Despite the fact that both 1990s stars, Nigel Benn and Steve Collins, are now well into their fifties, talk of a third fight between the two refuses to go away.
When They Just Can’t Hang ‘Em Up: McCall, Liakhovich, Benn All Set To Return To The Ring
Heavyweight great Lennox Lewis always did say boxing is “like a drug,” with fighters always wanting “just one more” – Lewis himself was able to walk away on top, his health and his cash safe and sound, yet others, too many to mention, are not so lucky.
By Rick Murray – Doesn’t time fly. It was early October 1992, and Nigel Benn -long-time labelled on both sides of the Atlantic as boxing’s most exciting fighter- is preparing to face awkward, cagey Italian spoiler and WBC 168lb.