McClellan beat Jones on points in the amateurs fair and square, apparently he had Jones pinned against the ropes for most of the fight (though Jones dislocated McClellan's jaw).

But in the pro's, it's difficult to say because most of McClellan's fights were over inside 90 seconds and so we don't know what he's really like beyond three rounds. There are Q marks over stamina I guess. One thing there are no Q marks over is his punch, he had extremely heavy hands and if he hit ANYBODY with a clean, levered right hand they are down and out - it's as simple as that. He also had a real good left hook to the body that finished most of his fights.

I think Jones would be playing with fire if he wanted to trade with the G-Man, he might have to be better than ever in terms of speed, darting in and out, reflexes.. remember, Benn basically says that McClellan's chin and strength were unbelievable, Jackson's shots had little effect either and he apparently walked right through Tommy Hearns's right hands in the gym when he was a kid - so, 36 minutes is a long time, a long time for Jones to stay out of range!

It's very interesting because a lot of boxing people were convinced McClellan would of beaten Jones again (Manny Steward, Holyfield, Mike Moorer, Frank Liles), an incarcerated Mike Tyson had called McClellan "the best fighter in the world".

I'd like to see McClellan's fight with the cagey gatekeeper Sanderline Williams, because a few who have seen it told me that McClellan didn't even set out to KO Williams and boxes beautifully in this fight, using the ring well, using his jab as a range finder and showing mastery of timing and distance. That's interesting shat. I'd like to see that.

I have to say though, I don't think McClellan was difficult to tag.. and you don't want to be easy to tag against a 160/168 Jones. McClellan's defense seemed to be trying to glide his upper body out of range (swaying from the waist) and also using his legs, but his defensive reflexes didn't seem too quick to me.


It's interesting.. we'll never know.