I am Nigel Benjamin Button Benn, it's not about age. “When he moved to Australia he started training at the PCYC gym, the Police Citizens Youth Club, to help the young kids in the area. I can't go in there thinking 'this could happen to me'.”One member of the crowd at Thursday's press conference was his fighting son Conor Benn, himself a 15-0 professional, who has described his dad's decision to return to the ring as 'madness'.“I don’t want to see my dad fight, it is horrible,” 22-year-old Conor said. The aggression remained but he relied less on one punch knockout power and became a more effective, and adaptable fighter.In February 1995, Benn defended his 168 lb title against WBC middleweight champion Benn was knocked through the ropes as McClellan dominated Round 1, but Benn hung on to survive the first round and fought his way back into the contest which developed into a brutal war.
“From the age of eight I was smoking, spliffing and doing everything else until I was 41. [McClellan] came out paralysed, blind, 80 per cent deaf and in a wheelchair."

Reuters. "Steve Collins has already said he would fight Nigel again if the money was right and if he beats Bika it could happen.”Mirror Fighting has launched a new weekly boxing show in association with Betfair in which we analyse the latest big fights, play matchmaker, and preview forthcoming bouts.Former super-middleweight world champion George Groves provides expert analysis.A head-trauma specialist with a brain scanner will be employed on the night.But Benn and his agent both say the British boxer is in the shape of his life.Benn said: “I’ve not stopped training since I retired.

Nigel Benn loses brother Mark to coronavirus ... (Covid 19), as we all were growing up Mark was the Joker of the Benn house hold, May he Rest In Peace love u Mark.” Benn… Benn was in control of the momentum of the fight around Rounds 4–6 as McClellan struggled to keep his gumshield in his mouth. The boxing legend is now a two-time world champion.The Filipino looked sensational to outpoint Keith Thurman, flooring the American and rolling back the years at 40 years old to confirm himself as the No 3 welterweight in the world at worst. “We will be clashing heads.“He will be training and doing his early morning runs with me, he will be training with my strength and conditioning coach Dan Lawrence and he will do some work with my trainer Tony Sims.“He has always trained like a lunatic, weights, cycling or squash but six or seven years ago he got right back into his boxing. The king. I think that's what everyone really wants, peace in their life.”The ranking of The Independent's 10 best male boxers on the planet. After his brutal war with McClellan, Benn had two more successful title defences, with wins against future WBC title-holder In 1996, Benn twice attempted to take the WBO super-middleweight title from On 24 September 2019, Benn announced that he would be returning to boxing at the age of 55, 23 years after his last fight, saying that he wanted "closure" after the unsatisfactory end to his boxing career in 1996. Benn (L) with old opponent Michael Watson ahead of Watson's 50th birthday party in April. World champion boxer Nigel 'Dark Destroyer' Benn swapped the leafy suburbs of Beckenham for sun-drenched Majorca a couple of years ago.

No.”The British Boxing Board of Control have refused to sanction this bout meaning that Benn's comeback will be fought under the auspices of the British and Irish Boxing Authority, Biba.

I'm looking forward to the peace I'll get after this fight. To this day McClellan suffers from bad short term memory problems, is almost completely blind, partially deaf, and uses a wheelchair, although he has regained some movement and some of his hearing since 1995, having been 80% deaf in 1995 and he can now walk with a cane.

A feared fighter gets carried away with all the drugs and sex that are suddenly on tap, and his life quickly falls apart.The estrangement from his first wife and four children led to a dark period in 1999. NIGEL BENN LIMITED - Free company information from Companies House including registered office address, filing history, accounts, annual return, officers, charges, business activity There is something sitting in me, bugging me that I have to get out. "It was one of the worst fights in British boxing history," he says. “I'm not going to ever go in the ring with that kind of attitude, I can't. Download our free app on the App Store or Google Play for the latest headlines and breaking news alerts.We love feedback: help us improve by rating the app and sharing your suggestions at Sign up now for the latest news from Australia and around the world direct to your inbox.Please select the editions you would like to sign up toFollow SBS News to join in the conversation and never miss the latest live updates.Watch SBS World News live daily at 6:30pm on TV and SBS acknowledges the traditional owners of country throughout Australia. In 1991, he beat While still a dangerous, and damaging puncher, Benn's move to the higher weight limit saw him refine his fight strategy and adopt a more considered approach. On February 25, 1995, British star Nigel Benn defended his WBC super middleweight title against the fearsome American puncher Gerald McClellan in London, England. It wasn't easy. Peter DeFreitas fears 55-year-old Benn could suffer a fatal injury because of his age in his first fight for more than 20 yearsNigel Benn is risking his life when he returns to the ring more than 20 years after quitting boxing, his former manager said.Benn, 55, takes on fellow former world title holder Sakio Bika, 40, in Birmingham on November 23.“I haven’t said a word about Nigel in 23 years but now he’s fighting again it’s time to talk," DeFreitas said to the Daily Star.

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