McClellan vs Hagler

[Hunna]

You were right Mc Clellan had a hard punch, but wasn't up to scratch with Hagler. Mc Clellan quality of opponent werent near Haglers. Have a look at their opponents and their records of each fighter, and the difference is evident.

[realtim]

Mc Clellan didnt complain because he was that type of guy.
I just cant see him beating Hagler. Could be biased opinion because Haglers one of my fav fighters.

[pinkpanther]

I have watched that fight many times also and there is no doubt the fouls that Nigel Benn hit Gerald McClellan with had an effect on the fight. Benn knew he could not win without rabbit punching and headbutting, he tried every dirty trick in the book that night. The Ref was a joke and he let this type illegal punching go on without even a warning to Benn. McClellan would have been great and if that fight took place in the U.S. it would have been a first round KO for McClellan....
As far as McClellan vs Hagler , Hagler would win a close decision after being rocked early in the fight by McClellan. I still think we as boxing fans never got a chance to see the G-Man in his prime. He was still improving as a fighter when he got hurt.

How would it have been a 1st round KO if it was in the states? I don't understand this. As for the rabbit punches yes they happened, but I'm sorry if you watch the fight G-Man wasn't exactly clean!

And as for what happened it had absolutley nothing to do with the rabbit punches it the damage was done by the cumulative effect of the Jackson fight and the Benn fight both of whom were some of the hardest punchers around at the time.

It really pisses me off when people **** on about Benn being dirty and how that was the reason the G-Man is the way he is today - one word.... bull****. He got crowned in both fights with some huge punches. Both Benn and G-Man were as dirty as one another and anyone who has seen the fight would know...jesus it was a war!

[jack_the_rippuh]

Does anyone feel that the injuries McClellan sustained after the fight was a karma thing? (besides the person who stated it in the beginning of the thread.)

[Mr. Violence]

Does anyone feel that the injuries McClellan sustained after the fight was a karma thing? (besides the person who stated it in the beginning of the thread.)

It very well could have been, but in saying that, I value the life of a person more than I do a dog...so McClellan did not deserve what happened to him. What is wrong with people who are happy what happened to McClellan? that is some evil **** man.

[scramwarrior]

I think McClellan was just hit too much in his career altogether and in the Benn fight it caught up with him.

[jayschre]

Really I am not one to try to make excuses one way or another, and I wasn't trying to say that Nigel Benn is the reason Gerald is the way he is today. I do think that that night in London was the final touches on a long and brutal road for someone that takes to good of a punch, I have always been of the belief that having a solid chin was a great thing to have for boxing but not for living, cause taking the kind of punches that he(and so many others) can take seems to only last for awhile and then boom all of a sudden one hard shot too many and it's good night, or veggie time. The human brain can take some bone jarring punishment and you can bounce right back, but sooner or later you take one too many and you are never the same. I had never heard this story about Gerald before so I am definately saddened to hear the way he was as a person and maybe the end result is some kind of karma catching up to him. Either way I don't wish his condition on any man,
BTW, the reason that the fight would have been a 1st rd. tko was that Benn had at least 13 seconds instead of a 10 count in the first round, not to mention the fact that the douchebag ref kept steppiing in between them when it resumed and was stopping Gerald from reuming the assault, **** even Ferdie Pacheco was saying "what is this guy doing"!

[puppy_dogg]

Benn roughed him up, no doubt, but McLellan didn't do much complaining about it during the fight and there's been much worse incidents of foul play that have gone unpunished. I don't know what makes you think it would have ended in the 1st had the fight been elsewhere Benn landed plenty of big, legitimate shots that were the more likely reason for the outcome of the fight and it's just excuse making to say otherwise.

when benn was knocked down through the ropes, alot of people think the count was a little long, myself included. im pretty sure thats what hes refering to when he says that. if it were in the states there would have been a different ref. a ref from the states could have a long count to but im just telling you what i think this guy is saying.

[Cletus Funk]

Fair enough guys, although aren't you supposed to get extra time if you're out of the ring?

[LuKahnLi]

Hagler would get inside of McClellan's range and ****** him. Especially if we are talking LATER in McClellan's career when all he knew how to throw was a right hand.