Jones-mcclellan

[ICEMAN JOHN SCULLY]

1988, Omaha, Nebraska. A great back and forth battle. RJ was on the ropes a lot. As pro.. I think RJ outboxes him... U?

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[!!! Beowulf !!!]

It really is difficult to tell. McClellan was vicious, but perhaps overconfident. I'd back Jones Jr, but McClellan had one hell of a punch.

[hollister]

IMO Jones was definitely the more gifted of the two, and much faster. I'd take jones even with what we know now by decicion.

[masterdirector]

Jones would definitely beat a 1996 McClellan

[theironone]

either gerald kos him in 3 or roy would take a wide unam decision, if i was a betting man id go for jones 8 times out of ten

[RedRooster]

Manny basically says it would of been an easy fight, McClellan inside two rounds.

I think McClellan wins both ways, either he out-jabs Jones alnight to a wide UD or he gets him out of there with the kind of amazing timing that Jones has never seen (other than when he had his ass handed to him by McClellan in 88). Wasn't it Michael Moorer once who said that he saw Jones and McClellan sparring in 1987 and that he was cringing just watching it, he says McClellan got the better of Jones but couldn't eat for two days after.

[LondonRingRules]

1988, Omaha, Nebraska. A great back and forth battle. RJ was on the ropes a lot. As pro.. I think RJ outboxes him... U?

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** It seems like Roy avoided the big sluggers of the day. Roy wins any bout on paper, and he did win some good fights against a few great fighters, but GM might have been the first to expose Roy's chin. I'd hate to bet against Roy, but if the odds were good for this fight I might be tempted!

[Tarver is my dad]

McClellan was a devastating puncher before his tragic accident, however Roy was a devastating puncher in his middlweight and super middleweight days too. I do not see McClellan winning a decision against Jones. There were reports that McClellan had stamina problems and fades at the end of the fight, while Jones has great stamina. The only way I see McClellan winning this fight is if he catches Jones with a hard punch in the first 4 rounds or so, if not, then Jones wins either by late KO or UD.

[RedRooster]

McClellan was a devastating puncher before his tragic accident, however Roy was a devastating puncher in his middlweight and super middleweight days too. I do not see McClellan winning a decision against Jones. There were reports that McClellan had stamina problems and fades at the end of the fight, while Jones has great stamina. The only way I see McClellan winning this fight is if he catches Jones with a hard punch in the first 4 rounds or so, if not, then Jones wins either by late KO or UD.

Julian Jackson and Nigel Benn hit far harder than Jones ever could, even though Jones was very powerful back then, and McClellan took all their knockout blows. His chin is insane. He's not getting KO'd.

[Tarver is my dad]

Julian Jackson and Nigel Benn hit far harder than Jones ever could, even though Jones was very powerful back then, and McClellan took all their knockout blows. His chin is insane. He's not getting KO'd.

It is said that the punch that hurts you the most is the punch that you don't see coming. I believe with Roy's amazing speed and power, he had the capabilities to KO him.