Speaker Profile

Welshman Nicky was the British ABA Light Heavyweight Champion in 1989, the former Commonwealth Light Heavyweight Champion & boxed 3 times for the World Championship. Nicky’s speech has humorous stories on boxing, past and present. Benn has been known to commentate for Sky Sports Boxing & presented Wales on Saturday (all sports) and Scrum V (rugby) for BBC Wales; he has tales of working in television and the celebrities he’s worked with.

Being an avid golf player and fan, Nicky has some great golf stories. Being a Welshman and having presented BBC rugby programmers, he also has some funny rugby stories.

Being a Director of the British Boxing Board of control, Nicky is able to speak on the current day politics of Boxing with authority and qualification.

He is also a member of the Sports Council for Wales and the chairman of the SE Wales Sportslot Committee, responsible for distributing over £1 million annually to various causes.

He is, therefore, knowledgeable on a wide range of sporting subjects. He also sits on the National Panel for Wales, which is responsible for deciding which elite athletes receive lottery funding in the Principality.