Phil D. Jay
WBN Editor
WBN Editor
‘Dark Destroyer’ finds his true calling in life
Two-time world super-middleweight champion Nigel Benn has
completed a full circle in his life from his days in a seedy
world of fast women and drugs and is now enjoying devoting his time preaching the word
of God.
It is a far cry from the 48 year-old’s persona of the mean,
moody boxer, who’s stare could put fear into a fighter long before they both
stepped into the ring, but Benn has admitted that his time as a prizefighter
failed to give him the fulfilment he needed.
"My life was full of sex, drugs and rock and roll
gangsters. I cheated on my wife for 16 years but Jesus changed me and now he is
using me to spread his word,” Benn told thisisgrimbsy.co.uk.
"Everyone has marital problems but I am here to give
them good news. You only get through these problems because of Jesus, there is
no other way. If I didn't have him in my life we would have never got through
it. We would have got divorced.”
Benn was a dominant force at 168lbs in the mid-nineties as
he made nine successful defences of his WBC super-middleweight, including the
fateful night in February 1995 when he stopped the tragic Gerald McClellan when
behind on two of three scorecards.
His feud with rival Chris Eubank is the stuff of legend,
although Benn remembers the time as an unhappy one and sees the changes he has
made as the key to him living out a more pleasing life in future.
"I was twice world champion but did I profit from it?
Was I happy? No! I had everything, I couldn't get any higher up in my career
but I still wasn't happy,” he said.
“Now I am ready to stand and spread God's word and that is
the most beautiful thing. Life for me can't get any better now."