Dark Destroyer - Nigel Benn

Nigel Benn was one of the most entertaining and charismatic British boxers of the modern era. In the eighties and nineties he became a two time world champion at different weights and had memorable encounters in the ring agaisnt the likes of Doug Dewitt, Michael Watson, Chris Eubank, Iran Barkley, Henry Wharton, and, tragically, Gerald McClellan. His life outside the ring was every bit as colourful and this autobiography finally tells the story of the boxer known as The Dark Destroyer. The book is a shade over 300 pages long and divided into twenty shortish chapters. It was ghosted by John Lisners and he does a good job with Benn. Norman Mailer it is not but ...  Read the complete review