The Boxing History Blog

Nigel Benn After losing his world title to Chris Eubank, Nigel Benn returned to the ring at the beginning of April 1991. His opponent was Marvin Hagler's half-brother, Robbie Sims. Like his sibling, Sims was a southpaw who could box competently as an orthodox fighter. Sims was a decent amateur, outpointing Marlon Starling in the finals of the New England Golden Gloves in 1975 and 1979. He turned professional as a middleweight in May 1980 and suffered his first points loss to future light-heavyweight and cruiserweight champion Bobby Czyz in January 1982. His career looked like it would stall at the end of the year and beginning of 1983 as he suffered another loss to Clint Jackson and a draw with future IBF super-middleweight champion Murray Sutherland. Sims' third defeat came in the August as Mike Tinley outscored him, and it looked he wouldn't be anywhere near as good as his brother and reigning undisputed middleweight champion, Marvin Hagler. Sims finished the yea...

Nigel Benn Vs Steve Collins III As I read a few weeks ago browsing the BBC Sports App I saw that Nigel Benn and Steve Collins had agreed to a rubber match scheduled for October/November 2017. They last fought back in November 1996, the same night Evander Holyfield overcame all the odds and took the WBA heavyweight title from Mike Tyson in Las Vegas. Benn looked a sad figure as he retired on his stool after seven rounds, then announced his retirement in the ring, for the third fight in a row. It looked like the epic battles he had throughout his career had caught up with him and his time in world-class boxing had faded. Collins not only beat the Dark Destroyer twice he also held back-to-back wins over Chris Eubank. The Celtic Warrior hoped, like Benn did after his 1995 encounter with Gerald McClellan, that a fight with the great Roy Jones Jnr would be made. Two title defences later and the Jones fight still didn't materialise...