How does Nigel Benn do against todays middl/super-middles?

[Samurai]

Benn is one of my favorite fighters. A few months back I received 27 fights of his in the mail, within hours, I watched them all. Awesome fighter, ridiculous punching power, speed and so much tenacity.

How does he do against the likes of

Pavlik
Abraham
Sturm (Yeah, I know I had to throw him in there though.)
Wright
Taylor
Calzaghe
Kessler
Mundine
Andrade

[Brooklyn1550]

Benn KO Pavlik
Benn KO Sturm
Benn TKO Wright
Benn TKO Taylor
Calzaghe UD Benn
Kessler UD Benn
Benn KO Mundine

Benn-Andrade would be a war, but Benn's superior power and handspeed would get the job done. Abraham certainly has the power to hurt Benn, but Abraham has never fought somebody with that kind of tenacity, quickness, and punching power.

[Peter5]

Originally Posted by brooklyn1550

Benn KO Pavlik
Benn KO Sturm
Benn TKO Wright
Benn TKO Taylor
Calzaghe UD Benn
Kessler UD Benn
Benn KO Mundine

Benn-Andrade would be a war, but Benn's superior power and handspeed would get the job done. Abraham certainly has the power to hurt Benn, but Abraham has never fought somebody with that kind of tenacity, quickness, and punching power.

Couldnt agree more Brook

[smoochp]

Good answers BK, but I still think he can out hustle Joe in a close war. But joe can beat him two, which can be a great triolgy

[Benny Blanco]

Originally Posted by Samurai

Benn is one of my favorite fighters. A few months back I received 27 fights of his in the mail, within hours, I watched them all. Awesome fighter, ridiculous punching power, speed and so much tenacity.

How does he do against the likes of

Pavlik
Abraham
Sturm (Yeah, I know I had to throw him in there though.)
Wright
Taylor
Calzaghe
Kessler
Mundine
Andrade

Benn KO Pavlik
Benn KO Pavlik
Benn KO Sturm
Benn UD Wright
Benn KO Taylor
Calzhaghe UD Benn
Benn UD Kessler
Benn UD Mundine
Benn TKO Andrade.

[Benny Blanco]

Originally Posted by brooklyn1550

Benn KO Pavlik
Benn KO Sturm
Benn TKO Wright
Benn TKO Taylor
Calzaghe UD Benn
Kessler UD Benn
Benn KO Mundine

Benn-Andrade would be a war, but Benn's superior power and handspeed would get the job done. Abraham certainly has the power to hurt Benn, but Abraham has never fought somebody with that kind of tenacity, quickness, and punching power.

That's pretty surprising you feel he would TKO Wright. I think Benn would beat him by UD mainly because Benn would make the fight ugly which is something Winky does'nt deal with all that well as we seened in his fight against Vasquez where he got dropped 5 times and against Vargas where Vargas would use the occasional dirty tactic of hitting and holding and obviously last year when he fought Hopkins and look tired as hell in the last rounds.

[Brooklyn1550]

Originally Posted by BENNY BLANCO

That's pretty surprising you feel he would TKO Wright. I think Benn would beat him by UD mainly because Benn would make the fight ugly which is something Winky does'nt deal with all that well as we seened in his fight against Vasquez where he got dropped 5 times and against Vargas where Vargas would use the occasional dirty tactic of hitting and holding and obviously last year when he fought Hopkins and look tired as hell in the last rounds.

Wright, at 160, doesn't impress me all that much in the grand scheme of things. Neither does Benn when you compare him with the likes of Hagler, Monzon, Robinson, Tiger, Hopkins, and fighters of that ilk. However, I consider him a class above Wright at middleweight. At 154 though, Wright was phenominal, one of the best in that division's history.

We saw against Soliman that he's troubled by high-activity and high-volume fighters and against Taylor, his guard showed vulnerabilities against bigger punchers. Now compare Taylor's power and Benn's - night and day. Marching forward isn't the best thing to do with Benn when you can't get his respect and can't avoid his punches completely. Benn would be hitting Wright on the arms, in the shoulders, everywhere and not only would it be wearing him down, it would be breaking through the high-guard, hurting him in the process. After about 9 or 10 rounds, I think the ref jumps in after Wright rises from the 2nd or 3rd knockdown against him.

[Sweet Pea]

I think he loses to someone as versatile as Calzaghe, while stylistically the guys like Kessler, Sturm, and Wright would be hardest for him, but as has been said, Wright may be a bit too physically underwhelming for Benn.

[kg0208]

I can see Benn starching Kessler or getting starched himself. Kessler leaves that right hand out there a bit too long sometimes. Benn catches him....BAM. Fight over.