Benn vs Piper... bravo at midnight

lirva33 · Post by **lirva33** » 31 Oct 2004, 15:52

Piper vs Benn on at 12am tonight. Should be good.

KOJOE90 · Post by **KOJOE90** » 31 Oct 2004, 16:26

I seem to remember Benn saying after that fight that Piper was one of the physically strongest fighters he had ever faced.

Smit · Post by **Smit** » 31 Oct 2004, 18:25

I missed Benn V Eubank I

Was on at 8pm :(

Managed to catch the last 3 rounds on Bravo+1

Hope they show it again

chrisa · Post by **chrisa** » 31 Oct 2004, 19:11

i also missed it at 8pm ,,, ill make sure i watch it at 12 thou,,,, been a while sine ive seen this one

stujones · Post by **stujones** » 31 Oct 2004, 19:17

Channel 5 showed Highlights a few weeks back, but Bravo have an hour segment and tend to fit in 10 rounds.

As a Welshman this is a hardbreaking fight although on second viewing (well the highlights from five) Benn seemed to be well on his way to winning a points decision, not how I orginally remembered it as.

Will look forward to watching it tonight.

lirva33 · Post by **lirva33** » 31 Oct 2004, 21:36

I watched a little bit of it. i was flicking back and forth to the UFC.

Good fight. If Piper had more power, he would have controlled the fight a bit more but Benn just killed him on the inside. Piper was doing the right things early on by leaning on Benn when he came close, but the damage took its toll in the end. I liked the way he nodded at the ref whe he stopped the fight (a little late). Piper looks so different nowadays!

I'd take Piper to beat Calzaghe.

glittermonkey · Post by **glittermonkey** » 01 Nov 2004, 07:00

I'd forgotten just how big Piper was. He was absolutely massive at super middle. He still fought the way i remember though, chin in the air, and very, very upright.

Really, looking back, he was tailor made for someone like Benn. Just too much body there for Benn to attack, and when the hands started coming down, there was only going to be one winner.

jamesmcdonnell · Post by **jamesmcdonnell** » 01 Nov 2004, 08:09

I remember Benn commenting on how huge Piper's head was in his autobiography, and how he couldn't wait to get his hands on it. Funny...

Piper looks like a middle aged Harry Potter these days.

nickd · Post by **nickd** » 01 Nov 2004, 08:27

I've always thought he looks like aled jones.