McClellan was a good for nothing bum

[Orange Sneakers]

As for Watson and McCallum, it's true that Watson had 11 months out, that Watson was sharper than ever for the original November before busting his nose in his last round of sparring, that McCallum had a terrific warm-up match with Steve Collins in Boston, and that Watson simply wasn't as sharp going into the April date, and that Watson was forced to lead and not counter because of this, and that Watson had breathing troubles due to his nose, and that McCallum hurt him with the body shots that got through (Watson was blocking most of them! Even the counters to the body)

Would have been interesting if the November date went through, Watson fresh, no nose troubles, and forcing McCallum to lead off

I loved watching Watson feast on the American journeymen on Grandstand in 1988, he obliterated them all with precision! Thought he was brilliant, but Eubanks ring generalship really schooled him for the first half of their first fight (that fight showed how good Eubank really was), before dehydration set in on Eubank (lost 19lb in four days! And weigh-in was at 10-11am at Odeon in Leicester Square the day of the fight itself!)

[SkilledB]

Man **** puppys...Free Mike Vick!!!

Nah but on the real, you dumbass people that put dogs on the same level on a human life are expedible also. Grow up it's an animal, it's no different than a chicken 'cept you don't eat it...well most of us.

[Dynamite Kid]

As for Watson and McCallum, it's true that Watson had 11 months out, that Watson was sharper than ever for the original November before busting his nose in his last round of sparring, that McCallum had a terrific warm-up match with Steve Collins in Boston, and that Watson simply wasn't as sharp going into the April date, and that Watson was forced to lead and not counter because of this, and that Watson had breathing troubles due to his nose, and that McCallum hurt him with the body shots that got through (Watson was blocking most of them! Even the counters to the body)

Would have been interesting if the November date went through, Watson fresh, no nose troubles, and forcing McCallum to lead off

I loved watching Watson feast on the American journeymen on Grandstand in 1988, he obliterated them all with precision! Thought he was brilliant, but Eubanks ring generalship really schooled him for the first half of their first fight (that fight showed how good Eubank really was), before dehydration set in on Eubank (lost 19lb in four days! And weigh-in was at 9am at Odeon in Leicester Square the morning of the fight!)

its also True that Mike McCallum was an allround better fighter in every department except fot Heart that is one thing u could'nt question with Watson & McCallum was not the quickest of fighters but he is way to intelligent of a fighter for Mike Watson ,i dont care what excuses people make McCallum was a better fighter period

[Orange Sneakers]

mclellan is overrated.....are we forgetting he lost to 2 journeymen???

and benn was beating him clearly after the 2nd....

But that was in 1989 when he was 21 years old. He said he under-trained for Milton and over-trained for Ward, in terms of sparring, before getting it right and not losing again...until..

Nigel Benn suffered a fractured jaw, fractured nose, fractured cheek bone, fractured rib and fractured hands from the fight. He also collapsed through exhaustion on the way back to the dressing room, had to be lifted in and out of baths for a week, was urinating blood for weeks (due to busted kidney), and an X-ray also showed a shadow on the brain (scar tissue on the brain that left his balance shot to **** in his last five fights - he was falling over his own punches post-McClellan)

[Orange Sneakers]

its also True that Mike McCallum was an allround better fighter in every department except fot Heart that is one thing u could'nt question with Watson & McCallum was not the quickest of fighters but he is way to intelligent of a fighter for Mike Watson ,i dont care what excuses people make McCallum was a better fighter period

The Watson who fought Eubank the second time was completely off the page. He won every single round, with every shot of the book, switching angles all over the place and throwing punches in blistering clusters of combinations, cutting off the ring perfectly and constantly, and generally just incredible. THAT Watson was a completely different animal to the one who fought Mike. He also obliterated Errol Christie quite frighteningly, Errol certainly had pedigree and nobody had ever done anything like that to him, Watson just walked him down and beat the **** out of him with precision (and almost scarey) shots.

The way he tucked and countered against Benn was beautiful, a masterclass. And the 2nd round is an almost flawless exhibition of boxing from Watson. He is literally punch-****ing-perfect - along with Benn's fists swirling round his guard, we see Watson hit him with every shot in the book in this round.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5gsFbGyxmE

Not just jabs, though plenty of them; lead straight right hands, lead right uppercuts and baby Barrera-style left hook/uppercuts, uppercut-jab 1-2's, lead right-left hook 1-2's, digging body shots, the absolute works... in his quite methodical way Watson hits him with the kitchen sink. Benn lands maybe twice cleanly in the whole round.


And Eubank, lands perhaps the most perfect right hand I've ever seen thrown, 11 rounds in in the Watson rematch, having been battered to a pulp for 11 rounds straight and forced to keep up the pace of lightweight (ie ****ing shattered, barely able to stand), when for once that night he measures Watson's attack, steps in and lets him have it...


(1:28)

Watching it over on DVD, that punch just get's better and better each time you rewind and see it. I did it about 30-40 times the other night, and it just got better and better each time!

And then obviously the uppercut, after being knocked down (which leaves you even and a lot more tired, anyway) for the first time in his career, in what was perhaps the best right uppercut I've ever seen thrown (almost running to land it, perfect arc, laced through Watson's near-perfect guard, etc).

And Eubank wasn't a great or good fighter? **** off, he was the man!

[Dynamite Kid]

The Watson who fought Eubank the second time was completely off the page. He won every single round, with every shot of the book, switching angles all over the place and throwing punches in blistering clusters of combinations, cutting off the ring perfectly and constantly, and generally just incredible. THAT Watson was a completely different animal to the one who fought Mike. He also obliterated Errol Christie quite frighteningly, Errol certainly had pedigree and nobody had ever done anything like that to him, Watson just walked him down and beat the **** out of him with precision (and almost scarey) shots

The way tucked and countered against Benn was beautiful, a masterclass. And the 2nd round is an almost flawless exhibition of boxing from Watson. He is literally punch-****ing-perfect - along with Benn's fists swirling round his guard, we see Watson hit him with every shot in the book in this round.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5gsFbGyxmE

Not just jabs, though plenty of them; lead straight right hands, lead right uppercuts and baby Barrera-style left hook/uppercuts, uppercut-jab 1-2's, lead right-left hook 1-2's, digging body shots, the absolute works... in his quite methodical way Watson hits him with the kitchen sink. Benn lands maybe twice cleanly in the whole round.


And Eubank, lands perhaps the most perfect right hand I've ever seen thrown, 11 rounds in in the Watson rematch, having been battered to a pulp for 11 rounds straight and forced to keep up the pace of lightweight (ie ****ing shattered, barely able to stand), when for once that night he measures Watson's attack, steps in and lets him have it...


(1:28)

Watching it over on DVD, it just get's better and better each time you rewind and see it. I did it about 70-80 times the other night, and it just got better and better each time!

And then obviously the uppercut, after being knocked down (which leaves you a lot more tired, anyway) for the first time in his career, in what was perhaps the best right uppercut I've ever seen thrown (almost running to land it, perfect arc, laced through Watson's near-perfect guard, etc).

And Eubank wasn't a great or good fighter? **** off, he was the man!

why are u posting that fight ive seen it a thousand times i know what happened ,if u think Mike Watson was a better fighter than Mike McCallum then say it in a post so i can put it in my sig for a good old laugh ,either do that or STFU with all the excuses Watson got dominated and never beat an Elite fighter in his career , McCallum beat more than one Elite fighter

[D_Chosen_1]

Yup, he was a piece of classless ****. Look where's he at now days. Like the saying goes: what goes around comes around.

[Orange Sneakers]

I think Mike McCallum was absolutely terrific, one of the most gifted, fluid fighters ever and probably the best body-puncher ever from range with the long left hook downstairs, as well as the best counter-puncher to the body ever... but Michael Watson in the Eubank/Watson II match was something else.

[TheMasterFlash]

That terrible Terry sig. Man, he got my boy Sugar Ray.
I gotta watch that Julian Jackson ko of him again to get that srl beatin outta my mind.

[The Hammer]

Seriously it still bugs me that he got away with all that puppy killing **** he did least he learned his lesson when Nigel the supreme Benn dominated him.

He wasnt that great as a fighter. Average at best. This was shown when Benn beat the **** out of him. Kinda ironic how he ended up like his dogs. Cruelty to animals is wrong.

Benn is also the second greatest British boxer behind Hamed.

Maybe what happened to McClellan was bad karma for his cruelty to animals.