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Total Fights | 48 |
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Wins | 42 |
Losses | 5 |
Draws | 1 |
No-Contests | 0 |
Title Wins | 2 |
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Title Defenses | 9 |
Title-Fight KOs | 8 |
KO Wins | 35 |
KO Losses | 4 |
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In a professional boxing career spanning nine years and nine months, Nigel Benn fought 48 times with 42 wins, 5 losses, and 1 draw.
Benn retired from professional boxing with a record of 42-5-1, which included two world-title wins and nine successful title defense fights at two weight classes — middleweight and super-middleweight. He had a 72.9% knockouts-to-fights ratio with 35 of his total 48 fights being knockout wins, eight of which were in title fights. Benn suffered four knockout losses in his career, three of which were in title fights.
His last fight was a 6th round RTD defeat to Steve Collins on November 9, 1996. Benn was fighting for the super-middleweight WBO title.
Some of Benn's best fights and notable victories include wins over Gerald McClellan, Lou Gent, Mauro Galvano, Iran Barkley, Danny Perez, Doug DeWitt, and Nicky Piper.
# | Date | Age | Opponent | Res | Via |
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48 | Nov 9, 1996 | 32 | Steve Collins | Loss * | RTD6 |
47 | Jul 6, 1996 | 32 | Steve Collins | Loss * | TKO4 |
46 | Mar 2, 1996 | 32 | Thulani Malinga | Loss * | SD |
45 | Sep 2, 1995 | 31 | Danny Perez | Win * | TKO7 |
44 | Jul 22, 1995 | 31 | Vincenzo Nardiello | Win * | TKO8 |
43 | Feb 25, 1995 | 31 | Gerald McClellan | Win * | KO10 |
42 | Sep 10, 1994 | 30 | Juan Carlos Giménez Ferreyra | Win * | UD |
41 | Feb 26, 1994 | 30 | Henry Wharton | Win * | UD |
40 | Oct 9, 1993 | 29 | Chris Eubank | Draw * | SD |
39 | Jun 26, 1993 | 29 | Lou Gent | Win * | TKO4 |
38 | Mar 6, 1993 | 29 | Mauro Galvano | Win * | UD |
37 | Dec 12, 1992 | 28 | Nicky Piper | Win * | TKO11 |
36 | Oct 3, 1992 | 28 | Mauro Galvano | Win * | TKO4 |
35 | May 23, 1992 | 28 | Thulani Malinga | Win | PTS |
34 | Feb 19, 1992 | 28 | Dan Sherry | Win | KO3 |
33 | Dec 7, 1991 | 27 | Hector Abel Lescano | Win | KO3 |
32 | Oct 26, 1991 | 27 | Lenzie Morgan | Win | UD |
31 | Jul 3, 1991 | 27 | Kid Milo | Win | TKO4 |
30 | Apr 3, 1991 | 27 | Robbie Sims | Win | TKO7 |
29 | Nov 18, 1990 | 26 | Chris Eubank | Loss * | TKO9 |
28 | Aug 18, 1990 | 26 | Iran Barkley | Win * | TKO1 |
27 | Apr 29, 1990 | 26 | Doug DeWitt | Win * | TKO8 |
26 | Jan 14, 1990 | 25 | Sanderline Williams | Win | SD |
25 | Dec 1, 1989 | 25 | Jose Quinones | Win | TKO1 |
24 | Oct 20, 1989 | 25 | Jorge Amparo | Win | UD |
23 | May 21, 1989 | 25 | Michael Watson | Loss | TKO6 |
22 | Mar 28, 1989 | 25 | Mbayo Wa Mbayo | Win | KO2 |
21 | Feb 8, 1989 | 25 | Michael Chilambe | Win | KO1 |
20 | Dec 10, 1988 | 24 | David Noel | Win | TKO1 |
19 | Oct 26, 1988 | 24 | Anthony Logan | Win | KO2 |
18 | May 28, 1988 | 24 | Tim Williams | Win | TKO2 |
17 | Apr 20, 1988 | 24 | Abdul Umaru Sanda | Win | TKO2 |
16 | Apr 13, 1988 | 24 | Darren Hobson | Win | KO1 |
15 | Feb 24, 1988 | 24 | Greg Taylor | Win | TKO2 |
14 | Feb 7, 1988 | 24 | Byron Prince | Win | TKO2 |
13 | Jan 27, 1988 | 24 | Fermin Chirino | Win | KO2 |
12 | Dec 2, 1987 | 23 | Reggie Miller | Win | TKO7 |
11 | Nov 24, 1987 | 23 | Ian Chantler | Win | KO1 |
10 | Nov 3, 1987 | 23 | Ronnie Yoe | Win | TKO1 |
9 | Oct 13, 1987 | 23 | Russell Barker | Win | TKO1 |
8 | Sep 16, 1987 | 23 | Winston Burnett | Win | KO3 |
7 | Sep 8, 1987 | 23 | Eddie Smith | Win | KO2 |
6 | Jul 1, 1987 | 23 | Leon Morris | Win | KO1 |
5 | Jun 7, 1987 | 23 | Reginald Marks | Win | TKO1 |
4 | May 9, 1987 | 23 | Winston Burnett | Win | TKO4 |
3 | Apr 22, 1987 | 23 | Rob Nieuwenhuizen | Win | TKO1 |
2 | Mar 4, 1987 | 23 | Kevin Roper | Win | TKO1 |
1 | Jan 28, 1987 | 23 | Graeme Ahmed | Win | TKO2 |
* World-title fight
Nigel Benn (The Dark Destroyer) is a 60-year old retired British professional boxer. He was born in Ilford, London, England on January 22, 1964. He is a former two-weight-class world champion. His professional boxing career spanned more than 9 years — from 1987 to 1996.
Benn made his professional boxing debut against Graeme Ahmed at the age of 23 on January 28, 1987, defeating Ahmed via 2nd round TKO. He went on to win 21 more consecutive fights after the debut, which included 21 wins via stoppage.
He had his first world title fight at the age of 26 on April 29, 1990 after 26 professional fights, against Doug DeWitt for the middleweight WBO title. He defeated DeWitt via 8th round TKO to become the middleweight champion of the world.
Benn has won two world titles at two weight classes. For all the details about Benn's world title wins and defenses refer to the "Championships" section below.
Benn had a total of five losses in his professional boxing career.
His last professional fight was on November 9, 1996 against Irish boxer Steve Collins for Collins' super-middleweight WBO title. Benn lost the fight via 6th round RTD. It's been 27 years, 5 months, and 10 days since this fight.
Benn had a total of 16 world-title fights, which includes winning two world titles and 10 successful title defenses. He won 11 of these fights, lost four, and drew in one.
Nigel Benn fought for world titles in five fights and won two of these fights, both of them via stoppage. In total, he won two belts across two weight classes.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Won | Method |
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Oct 3, 1992 | Mauro Galvano | Super-middleweight | WBC | TKO |
Apr 29, 1990 | Doug DeWitt | Middleweight | WBO | TKO |
Nigel Benn had 12 world-title defense fights across two weight classes — middleweight (x2) and super-middleweight (x10). He won 10 of them and lost two times.
Following is the table of his successful title defense fights, the next section has the fights where he lost his titles.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Defended | Method |
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Sep 2, 1995 | Danny Perez | Super-middleweight | WBC | TKO |
Jul 22, 1995 | Vincenzo Nardiello | Super-middleweight | WBC | TKO |
Feb 25, 1995 | Gerald McClellan | Super-middleweight | WBC | KO |
Sep 10, 1994 | Juan Carlos Giménez Ferreyra | Super-middleweight | WBC | UD |
Feb 26, 1994 | Henry Wharton | Super-middleweight | WBC | UD |
Oct 9, 1993 | Chris Eubank | Super-middleweight | WBC | SD (draw) |
Jun 26, 1993 | Lou Gent | Super-middleweight | WBC | TKO |
Mar 6, 1993 | Mauro Galvano | Super-middleweight | WBC | UD |
Dec 12, 1992 | Nicky Piper | Super-middleweight | WBC | TKO |
Aug 18, 1990 | Iran Barkley | Middleweight | WBO | TKO |
Nigel Benn lost two world-title defense fights, and lost a total of two titles in these fights.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Lost | Method |
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Mar 2, 1996 | Thulani Malinga | Super-middleweight | WBC | SD |
Nov 18, 1990 | Chris Eubank | Middleweight | WBO | TKO |
Benn fought a total of 48 times during his professional career, which includes 16 world-title fights at two weight divisions. He put on some great performances in these fights. These five fights are the highlight of his career.
April 29, 1990: Benn wins his first world title by defeating Doug DeWitt via 8th round TKO. He is now the WBO middleweight world champion.
August 18, 1990: Benn successfully defends the WBO middleweight title against Iran Barkley, winning the fight via 1st round TKO.
October 3, 1992: Benn wins the WBC super-middleweight title from Mauro Galvano, by beating Galvano via 4th round TKO.
June 26, 1993: Benn successfully defends the WBC super-middleweight title against Lou Gent, winning the fight via 4th round TKO.
February 25, 1995: Benn successfully defends the WBC super-middleweight title against Gerald McClellan, winning the fight via 10th round KO.
Benn knocked out 35 of his 48 opponents. By his last fight, his KO ratio was at 72.9%. Of his total 42 wins, 35 of them were via KO (83.3%).
Benn's first world-title win was the WBO belt at middleweight. He defeated Doug DeWitt via 8 round TKO to win the title.
Benn won two world titles at two weight classes.
Benn had a total of 12 title defense fights. He was successful 10 times and lost two times.