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Felix Sturm
Herol Graham
Reggie Johnson
Dmitry Pirog

he kills them all bar Johnson, who outpoints him

Counter-puncher wrote:he kills them all bar Johnson, who outpoints him

Graham beats Benn every time. Remember Benn being taken or by Watson, and then remember Herol against (common opponent with Watson) McCallum. Herol is a nightmare for Benn, though he makes it a hard fight for anyone.

He'd be 51-49 against them all...

The Graham fight is the pick of this thread and hugely intriguing.....Benn's spiteful remorseless punching, will to win and decent hand and ring speed against a proper slickster, with the more natural talent who competed against the best but lacked a dig and sometimes switched-off at crucial moments. It is a great, great clash of styles, characters and attributes.

I'd go for Benn marching Graham down...Herol was excellent, but Benn's intensity and the Sheffield man's relative lack of pop could be a deciding factor. Eubank, Collins and Watson all needed to hit Benn hard, cleanly and stand their ground on occasions to stop Nigel walking straight over and through them. You needed to pick your moment to fire back with something hurtful to beat Benn.

Beats Sturm, loses to Johnson, 50/50 vs Graham and Pirog never proved enough to say for sure and won't now.

On talent Pirog wins.

Benn never fought anyone who wasn't there to be hit like Graham. Watson was an excellent counterpuncher and tactician, but he didn't have the agility or upper body movement Herol could employ. Hardly anyone ever has.

Johnson W 12 Benn
Graham W 12 Benn
Benn TKO 8 Sturm
Pirog SD 12 Benn

Benn was wild and had terrible pace judgement generally at middle. He shouldn't beat any of those fighters.

polecateddy wrote:Benn was wild and had terrible pace judgement generally at middle. He shouldn't beat any of those fighters.

Yes, because someone who was once knocked out by Javier Fvcking Castillejo is so a level above, right?

Datsue wrote:

polecateddy wrote:Benn was wild and had terrible pace judgement generally at middle. He shouldn't beat any of those fighters.

Yes, because someone who was once knocked out by Javier Fvcking Castillejo is so a level above, right?

Sturm has had off nights, and is probably the weak link. On form he should outbox the still raw Benn. Nigel often lacked a game plan beyond seek and destroy back in those early days. I personally don't think it would wash.