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Darren Hobson vs Nigel Benn — record, stats and common opponents compared

Darren Hobson

🇬🇧UNITED KINGDOM

Nigel Benn

Darren Hobson (0-1 across 1 tracked bout) and Nigel Benn (42-5-1) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share no common opponents in Kill The Body's bout data.

Hobson

Tracked record

0–1

counted from 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested

Benn

42

Wins35 KO · 83%

5

Losses

1

Draw48 tracked bouts

Heads up: at least one of these records is a tracked record — the wins and losses Kill The Body has ingested so far, not an independently verified career total. Treat the comparison as a read on the bouts we hold, not a settled ledger.

Head to Head

Benn leads 1–0

Darren Hobson and Nigel Benn have met 1 time; Benn leads 1–0.

Darren Hobson and Nigel Benn have met 1 time; Benn leads 1–0.
Met1988Apr 13Series
Darren HobsonFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Nigel BennFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultKOR11Meeting

The Numbers

Hobson 1 · Benn 4 of 5 measurable rows
HobsonBenn
Record†
0-142-5-1 (edge)
Win %0–100%
0%
88.5% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 35
0
35 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—83.33%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
—83%
Times stopped‡max 4
1 (edge)
4
Title reignsmax 2
0
2 (edge)
Bouts per year§not comparable
—4.9
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 48
1
48

† One or both records are tracked, not career-verified. · ‡ Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total. · § Across each fighter's tracked career span. · Bars are scaled per row — percentages on 0–100, counts against the larger of the two. Every figure is also printed as text.

Tale of the Tape

Heightnot held
Darren Hobson: No height on file
Nigel Benn: 5′10″
Reachnot held
Darren Hobson: No reach on file
Nigel Benn: 73″
Agenot held
Darren Hobson: No date of birth
Nigel Benn: 62
Stance
Darren Hobson: Not recorded
Nigel Benn: Orthodox

Darren Hobson left, Nigel Benn right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Darren Hobson0 wins · from 1 tracked bout

Darren Hobson: no tracked wins in the 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Hobson yet.

Nigel Benn42 wins · from 48 tracked bouts

Nigel Benn: 42 tracked wins — 35 by KO/TKO (83%) and 7 on the cards (17%). Counted from 48 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

35 by KO/TKO 83%7 on the cards 17%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Darren Hobson 1, Nigel Benn 48 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

No opponents in common across the bouts Kill The Body has tracked for these two.

Current Form

Oldest left · newest right

Darren Hobson last boxed on Apr 13, 1988 — 14,068 days ago. Hobson had lost the most recent, to Nigel Benn.L

Benn Apr 1988

Nigel Benn last boxed on Nov 9, 1996 — 10,936 days ago. Benn had lost three straight, after two straight wins.WWLLL

Nardiello Jul 1995Perez Sep 1995Malinga Mar 1996Collins Jul 1996Collins Nov 19964.9 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Darren Hobson and Nigel Benn ever fought each other?
Yes. Darren Hobson and Nigel Benn met once on April 13, 1988, and Nigel Benn won by KO in round 1.
The meeting

LApr 13, 1988 · Benn · KO R1

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Hobson or Benn?
Darren Hobson is 0-1 across the 1 bout Kill The Body has tracked and Nigel Benn is 42-5-1. Nigel Benn has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Hobson0–10%

Benn42–5–188.5%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Hobson or Benn?
Darren Hobson has 0 knockout wins and Nigel Benn has 35. Nigel Benn has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Hobson0

Benn3583.3%

The Numbers ↓
Do Hobson and Benn have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Darren Hobson and Nigel Benn have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Hobson and Benn?
This comparison is drawn from 1 bout tracked for Darren Hobson and 48 bouts tracked for Nigel Benn. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Hobson1bout

Benn48bouts

How They Win ↓

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