Nigel Benn (The Dark Destroyer) is a 61-year-old retired British professional boxer. He is a two-weightclass world champion with 2 world-title wins. In a career spanning 9 years, 9 months, and 12 days, Benn amassed a record of 42-5-1, which includes 35 wins via KO, 8 of which were in world-title fights.
Nigel Benn was born in Ilford, London, England on January 22, 1964. He made his professional debut at the age of 23 years on January 28, 1987 against Graeme Ahmed. Benn defeated Ahmed via 2nd round TKO, making a successful beginning of his pro career.
Benn became a world champion at the age of 26 after 26 professional fights. He challenged Doug DeWitt for the WBO middleweight title and stopped the champion in the 8th of the 12-round fight, winning his first world title.
He then went on to successfully win the super-middleweight (WBC) titles also to become a two-division world champion.
Benn's last fight was a 6th-round RTD loss to Steve Collins at age 32, on November 9, 1996, in which he was fighting for the WBO super-middleweight title.
Some of Nigel Benn's best fights have been against Gerald McClellan, Chris Eubank, Doug DeWitt, Iran Barkley, Vincenzo Nardiello, Robbie Sims, and Thulani Malinga. For a complete list of Benn's best fights and their details, refer to "Best fights of Nigel Benn".
Benn has 5 losses on his record. For details about these losses refer to "Nigel Benn Losses".
# | Date | Age | Opponent | Res | Via |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
48 | Nov 09, 1996 | 32 | ![]() | loss | RTD 6 |
47 | Jul 06, 1996 | 32 | ![]() | loss | TKO 4 |
46 | Mar 02, 1996 | 32 | ![]() | loss | SD 12 |
45 | Sep 02, 1995 | 31 | ![]() | win | TKO 7 |
44 | Jul 22, 1995 | 31 | ![]() | win | TKO 8 |
43 | Feb 25, 1995 | 31 | ![]() | win | KO 10 |
42 | Sep 10, 1994 | 30 | ![]() | win | UD 12 |
41 | Feb 26, 1994 | 30 | ![]() | win | UD 12 |
40 | Oct 09, 1993 | 29 | ![]() | draw | SD 12 |
39 | Jun 26, 1993 | 29 | ![]() | win | TKO 4 |
38 | Mar 06, 1993 | 29 | ![]() | win | UD 12 |
37 | Dec 12, 1992 | 28 | ![]() | win | TKO 11 |
36 | Oct 03, 1992 | 28 | ![]() | win | TKO 4 |
35 | May 23, 1992 | 28 | ![]() | win | PTS 10 |
34 | Feb 19, 1992 | 28 | ![]() | win | KO 3 |
33 | Dec 07, 1991 | 27 | ![]() | win | KO 3 |
32 | Oct 26, 1991 | 27 | ![]() | win | UD 10 |
31 | Jul 03, 1991 | 27 | ![]() | win | TKO 4 |
30 | Apr 03, 1991 | 27 | ![]() | win | TKO 7 |
29 | Nov 18, 1990 | 26 | ![]() | loss | TKO 9 |
28 | Aug 18, 1990 | 26 | ![]() | win | TKO 1 |
27 | Apr 29, 1990 | 26 | ![]() | win | TKO 8 |
26 | Jan 14, 1990 | 25 | ![]() | win | SD 10 |
25 | Dec 01, 1989 | 25 | ![]() | win | TKO 1 |
24 | Oct 20, 1989 | 25 | ![]() | win | UD 10 |
23 | May 21, 1989 | 25 | ![]() | loss | TKO 6 |
22 | Mar 28, 1989 | 25 | ![]() | win | KO 2 |
21 | Feb 08, 1989 | 25 | ![]() | win | KO 1 |
20 | Dec 10, 1988 | 24 | ![]() | win | TKO 1 |
19 | Oct 26, 1988 | 24 | ![]() | win | KO 2 |
18 | May 28, 1988 | 24 | ![]() | win | TKO 2 |
17 | Apr 20, 1988 | 24 | ![]() | win | TKO 2 |
16 | Apr 13, 1988 | 24 | ![]() | win | KO 1 |
15 | Feb 24, 1988 | 24 | ![]() | win | TKO 2 |
14 | Feb 07, 1988 | 24 | ![]() | win | TKO 2 |
13 | Jan 27, 1988 | 24 | ![]() | win | KO 2 |
12 | Dec 02, 1987 | 23 | ![]() | win | TKO 7 |
11 | Nov 24, 1987 | 23 | ![]() | win | KO 1 |
10 | Nov 03, 1987 | 23 | ![]() | win | TKO 1 |
9 | Oct 13, 1987 | 23 | ![]() | win | TKO 1 |
8 | Sep 16, 1987 | 23 | ![]() | win | KO 3 |
7 | Sep 08, 1987 | 23 | ![]() | win | KO 2 |
6 | Jul 01, 1987 | 23 | ![]() | win | KO 1 |
5 | Jun 07, 1987 | 23 | ![]() | win | TKO 1 |
4 | May 09, 1987 | 23 | ![]() | win | TKO 4 |
3 | Apr 22, 1987 | 23 | ![]() | win | TKO 1 |
2 | Mar 04, 1987 | 23 | ![]() | win | TKO 1 |
1 | Jan 28, 1987 | 23 | ![]() | win | TKO 2 |