Benn versus Froch

[Onetimeonly]

I think benn hit harder.

[Roco]

I think benn hit harder.

So do I. Benn's power was dynamite at middle and although it didn't have the same snap and effect at super middle I still think his power is greater than Frochs. Collins confirmed Benn's punching power at super middle.

[Bodyshot3]

So do I. Benn's power was dynamite at middle and although it didn't have the same snap and effect at super middle I still think his power is greater than Frochs. Collins confirmed Benn's punching power at super middle.

Benn could properly level blokes.......it is what made him so exciting and watchable.
His KO 'showreel' must still look awesome and in his early days he was lifting guys clean off their feet.

But the big but...and I say this as a Benn fan.....was that Nigel often put himself in harm's way trying to flatten good fighters or simply forcing the action too much and sometimes got badly tagged himself.

Mike Watson exposed this first - down at middleweight - and Mike was a shot-picker rather a hard, single punch hitter. Eubank did the same in that epic Birmingham fight; that fight was mainly won with good, accurate counterpunching.

Froch can actually be afford to give a little on overall punching power to Benn....but still win this fight. And the fact that Froch shots had plenty of bite and he could step-in and finish, make him very dangerous indeed.

But if you want to play devil's advocate - which I always do with this great mythical fight - when Benn got the balance right, he was bang on the money.

He blitzed DeWitt, Barkley, Galvano on the road and dealt with Dan Sherry way better than Eubank and (tragically) took apart McClellan in a way that was thought impossible with Gerald being the man of the moment.

A red hot Benn - not swinging too much, getting overly tired and getting badly clipped and manging to land very early and hard - has a huge stake in this fight. Watching Benn was fascinating like that - explode or implode.

[Evander]

Probably one of the hardest I've seen to date, there's a good case for both of them.
Froch has a bit more in the skill department, but every time I think back to Benn McClellan throws everything off for me, that was a mad fight, one which Benn somehow managed to navigate himself through a minefield.
Carl gave everyone a tough fight, even though Jermain Taylor, Andre Dirrell and Mikkel Kessler caused him problems he was more than capable of holding his own and some, Froch was world class and one of the best stylists to come out of England in a long time.
Nigel was a warrior who didn't spend most of his time on the back foot in retreat, he was a legitimate power puncher who could crack with the best of them and was involved in a number of wars.
Ask me this time next year and I'll probably give you a different answer that's how close it is, but for know I'd lean toward Benn.

[Bodyshot3]

Probably one of the hardest I've seen to date, there's a good case for both of them.
Froch has a bit more in the skill department, but every time I think back to Benn McClellan throws everything off for me, that was a mad fight, one which Benn somehow managed to navigate himself through a minefield.
Carl gave everyone a tough fight, even though Jermain Taylor, Andre Dirrell and Mikkel Kessler caused him problems he was more than capable of holding his own and some, Froch was world class and one of the best stylists to come out of England in a long time.
Nigel was a warrior who didn't spend most of his time on the back foot in retreat, he was a legitimate power puncher who could crack with the best of them and was involved in a number of wars.
Ask me this time next year and I'll probably give you a different answer that's how close it is, but for know I'd lean toward Benn.

Good post

Benn could do the utterly exceptional once in a while and that can never, ever be discounted in a fight like this.
But he could also make huge mistakes and get himself badly busted-up; which Froch would be well able to do.

I like the idea of Nigel absolutely taking it to Carl myself - fast and positive from the start, winging in some proper shots - taking Froch out of his comfort-zone and testing him from the outset.

Froch was a big geezer at SMW - bloody strong too - but Benn on the rampage and landing early, heavy shots is a stiff test and would have been an epic watch. I still think this is a hugely fun fight.