Nigel Benn vs. Chris Eubank eleven rounds fell into a coma after a Eubank uppercut at the end of round 11, before the subsequent referee stoppage twenty seconds into round 12. This fight was as gruelling as Benn-Eubank 1, though all accolades were halted after the tragic end. Benn, who had also moved up to super middleweight, won the WBC super middleweight title in Italy, beating Mauro Galvano. With both men champions in the same weight division, a unification fight and three-year anticipated rematch was arranged by Don King for 9 October 1993. Over 42,000 crammed Old Trafford for one of the biggest boxing events
Bruce Scott (boxer) Bruce Scott (boxer) Bruce "Lionheart" Scott () is a Jamaican/British professional light heavy/cruiserweight boxer of the 1990s and 2000s, who won the British Boxing Board of Control (BBBofC) Southern Area cruiserweight title, BBBofC British cruiserweight title, and Commonwealth cruiserweight title (twice), and was a challenger for the Commonwealth light heavyweight title against Nicky Piper, World Boxing Organization (WBO) cruiserweight title against Johnny Nelson, World Boxing Council (WBC) cruiserweight title against Juan Carlos Gómez, Commonwealth cruiserweight title against Adam Watt, and World Boxing Union (WBU) cruiserweight title against Enzo Maccarinelli, his professional fighting weight varied from , i.e. light heavyweight to