Gerald McClellan thread

Don King was probably bitter at McClellan and didn't pay him because he was a 'failed investment'.

The day Don King croaks, many people in boxing will rejoice and feel a sense of justice. King did donate some money for G-Man's benefit dinner, $25k, which is still probably less than what he underpaid him when he fought.

Don King disgusts me, I heard he hasn't given Gerald any money at all? I never actually thought of that. He's an absolute disgrace - for all of the millions he has. Besides the fact that he's a murderer, he's also apparently a heartless fucker who doesn't give a shit about his fighter.

Offer guys enough money and friends will fight. Best fight I can think of between two really good friends. Simon Brown-Maurice Blocker. I'm not talking about guys who became friends afterwards (SRR-Lamotta, Ward-Gatti, etc..). These guys were like best friends since they were teenagers.

I think it's because they were very good friends since the ams. It would've happened had G-Man not been seriously injured.

Roy Jones vs G-Man one of the best fights to never happen. I think it's because they were very good friends since the ams.

I think that's pretty bad if Don King never donated. Sure he isn't obliged to, but there's no way I could do that.

G-Man took some serious shots by Jackson in that fight but he had a granite jaw and mostly walked through them. That's why it looked so one-sided. Jackson never threw many punches, just loaded up on the ones he threw and most of the times his opponents would go down. McClellan didn't.

I'm pretty sure on at least one or two of those occasions he was asking the ref to stop the fight because he didn't want to keep hurting the fighter. That was the Brannon fight. Either way, I don't see this sudden change in style and finishing ability after the G-Man tragedy. What I saw was him fighting bigger men at light heavy once he left 168 after the Brannon fight.

Been a while since I saw that Jackson fight but I don't remember McClellan getting hit that often, I remember a one sided beating. Although I could be remembering a combination of both the first and second fight. G-Man took some good shots in the first fight. It was after that fight when he supposedly started suffering from frequent headaches, possibly a pre-cursor to what happened against Benn. Dehydrating yourself to make weight is never the best thing to do health-wise, which is what G-Man was known to do and be huge in the ring. The rematch was a 90 second beatdown.

Don King disgusts me, I heard he hasn't given Gerald any money at all?

I think it already affected him mentally. Lots of people say Jones never had the same killer instinct after what happened to McClellan and wouldn't finish off opponents and at the same time, it also made him a much more cautious fighter. I don't really buy that. His fights immediately following the Benn-McClellan tragedy were: Antonie Byrd Vinny Pazienza Tony Thornton Merqui Sosa Eric Lucas Bryant Brannon His finishing instincts looked fine in these fights barring the Lucas one (the night of his semi-pro basketball game). I don't think the effects of the Benn-McCellan situation suddenly kicked in after 7 fights.

I think the extra time the ref gave Benn in the first round of their fight, to recover from the knockdown, was criminal.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZZvB1MwYec Here's a highlight of McClellan vs Jackson I, the moment he became the champion, a memory he still remembers. This was probably the fight that damaged him most, Jackson was a devastating puncher and Gerald took lots of shots that would've knocked out most boxer's.

Honestly ... I wouldn't visit him either. Looking at him, I'd realise that I could end up like that .. When I retired, I'd visit him for sure.

roy jones donates money to his family but refuses to visit until his boxing career is over because it may affect him mentally.

Roy Jones vs G-Man one of the best fights to never happen.