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Nigel Gregory Benn (born 22 January 1964) is a British former professional boxer who competed from 1987 to 1996. He held world championships in two weight classes , including the WBO middleweight title in 1990 and the WBC super-middleweight title from 1992 to 1996.
Sep 28, 2019 · Two weight-world champion and British boxing legend Nigel Benn is preparing to head back to the ring for the first time in 23 years in order to get closure on his career. The decision to box again at the age of 55 has caused a lot of controversy so BBN decided to dig up some interesting facts about ‘The Dark Destroyer’: 1.
Nicknamed "The Dark Destroyer," Nigel Benn was a popular and gutsy British boxer famous for his fights with Chris Eubank. But the darkness inside Benn sometimes threatened to destroy more...
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Sep 6, 2013 · His dad worked at a car factory, his mother at the local hospital. His brother Andy, nine years his senior and a feared streetfighter, was Benn's ill-fated hero.
Sep 29, 2022 · Nigel Benn's first world title triumph came on April 29, 1990 when he stopped Doug DeWitt in round eight to claim the WBO world title at middleweight. Benn only managed one successful world title defence against Ian Barkley before losing to Chris Eubank seven months after his win over DeWitt.
Oct 4, 2022 · Accompanied in the ring at Birmingham’s NEC by Richard Steele in November 1990, the man who oversaw the chaotic mayhem and brutality of Hearns' 1985 bout with Marvin Hagler, the two produced a bout...
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Benn became known as “The Dark Destroyer.”. Turning professional in 1987, he launched an eye-popping streak of 22 consecutive KO wins, a streak that extended until 1989 and included wins over such notables as Fernin Cherino and Abdul Umaru, the latter for the British Commonwealth Middleweight Title.
