Eubank vs benn?

Question

who really won these matches

there was controversy in both fights eubank got the 1st win and a draw in the second

but who won the great eubank vs benn battle

give me your views?

Answer 1

i watched both fights live, and eubank won the first one by 9th round stoppage....benn's right (i think)  eye was closed and he was taking a beating from chris along the ropes when the ref rightfully stopped it.

i had eubank winning the first one at the time of the stoppage, but the official cards had it more or less even.

the second fight was scored a draw, and it was an extremely hard fight to score as these guys has a lot more respect for eachother than they had 3 years earlier.

it could probably have gone either way, but the way i scored it, of the first 10 rounds, i scored 5 for benn and 5 even, and i gave eubank the last two.

Answer 2

I gather from reading about them after the event that they were very very close fights which could have gone either way and that there was genuine deep feeling hatred towards each other to a level that has rarely been seen.