Gerald McClellan - the final verdict

There has been a lot of talk about the G-Man on this forum , especially recently, with people discussing how great he was or could have been.

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1. Gerald McClellan was a special fighter from the very beginning. He was tall, rangy and could box - as well as possessing shattering power in both hands. He was almost the perfect fighter and it is a shame that the Nigel Benn fight (during which the ref was biased and allowed Benn to foul constantly) robbed us from seeing him cement his legend among the all time great fighters of any era.

2. Gerald McClellan was an overhyped robot of a fighter. He had good power, but his biggest win was against china-chinned creaking old Julian Jackson. Stylistically, he sacrificed any skill with his obsession for power. he bowled over a stream of non-entitities because he was essentially an ungrateful bully and came badly unstuck against the first real fighter he faced. had he survived as a fighter against benn, his bubble would have been burst and he would be regarded as strictly second rate by now anyway.

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I think the G man was a special fighter he could have ruled the Supermiddles had that not happened to him i dont know if he would have beaten Benn that night though a fight between the G man and Jones junior would have been awesome i would have picked Gerald by ko late its a crying shame what happend but this is a dangerous sport .

I voted option #1 for the reasons listed.

It's not hard to see where this man was headed to it really isn't.
Watch his fights and tell me other wise.

He was #1 - plain to see

But Benn won fair and square

I hope you don't mind but I agreed with much of what you said in both so I took it upon myself to use many of your words and merge portions of both sides I agree with. I also added my own in! :)



Gerald McClellan was a special fighter from  the very beginning. He was tall, rangy and could box - as well as possessing shattering power in both hands.  Stylistically, he sacrificed much of his skill with his obsession for power. He did become badly unstuck against the first real fighter he faced. Would he have learned from the fight...  Of course!  No one wants to take a beating like that(unless you're Gatti).  Nigel was a great fighter but was allowed to foul in this bout.   Had he had the ability to contiue on I strongly believe that he would have been(already is in my eyes) one of the greats.

He had a style that I enjoyed to watch.

On a side note there was a good article in Ring Magazine talking about the two men meeting again years after the fight.  Benn put together a charity to raise money for his healthcare...

Sad

CC to all that gave their oppinion...  This is a great thread!

CC#237 ;D Pride

In the ring Gerald McClellan could be likened to a machine, systematically destroying his opponents with those lacerating straight punches.
On the other hand one could argue G-man was nothing like a machine, he was more animalistic, as he was driven by raw, visceral emotion. He hated the man in the opposite corner and would not be discouraged from claiming his scalp.

I believe this sentiment was felt by Gerald in light of his entire career, I think he felt, to stop him winning and stop him becoming an all time great, someone would have to leave him blind, deaf and paralysed.

Such a shame thats exactly what happened :(

G-Man once told Manny that when he looked over at his opponent in the corner, all he saw was his father. And by the way he ran out of his corner and starting braking everything in his path, I would tend to believe that.

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I hope you don't mind but I agreed with much of what you said in both so I took it upon myself to use many of your words and merge portions of both sides I agree with. I also added my own in! :)



Gerald McClellan was a special fighter from the very beginning. He was tall, rangy and could box - as well as possessing shattering power in both hands. Stylistically, he sacrificed much of his skill with his obsession for power. He did become badly unstuck against the first real fighter he faced. Would he have learned from the fight... Of course! No one wants to take a beating like that(unless you're Gatti). Nigel was a great fighter but was allowed to foul in this bout. Had he had the ability to contiue on I strongly believe that he would have been(already is in my eyes) one of the greats.

He had a style that I enjoyed to watch.

On a side note there was a good article in Ring Magazine talking about the two men meeting again years after the fight. Benn put together a charity to raise money for his healthcare...

Sad

CC to all that gave their oppinion... This is a great thread!

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100% agree with your post CC

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Makes the mayweathers look like the brady's

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Makes the mayweathers look like the brady's

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;D hilarious!!! CC

Nah but in all seriousness, imagine that power unleashed on the street!
Not advantageous to ur health huh?

Unfortunatly he was probably allready hurt,after the Jackson fight
And he still had Benn down twice

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Unfortunatly he was probably allready hurt,after the Jackson fight
And he still had Benn down twice

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Similar to Paul Ingle i blamed that on all the heavy blows he took off Naz

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Originally Posted by "PRIDE OF BOSTON"

He did become badly unstuck against the first real fighter he faced.

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I'm calling major BULLSHITSKY on that statement.... Yea he earned a TKO in the 1st round had a REF against him that kept him sepearated from BENN , long enough for Benn to recover, got repeatedly fouled, put Benn on his azz again in the 8th round and was ahead on 2 of the judges scorecard when the massive head trauma overtook his conciousness.... UNSTUCK?? HARDLY ::**

Benn was entitled to 20 seconds to get back in the ring

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He did become badly unstuck against the first real fighter he faced.

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I'm calling major BULLSHITSKY on that statement.... Yea he earned a TKO in the 1st round had a REF against him that kept him sepearated from BENN , long enough for Benn to recover, got repeatedly fouled, put Benn on his azz again in the 8th round and was ahead on 2 of the judges scorecard when the massive head trauma overtook his conciousness.... UNSTUCK?? HARDLY ::**

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He was bullying and not boxing as well as I had seen him... After he put benn down he rushed in... He took heavy blows...

Call it what you will

None the less, I, as you can see from the rest of my post loved him as a fighter

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Originally Posted by TYSONBRUNO

Benn was entitled to 20 seconds to get back in the ring

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Big whoop.... I dont give a crap about that, what I was eluding to was the ref kept McClellan seperated from Benn for no reason afterward... Even the announcers were yelling "WHAT IS THAT REF DOING" HOME FUKIN COOKING!!!!! Bottom line

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Originally Posted by Trainer Monkey

Unfortunatly he was probably allready hurt,after the Jackson fight
And he still had Benn down twice

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Similar to Paul Ingle i blamed that on all the heavy blows he took off Naz

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Imediatly after the Jackson fight he was complaining of dizzieness,he really should have been checked out then,instead of being moved up in weight

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Originally Posted by "PRIDE OF BOSTON"

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Originally Posted by JT Rock

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Originally Posted by "PRIDE OF BOSTON"

He did become badly unstuck against the first real fighter he faced.

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I'm calling major BULLSHITSKY on that statement.... Yea he earned a TKO in the 1st round had a REF against him that kept him sepearated from BENN , long enough for Benn to recover, got repeatedly fouled, put Benn on his azz again in the 8th round and was ahead on 2 of the judges scorecard when the massive head trauma overtook his conciousness.... UNSTUCK?? HARDLY  ::**

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He was bullying and not boxing as well as I had seen him...  After he put benn down he rushed in...  He took heavy blows...

Call it what you will

None the less, I, as you can see from the rest of my post loved him as a fighter

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Bro, that was your statement I'm calling it with your own words "He did become badly unstuck against the first real fighter he faced."

When 1 boxer has another in serious trouble they usually go in a swinging and seize the opportunity, at least thats the customary method  ;D

Gerald did not become unstuck, not even a little bit 

I suggest you go back and watch the fight  ;)

What happened, happened. We cant change it. Erbody in the world thought Mayweathe lost to Castillo but erbody in the wrold cannot sway the decision of the officials. That nite the officials decided that Benn was up in time and Benn won the fight. Officialy thtas what happened.

What surprised me about the ben fight if Im not mistaken is gerald weighed 4lb under at the weighin never could understand why terrible preperation.