36) Nigel Benn TKO4: UK Fight Commentary TV
v Nigel Benn 6 July 1996 WBO Super-Middleweight Manchester England [r1] … Good punches from Collins … Good body shots … Benn slipping the punches … Collins won the first … [r2] … Untidy inside … Good [Benn] uppercut … the right hand … [r3] … Good left hook from Benn … good left hook … and three more … Collins now in the ascendancy … and a left hook again from Benn … This round has ebbed and flowed … [r4] … Good left hook there from Collins … He’s [Benn] hurt his ankle … and it’s over. UK Sky TV commentary
37) Nigel Benn Ret 6: UK Fight Commentary TV -
v Nigel Benn 9 November 1996 WBO Super-Middleweight Manchester England [r1] … Good left hook from Collins … Good right hand … and the right from Benn … Very rough and rugged … [r2] … Collins with two good right hands … a right and a left … Left hook this time from Benn … left hook to the body … [r3] … Good jab there from Benn … Great right hand though from Collins … Short sharp punches [Benn] … another good combination … This is a Benn round … [r4] … Collins good left hand … and the right hand … and an uppercut … and again … Savage-looking body shot from Collins … [r5] … They both swap thunderous head shots … Collins is taking control … a point deducted for the headwork … Two thunderous rights to the head … Good right hand from Benn … [r6] … A good right hand [Collins] … Benn landed with a really good one … Tha man [Collins] is an absolute rock … It is over. Benn has been pulled out. UK Sky TV commentary
[8.7] CHRIS EUBANK 52-45(23)-5-2: [Light-Heavyweight & Super-Middleweight & Middleweight] Matt Jones -
It’s been a while since either man was in action professionally, with Eubank and Benn taking part in their last fights in 1998 and 1996, respectively. Both of these British boxing greats lost their last three bouts, but they are revered for their tremendous careers.
Their two fights in the 1990s were central to a boom in British boxing. Eubank seized the WBO middleweight championship from Benn in 1990 after stopping him in the ninth round of a breathless encounter, and when the duo met again three years later, Benn retained his super-middleweight crown as the pair battled to a thrilling draw. Matt Jones, article 2015
25) Nigel Benn ***** TKO9: UK Fight Commentary TV -
v Nigel Benn 18th November 1990 WBO Middleweight Birmingham England [r1] … I’ve never known opinion so sharply divided … Billed as ‘Who’s fooling who?’ … [Both] throwing punches early … Benn has been shaken in most of his recent contests … The first decent shots that have landed have come from Eubank … [r2] … He’s looking to mess Benn about … This is when Benn’s dangerous when he’s caught himself … That was a good shot [Benn] … He’s done Benn by the look of it … He chopped that right hand down … [r3] … Eubank is taking these punches well … Eubank soaked up those punches and came straight back … 8/11 on Benn … Eubank’s nailed him with a couple of nice uppercuts … He [Eubank] was rocked there as well … [r4] … Lovely shot from Eubank … that’s when he’s [Benn] dangerous … A lovely uppercut shot that shook Eubank … His [Eubank] defences are coming apart … Benn’s left eye … [r5] … Another good right hand [Benn] … That’s the sort of boxing we expect from Eubank … Picking his shots well there Eubank … Benn getting caught a little bit more often … [r6] … Eubank he’s teasing a bit … his [Eubank’s] undercarriage there … A good [Benn] body punch … He’s [Eubank] juiced up now … A very interesting fight [Frank Bruno] … [r7] … Benn’s got a little bit more edge in his attack … Two good shots now [Eubank] … [r8] … He [Eubank] got clipped [standing 8] … Pretty even … [r9] … Eubank just a little bit negative … Oh what a shot that is [Eubank] … It’s all over. UK ITV fight commentary Reg Gutteridge & Jim Watt
28) Michael Watson I Lost MD Points 12: UK Fight Commentary TV -
v Michael Watson I 22 June 1991 WBO Middleweight Earls Court London [r1] … I’m going to pick Eubank in a close points decision [McGuigan] … Both guys are in tip-top condition … Watson’s body shots … [r2] … Good shots from Chris one-two … Eubank the counter-puncher … This is going to be a classic … [r3] … Good right hand over the top [Eubank] … good body shots [both] … Good right hand from Watson, Eubank smiled … Watson’s round … All square so far … [r4] … Good round this for Eubank … Good left hook [Eubank] … Good right to the body from Watson … [r5] … What a good right hand from Eubank … Already’s Watson’s left eye is swelling … beautiful left hook … Watson says fine by me … This is a bad round for Watson … [r6] … Good right hand from Watson; Eubank didn’t even budge … 12,000 people are loving this … [r7] … Here he [Eubank] goes … Watson is throwing more punches but the quality shots are thrown by Eubank … Good right hand by Watson … [r8] … Top drawer both fighters … Watson’s forcing it … Good right hand … Good right hand from Chris … [r9] … It’s a very close fight … Watson is just growing and growing in confidence … The heavier shots are from Eubank but just not enough … Good left hook [Eubank] … He’s got him again … [r10] … Chris switches on and off … Very strong, very determined, very brave [both] … The [Watson] body shot … What a cracking fight! … Eubank does look in a little bit of trouble … he’s looking a little bit wobbly … [r11] … He’s going straight for the body Watson … And it’s Watson … Watson’s is starting to win this fight … Eubank pouring it on … and Watson it is who comes straight back … Beautiful left hook from Eubank … What a fight … They are absolutely level [sic] … It’s dead close [McGuigan] … [r12] … This has been a fight to remember … This fight for me has surpassed the Benn fight … Watson has hardly taken a backward step … Quality shots from Eubank but quantity from Michael Watson … storming fight … Good right hand from Watson … Eubank a last lunge … One of the best … I make them dead level … A superb fight … [116-113 Eubank, 114-114 draw, 115-113 Eubank] UK ESPN fight commentary
29) Michael Watson II TKO12: UK fight commentary TV -
v Michael Watson II 21 September 1991 WBO Super-Middleweight, White Hart Lane London [r1] … 1/2 Eubank … Good counter-punching with Eubank … Good pace by Watson … The great strut back to the corner [r2] … Watson’s really got himself fired up … Eubank is throwing some good quality punches back … [r3] … Good quality stuff .. He [Eubank] felt the power of that one … [r4] … They both look like different athletes [sic] … Good shot from Watson … What a fight … [r5] … Toe to toe … There’s not much in this … The weight suits both of them … [r6] … Pretty level … Good solid jab from Watson … good stuff now from Watson … [r7] … Watson could be ahead … Another good round for Watson … [r8] … Counter-punching back well now Eubank … a little bit sharper … [r9] … Eubank really is strong … Watson seems to disregard the punches … [r10] … Eubank got the message … Watson really climbing on top … What a good contest … [r11] … Every round has been so close … Good shot from Eubank … Watson wants to tighten up … What a round … Watson again coming back … In trouble [Eubank]! … He’s [Watson] got him down … It’s now Watson … [r12] … His [Watson] legs don’t look right [sic] … And he’s stopped it in the last round! UK ITV fight commentary Reg Gutteridge & Jim Watt
37) Nigel Benn II Draw: UK Fight Commentary TV -
v Nigel Benn 9 October 1993 WBC WBO Super-Middleweight Manchester [r1] … Both world champions … He’s [Eubank] started far more positively … Some good shots landed … [r2] … Benn’s quicker now … doing better … [r3] … [Benn] throws bombs … good right hand lead from Eubank … very very careful … [r4] … Good right hand punch [Benn] … Ragged stuff from Benn … [r5] … A tear-up … exploded into life … [r6] … Eubank knows he is the stronger of the two … One point taken off [Benn] … Dumped him [Benn] out of the ring … Good right hand again from Benn … [r7] … His [Eubank] timing is off … [r8] … Benn’s been that little bit busier … A little bit scrappy … [r9] … Good left hook from Benn … He’s talking to Benn … Benn looking a bit ragged … There’s not much in it .. [r10] … Good left hook [Benn] … [r11] … Snap’s gone out of Benn’s work … [r12] … A lovely right hand [Benn] … Drawn decisions are all the vogue … He’s [Eubank] doing all the work … All over … McGuigan’s got it a draw … [115-113 Eubank, 114-113 Benn, 114-114] UK ITV fight commentary Reg Gutteridge & Jim Watt
44) Steve Collins Lost UD 12: UK Fight Commentary TV -
v Steve Collins 18 March 1995 WBO Super-Middleweight Millstreet Ireland [r1] … He [Collins] wades in with the left hook … lunging in … [r2] … [Eubank] right hand … Those punches of Collins do get through … right hand … [r3] … Collins first off again … Left uppercut [Eubank] … Combination from Collins … Collins’ round … [r4] … Collins is busy busy busy … Jab catching Collins … Eubank did better … [r5] … A counterpuncher’s fight … Right hand a good one from Collins … gets through again … A man in control … [r6] … Terrific right hand [Collins] … Three punches ram home from Collins … [r7] … Collins doing a little bit more in this round … [r8] … Difficult to score … And he’s [Eubank] down: body punch … right hand crashes through … Eubank comes back in style … [r9] … Is Eubank’s title slipping away? … Eubank is in serious trouble here … Crashing left hand but Collins takes the punches … [r10] … And the right hand’s got Collins! … Good right uppercut [Eubank] … [r11] … Sharper work from Eubank … good right back though from Collins … Eubank is really letting the punches rip … Big right from Eubank … Eubanks need something very big … Who’s got that? [116-114 115-111 114-113] UK Sky TV commentary