This is a Poll for all those who have SEEN the fight. I haven't seen it myself but i hear a lot of people saying thats how Benn was able to beat McClellan.

I dont think so. I think it was accumulation of punishment.

This is a Poll for all those who have SEEN the fight. I haven't seen it myself but i hear a lot of people saying thats how Benn was able to bear McClellan.
Nah man... McClellan got f**ked up coz' he had a leaky defense and took A LOT of left hooks to the head!

+ possible dehydration and things we'll never know about. :dunno:

It's been a while since I've seen it, but apparently G-man was not in the greatest shape.

In any case, G-man was not a very smart fighter. He could have made the fight easier for himself.

Rabbit punhces are VERY dangerous, and coming from a guy with the power of Benn, they surely had an affect on G-man. Mesi's career is over due to rabbit punhces. Part of why Roy's career is pretty much over is due to rabbit punhces (look at the abnormal swelling on the back of Roy's head after the first Tarver fight).

Rabbit punches ain't no joke in the pros with those small gloves and no headgear.

who gives a **** as long as he aint killing animals im happy

I have seen the fight and I think it was a lot of rabbit punches to the back of the head, but what I think did it was a clash of heads. Benn was aiming for the back of the head and hard. The fight should have been over when Gerald knocked him threw the ropes and got more than ten seconds to get up.

I have seen the fight and I think it was a lot of rabbit punches to the back of the head, but what I think did it was a clash of heads. Benn was aiming for the back of the head and hard. The fight should have been over when Gerald knocked him threw the ropes and got more than ten seconds to get up.
I can't remember exactly, but I think there's a rule in the Marquis of Queensberry that allows you extra time if you get knocked through the ropes...

I'll have a little investigation.

9. A boxer shall receive a twenty (20) second count if boxer is knocked out of the ring and onto the floor. The boxer is to be unassisted by his seconds. If assisted by his seconds, boxer shall be disqualified by the referee

Benn's back in the ring before the 9 count, I had to check it after the last bout of arguments.

He only gets McLellan with 3 or 4 decent rabbit punches and gets a couple back. The rest were just cursory taps when they were clinching.

Benn's back in the ring before the 9 count, I had to check it after the last bout of arguments.

He only gets McLellan with 3 or 4 decent rabbit punches and gets a couple back. The rest were just cursory taps when they were clinching.
You know, one of my favourite moments in boxing history is at the end of round 1 - Benn vs McClellan... Benn walks back to his corner and smiles, does a little wink and nods his head to them. It was SOOOOO F**kin' cool!...

It was like he was nodding and saying, "Yeah, I'm ok... Looks like we might have a bit of a fight on this evening!" Smiling...

He was a boy... LOL!... ;)

You know, one of my favourite moments in boxing history is at the end of round 1 - Benn vs McClellan... Benn walks back to his corner and smiles, does a little wink and nods his head to them. It was SOOOOO F**kin' cool!...

It was like he was nodding and saying, "Yeah, I'm ok... Looks like we might have a bit of a fight on this evening!" Smiling...

He was a boy... LOL!... ;)

LOL. He is a super-hard bastard. :D

I hate benn and eubank, steve collins whipped both of them twice :)

He only gets McLellan with 3 or 4 decent rabbit punches and gets a couple back.

And that's all it would take. People's careers have ended from less (Mesi for example). Luckily for Benn he didn't get them in just the right spot to end up like the G-man did.

And that's all it would take. People's careers have ended from less (Mesi for example). Luckily for Benn he didn't get them in just the right spot to end up like the G-man did.

He was struggling for breath from the 2nd round, which is what makes me think there was something else wrong with him. If I remember rightly he also started blinking a lot before the 1st kd. I think Benn only landed the decent rabbit punches after this when he was trying to put him away. He took a hell of a lot of legal punishment which was just as likely to have caused his problems. I guess we'll never know though.

He was struggling for breath from the 2nd round, which is what makes me think there was something else wrong with him. If I remember rightly he also started blinking a lot before the 1st kd. I think Benn only landed the decent rabbit punches after this when he was trying to put him away. He took a hell of a lot of legal punishment which was just as likely to have caused his problems. I guess we'll never know though.

In my mind there is no doubt that G-man's condition was caused by legal and illegal tactics so I agree with ya.

He was struggling for breath from the 2nd round, which is what makes me think there was something else wrong with him. If I remember rightly he also started blinking a lot before the 1st kd. I think Benn only landed the decent rabbit punches after this when he was trying to put him away. He took a hell of a lot of legal punishment which was just as likely to have caused his problems. I guess we'll never know though.
Yeah I remember McClellan blinking loads... It was like he couldn't see for a moment? :dunno:

And when the referee pulled Benn over to one corner to have a word with him, McClellan went down onto one knee for a rest, (Which caused a big roar! As you're not allowed to do that!)

I think you could slightly see that something wasn't right with him at this stage, and at that time, I knew the fight was gonna be over very soon!

It's pretty freaky seeing all the signs when your watching the fight after you know what's happened.

Nigel Benn really did feed off the crowd! I've just been watching the fight, and from the moment Benn hit the canvas to the moment the referee calls "fight!" is 10 seconds.

He was definatly back in the ring in about 9 seconds... I don't see any problems there... :dunno:

The rabbit punches, more than anything else, lead to Gerald's demise....Benn should have been stripped of the belt and suspended for his actions, instead he gloated and celebrated his tainted victory, and the British fans proclaimed him a hero for beating an American superstar into a coma, one of boxing's saddest nights in history

The rabbit punches, more than anything else, lead to Gerald's demise....Benn should have been stripped of the belt and suspended for his actions, instead he gloated and celebrated his tainted victory, and the British fans proclaimed him a hero for beating an American superstar into a coma, one of boxing's saddest nights in history

Benn's antics were certainly no worse than MAB's against Hamed. US fighters throw rabbit punches too. If it was a rabbit punch that caused the damage then it's a freak occurrance IMO, otherwise you'd have fighters ending up like G-man every week.

The rabbit punches, more than anything else, lead to Gerald's demise....Benn should have been stripped of the belt and suspended for his actions, instead he gloated and celebrated his tainted victory, and the British fans proclaimed him a hero for beating an American superstar into a coma, one of boxing's saddest nights in history
Gerald McClellan lost that fight because he had a leaky defense, and took way to many shots to the head. Nigel Benn kept lundging forward throwing huge left and right hooks!

It wasn't a few rabbit punches... :nono:

Nigel Benn was proclaimed a hero for winning the fight, NOT for beating McClellan into a coma... You are VERY wrong there!

Nigel Benn didn't gloat in victory, and tried many times to visit McClellan but it was McClellan's sisters who refused his visits.

You are wrong!

I hate benn and eubank, steve collins whipped both of them twice :)
both of them had been through wars at that stage of their careers and they were past their best, benn was done after the McClellan fight, it's not really suprising though

I just watched the fight and while i must say i think the rabbit punches at the end put the finishing touches on it, i think a lot of it has to do with Gerald's poor conditioning (he was pushing the mouthguard out to breathe because it wasnt the type with the holes in the miidle.), and shots he took.

So my vote will go as no.

I also believe it was the accumulation of punishment he took, not the rabbit punches in themselves. I have seen much harder shot taken to the back of the head in MMA without it having shown any signs of damage in particular. It might be something just waiting to happen but until then..

I just watched the fight and while i must say i think the rabbit punches at the end put the finishing touches on it, i think a lot of it has to do with Gerald's poor conditioning (he was pushing the mouthguard out to breathe because it wasnt the type with the holes in the miidle.), and shots he took.

So my vote will go as no.
Glad you enjoyed the fight man ;)

I think there was something wrong with him (Dehydration, perhaps from trying to lose weight too fast) going on in the background that we'll never know about. :dunno:

I don't think it was the saddest night in boxing

Benn just saved hundreds of dogs from being killed

McClellan got what he deserved, I'm not being mean, but that **** he was doing was inhuman...

Nobody could whack like Nigel Benn so it was all the punches that McClellan's incredible chin endured that caused him brain damage.

Benn could whack like no other, and McClellan could take punches like no other. That's a recipe for brain damage.

Benn threw rabbit punches in a lot of his fights when being clinched, he threw much more rabbit punches against previous opponents than he did against McClellan so why didn't they get brain damage as well? (well it could be argued that Eubank has brain damage I suppose LOL).

can you please explainwhat gerald did to animals because its not the first i read that??

can you please explainwhat gerald did to animals because its not the first i read that??
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