On November 9, 1996, Nigel Benn and Steve Collins met again in an immediate rematch.
Benn came in to the fight on a 2-fight losing streak with a 74% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 4 months and 3 days. Collins was on a 12-fight win streak with a 50% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 4 months and 3 days.
In the rematch, the challenger refused to continue the fight in the 6th round, and Steve Collins is crowned the new super-middleweight world champion. Collins improves his record to 34-3 (19 KOs), while Benn adds a loss to his record at 42-5-1.
On July 6, 1996, a 32-year-old Nigel Benn (42-3-1, 35 KOs) got a shot at the super-middleweight WBO title held by 31-year-old Irish boxer Steve Collins (32-3, 17 KOs).
Benn came in to the fight on a 1-fight losing streak with a 76% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 4 months and 4 days. Collins was on a 11-fight win streak with a 48% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 3 months and 27 days.
Steve Collins stopped Nigel Benn via TKO in the 4th round of the 12-round world-title fight, and successfully defended his WBO super-middleweight title. Collins improves his record to 33-3 (18 KOs), while Benn adds a loss to his record at 42-4-1.
On March 2, 1996, Nigel Benn and Thulani Malinga met again in a rematch.
Benn came in to the fight on a 5-fight win streak with a 77% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 6 months. Malinga was on a 5-fight win streak with a 34% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 7 months and 9 days.
Thulani Malinga defeated Nigel Benn via split decision in the rematch and wins the WBC title — in his first world-title fight. Malinga improves his record to 41-9, while Benn adds a loss to his record at 42-3-1.
On November 18, 1990, the 26-year-old WBO middleweight world champion, Nigel Benn (27-1, 25 KOs), faced a 24-year-old fellow British boxer Chris Eubank (24-0, 14 KOs), in a title defense fight.
Benn came in to the fight on a 5-fight win streak with a 89% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 3 months. Eubank was on a 24-fight win streak with a 58% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 1 month and 27 days.
Chris Eubank stopped the champion via TKO in the 9th round of the 12-round world-title fight, winning the first world title of his career, and is crowned the new WBO middleweight champion. Eubank improves his record to 25-0 (15 KOs), while Benn adds a loss to his record at 27-2.
On May 21, 1989, a 25-year-old Nigel Benn (22-0, 22 KOs) and a 24-year-old fellow British boxer Michael Watson (21-1-1, 17 KOs) met in the ring in a middleweight bout.
Benn came in to the fight on a 22-fight win streak with a 100% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 1 month and 23 days. Watson was on a 3-fight win streak with a 73% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 2 months and 13 days.
Michael Watson stopped Nigel Benn via TKO in the 6th round. Watson improves his record to 22-1-1 (18 KOs), while Benn adds a loss to his record at 22-1.