Nigel Benn vs Gerald McClellan fight

[General Zod]

great fight and i loved it,i watched it again 6 months ago around my mates house,i really feel for mcclellen and his family big time,a very sad ending indeed.the ref didnt do a good job either,gerald should have won in the 1st round,benn was out for longer than 10 secs and they shouldnt of pushed him back in the ring.benn was never the same fighter again.but what a fight

Yeah it was a great fight, it took me about 10 years to watch it again. Lord knows where they found the ref from he was pretty useless. This fight is also one of the reasons why I don't like hearing boxers say stuff like 'I'm prepared to die in the ring.'. Its a sport, if you think something is wrong then quit, who cares what some armchair critic may say afterwards.

At one point in the fight McClellan says to his team that he feels like the water they are pouring on his head is seeping into his brain, no one at that point had even poured water on his head if that wasn't a warning sign then I don't know what would of been classed as one.

[Sugarj]

Is that right???!! Shocking.

Gerrald has lost his sight in both eyes and can hear faintly in one ear. Horrific injuries!! If the doctors could have got to that clot earlier he may have recovered much better. Spencer Oliver is testiment to this, he is now as articulate as ever. Granted brain injuries vary between patients, but some sharp actions can save so much.

I look forward to your assessment of that book Agentsmith. Cheers

[True Guru]

****in amazing fight,Both guys were absolute warriors who wanted to win more than anything.
Its destroyed G-man and took whatever was left of Benn.

[General Zod]

****in amazing fight,Both guys were absolute warriors who wanted to win more than anything.
Its destroyed G-man and took whatever was left of Benn.

At least Benn has comes to terms with what happened in that fight, I think his religion has played a big part in that.

[mickey malone]

Horrible conclusion to the fight..

There was bad blood between the 2 all the way, leading up to the fight.. McClellan had vowed to make an example of Benn, and KO him in the 1st round, which very nearly happened.. Benn was beside himself with rage, saying, "Who the *** does he think he is?, i've got more KO's than he's had fights." It was always going to be a war..
I'd hold the WBC the most responsible for what happened to Gerald.. If he'd been complaining of dizzy spells, then why didn't they have him checked out properly?
My guess would be that Sulaiman wanted to save himself a few bucks..
The referee was also at fault, which is something i'll confess to not noticing at the time, because the action was so fierce.. Looking back on it, he should have at least, had a word with McClellan when the blinking started..
I loved the fight, but like most people, i've only ever seen it the once..

[Dynamite Kid]

I read that Benn said that he got hit with a left hook to the body and it felt like he had been electrocuted and that if McClellan had hit him there again that he would not have been able to continue. Thats not word for so dont quote me.

I also read an article where Futch questioned the decision to let McClellan fight someone like Benn because his (Benn)style was bound to cause McClellan problems.

[BKM-]

There's probably not another fight that I hate more. I haven't watch it in its entirity for years, and for good reason. I just keep putting myself in McClellan's state of nightmare at that moment. How would it feel to be fighting not just to win a boxing match, but literally for your life? A man that is fighting against a killer like Benn while a blood cloth in his brain, and nobody knows it and saves him. He's all on his own and is unable to realise that his life will never be the same again.
And that's not where the only drama is either. Apparently Gerald's team was even worse than Tyson's against Buster Douglass. The buffoons couldn't even wrap his hands(Gerald did this himself).
And then you also have the commentary for this fight with that ignorant ******* Pacheco. I don't even need to explain, those that have seen the fight know what I mean.

So yes, the fight was amazing but it leaves a bad taste in my mouth in every way.

[Ray*]

Too many things went across my mind whenever i remember the fight:

(1) Mcclellan wasnt right coming into the fight, I dont know how or if he pass a medical for this fight.
(2) The fight was over and should have be stopped in the first round by the ref in favour of McClellan
(3) McClellan's corner should have sense something was wrong after he got KD and was blinking.
(4) Don King is a bastard for wanting/shouting at McClellan to get up and continue.
(5) Benn has never been the same again physically and mentally.
(6) The referee..

[GJC]

You would have thought the BB of C would have been extra vigilent after what happened to Michael Watson a couple of years before, it seemed ages before he left the arena.

Don't know for a fact but maybe the medical people were working on McClellan? Difficult to know but they may have saved his life, whether that was a blessing or not only he and his family can say.

It was a fantastic fight and probably the reason we all watch the sport 2 fighters at their peak both delivering and showing tremendous heart and courage.
It was also a fight that makes boxing difficult to defend against the abolotionists and I can't speak for others but does make me feel ashamed now that I enjoyed every moment of it and yelled my head off when Benn won.

Somebody did me a collection of Benn's fights on DVD and it is the only one I have never watched.

[General Zod]

Is that right???!! Shocking.

Gerrald has lost his sight in both eyes and can hear faintly in one ear. Horrific injuries!! If the doctors could have got to that clot earlier he may have recovered much better. Spencer Oliver is testiment to this, he is now as articulate as ever. Granted brain injuries vary between patients, but some sharp actions can save so much.

I look forward to your assessment of that book Agentsmith. Cheers

The book isnt very good, I didnt really tell me anything new. But what I did find out was that McClellen wanted to quit after the 2nd round, he knew something was wrong but he allowed his team to talk him into continuing. Also he was sick and tired of hitting Benn who just kept coming back, by the 6th he said he wanted to quit and his team told him to, "go out there and die". Which he almost did, I think it was pride, not wanting to be seen as a quitter that kept him fighting. I hate to sound cold but he is was adult and he knew that his actions have consequences.

Also from my understanding his team were a bunch of clowns he knew Donnie because they watched dogfighting together. As for Stanley I think he had a couple of pro fights and spent most of his time on the wrong side of the law. Not exactly the ideal time to have in your corner in a time of crisis.