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whats interesting is that Jermain Taylor and Gerald McClellan were actually very similiar fighters...in build, punching style, and even mentally in the ring they were sowhat alike.
the difference? McClellan was a monsterous puncher and had a hell of a chin. Taylor aint bad in those two catagories, but he sure as hell didnt have the power that McClellan did.
I have to say early KO for McClellan. not that it wouldnt be competitive, but thats just how McClellan's fights went. I said before hes similiar to Taylor, and if Taylor could put Pavlik down and almost out like that...
and dont even try to bring up the Benn fight. Benn would have been gone in the first round if it wasnt for the ref, and McClellan almost finished him again late in the fight. add in the fact that McClellan already had bleeding in his brain before that fight, that it was McClellan's first fight at 168lbs, and that Benn was one of the heaviest punchers around that weight of all time and had one of the biggest hearts ever...
the difference? McClellan was a monsterous puncher and had a hell of a chin. Taylor aint bad in those two catagories, but he sure as hell didnt have the power that McClellan did.
I have to say early KO for McClellan. not that it wouldnt be competitive, but thats just how McClellan's fights went. I said before hes similiar to Taylor, and if Taylor could put Pavlik down and almost out like that...
and dont even try to bring up the Benn fight. Benn would have been gone in the first round if it wasnt for the ref, and McClellan almost finished him again late in the fight. add in the fact that McClellan already had bleeding in his brain before that fight, that it was McClellan's first fight at 168lbs, and that Benn was one of the heaviest punchers around that weight of all time and had one of the biggest hearts ever...
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