Nigel Benn

British boxer

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Born

22 January 1964, Ilford

Citizenship

United Kingdom

Sport

boxing

Discipline

super middleweight, middleweight

Occupation

boxer, disc jockey

Height

177 cm (5 ft 10 in)

Recorded fight record

42 wins, 5 losses

Nigel Gregory Benn (born 22 January 1964) is a British former professional boxer who competed from 1987 to 1996. He held the World Boxing Organization (WBO) middleweight title in 1990. He also held the World Boxing Council (WBC) super-middleweight title from 1992 to 1996. At regional level, he held the Commonwealth middleweight title from 1988 to 1989. As an amateur, he won the ABA middleweight title in 1986.

Benn's knockout-to-win percentage stood at 83.3%. Benn was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame as part of the class of 2026.

Awards and honours

• International Boxing Hall of Fame 2026
• WBC World Super Middleweight Champion
• WBO World Middleweight Champion

External links

• Wikipedia
• Wikiquote
• BoxRec
• Wikidata

Facts from Wikidata Q718305 (CC0); quoted introduction from English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Data retrieved 2026-10-22.

Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0); Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.