Posted September 25, 2019 Share Posted September 25, 2019 I'm surprised Steve Collins hasn't taken advantage of Biba. The miserable sod has been banging on about coming back for years, on the provision that he can "pass the medical". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Egg Shen Posted September 26, 2019 Author Paid Members Share Posted September 26, 2019 He hasnt gone for the easiest fight here either has he? Bika was always known for being granite tough and dirty as fuck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimufctna24 Posted September 26, 2019 Share Posted September 26, 2019 (edited) Aye. Bika is a tough cookie from what I remember about him. Benn would have been better off asking Collins or Eubank Sr to fight him. At least they are in his age-bracket. Edit: Oh, so he did negotiate with both:  Edited September 26, 2019 by jimufctna24 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members wandshogun09 Posted September 26, 2019 Paid Members Share Posted September 26, 2019 Yeah, I haven’t watched the interview yet but the talks of Benn vs Eubank 3 have been going years, haven’t they? With Benn saying Eubank was basically giving him the runaround when they were trying to put it together. I’ve always thought Eubank was on the windup with all that. I vaguely recall rumblings of Benn vs Collins when the Eubank stuff fell through but obviously nothing came of it. He shouldn’t be in there and I’m fully expecting Bika to do a job on him. But with it being Benn, the fighter who originally made me a Boxing fan and the fight being in Birmingham at a venue about 20 minutes from my house, I’ve got to be there. I only found out fairly recently that my uncle was actually in attendance for Benn vs Eubank 1 at the NEC in Birmingham in 1990. Hate him for that. Even though I was only 5 years old at the time and didn’t even really know what Boxing was yet. It’ll be weird to see him fight again full stop, but the fact it’s going to be at the same arena where he fought Eubank even more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimufctna24 Posted September 26, 2019 Share Posted September 26, 2019 13 hours ago, wandshogun09 said: Yeah, I haven’t watched the interview yet but the talks of Benn vs Eubank 3 have been going years, haven’t they? With Benn saying Eubank was basically giving him the runaround when they were trying to put it together. I’ve always thought Eubank was on the windup with all that. I vaguely recall rumblings of Benn vs Collins when the Eubank stuff fell through but obviously nothing came of it. That's pretty much Benn's take on it. He claims Eubank messed around too much. He had a deal in place with Collins, but then Collins started asking for guaranteed money and they broke off negotiations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Posted September 26, 2019 Share Posted September 26, 2019 30 minutes ago, wandshogun09 said: Yeah, I haven’t watched the interview yet but the talks of Benn vs Eubank 3 have been going years, haven’t they? With Benn saying Eubank was basically giving him the runaround when they were trying to put it together. I’ve always thought Eubank was on the windup with all that. Eubank, for all his bluster and showmanship, isn't a mug. He's not stepping into a boxing ring at 53 years old. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members wandshogun09 Posted September 26, 2019 Paid Members Share Posted September 26, 2019 That’s what I’m saying. I don’t think Eubank had any real intention of fighting again. Nor should he. But he probably got a kick out of stringing his old mate Nige along like a good ‘un. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Carbomb Posted September 26, 2019 Paid Members Share Posted September 26, 2019 39 minutes ago, David said: Eubank, for all his bluster and showmanship, isn't a mug. He's not stepping into a boxing ring at 53 years old. That's right, he's not an egg  Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Porkchopcash Posted September 27, 2019 Share Posted September 27, 2019 17 hours ago, wandshogun09 said: Yeah, I haven’t watched the interview yet but the talks of Benn vs Eubank 3 have been going years, haven’t they? With Benn saying Eubank was basically giving him the runaround when they were trying to put it together. I’ve always thought Eubank was on the windup with all that. I vaguely recall rumblings of Benn vs Collins when the Eubank stuff fell through but obviously nothing came of it. He shouldn’t be in there and I’m fully expecting Bika to do a job on him. But with it being Benn, the fighter who originally made me a Boxing fan and the fight being in Birmingham at a venue about 20 minutes from my house, I’ve got to be there. I only found out fairly recently that my uncle was actually in attendance for Benn vs Eubank 1 at the NEC in Birmingham in 1990. Hate him for that. Even though I was only 5 years old at the time and didn’t even really know what Boxing was yet. It’ll be weird to see him fight again full stop, but the fact it’s going to be at the same arena where he fought Eubank even more. Wand, Incase you didnt know, tickets go on sale today at 3pm, think the cheapest start at £53. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members wandshogun09 Posted September 27, 2019 Paid Members Share Posted September 27, 2019 Cheers for that Pork, I didn’t know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Egg Shen Posted September 27, 2019 Author Paid Members Share Posted September 27, 2019 https://www.badlefthook.com/2019/9/25/20883215/tyson-fury-vs-otto-wallin-does-dismal-numbers-at-the-t-mobile-arena The gate didn't even cover Fury's purse, ouch.  Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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