Gerald McClellan

[Ryn0]

If him and a prime RJJ fought he would proberbly have given Roy his toughest test.

[starjammer]

He'd probably be still fighting today.

Imagine that.

[Ryn0]

He did have him down for longer than 10 in the 1st though, amazing to think it could have been all over by then

Benn was unreal that night too

If a fighter falls through the ropes the have 20 seconds

[ferocity]

That english ref ****** balls. It was known that europe favors there fighters, and stop fights early in favore of eruopean fighters when american boxers go to fight in europe. That ref shoudl have stopped that figh in the first round. And benn was hitting mccallen illegally behind the head. It was clear there was something wrong with him, if he was well without inccident he'd beat benn as he was before aftermath.

I think he could of been great, but i recall a lot of hype for him cause he was koing everybody. I would say he had good skills, defence, balence, distance/range was all there for him and he had a good reach that i recall. Roy v. Mccallen was talked about but now remembering i dont' recall Hopkins name even mentioned during mccallens era. Can't recall or even if toney v. mccallen name were mentioned since toney was around at 168 i think where roy soon went.

Its never clear if Roy would of fought Gearald.

[Silencers]

It's bad to say but I think his condition was somewhat inevitable, he was complaining of headaches and nausea after the first Jackson fight, he took a lot of big shots from one of the biggest puncher in history.

But hypothetically, he could have given Jones one of his toughest fights and maybe ruled 168 for a while and maybe even move up to 175 and won a title or two there but his defense was always leaky, his chin made up for his defensive lapses, it would have been interesting to see how he would have got on against a guy like James Toney, who was a very, very good counterpuncher.

The referee, I believe is French.

[Dirk Diggler UK]

That english ref ****** balls. It was known that europe favors there fighters, and stop fights early in favore of eruopean fighters when american boxers go to fight in europe. That ref shoudl have stopped that figh in the first round. And benn was hitting mccallen illegally behind the head. It was clear there was something wrong with him, if he was well without inccident he'd beat benn as he was before aftermath.

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The ref wasnt even English you thick ****. I hate ignorant twats like you. McClellan got beat fair and square.

[JAB5239]

It's bad to say but I think his condition was somewhat inevitable, he was complaining of headaches and nausea after the first Jackson fight, he took a lot of big shots from one of the biggest puncher in history.

But hypothetically, he could have given Jones one of his toughest fights and maybe ruled 168 for a while and maybe even move up to 175 and won a title or two there but his defense was always leaky, his chin made up for his defensive lapses, it would have been interesting to see how he would have got on against a guy like James Toney, who was a very, very good counterpuncher.

The referee, I believe is French.

He actually beat Jones in the amateurs. That said, I don't think he could have done it in the pro's and would have always played second fiddle. I think Toney would have beat him too. But if you stood in front of him, more times than not he would take your head off. He had a warriors mentallity though. Would have been nice to see a full career instead of the way it was tragicly cut off.

[southpaw83]

If a fighter falls through the ropes the have 20 seconds

Yeah, I was aware of that, what I'm really getting at is Benn might not have got up at all if he hadn't left the ring

[Silencers]

He actually beat Jones in the amateurs. That said, I don't think he could have done it in the pro's and would have always played second fiddle. I think Toney would have beat him too. But if you stood in front of him, more times than not he would take your head off. He had a warriors mentallity though. Would have been nice to see a full career instead of the way it was tragicly cut off.

Yeah, I would have picked both of them over him in the pros but it would have been interesting to see.

[Fulcrum29]

Honestly anyone here who tells you how good Mclellan was is lying because fact is literally almost every single fight of his other than like 1 or two, lasted only one round. He knocked every opponent out in the first round. So it's very hard to determine how he would have done against someone that would have taken his punches, or how sound his fundamentals were etc. He lost to Jones I believe in the amateurs.
He was arguably the hardest hitter of all time, cracked as hard as Jackson if not harder yet had a beard. He definitely COULD have went down as the greatest and could have possibly destroyed Jones after the Benn fight but we'll never know now.