Interview with Gerald McClellan Years After the Benn Fight

[Red_Menace]

I don't blame Benn for doing that at all. In all the pre-fight press conferences McClellan was trash-talking Benn to pieces, while Benn just kept silent all the way through apart from occasionally saying the same setance "we'll see who's the last man standing on the 25th" or just "keep talking, mate, you just keep talking and I'll see you on the 25th". Benn promised he would trade punches with McClellan from the opening bell, and because of Benn's every-dodgy chin Everybody predicted McClellan to KO him in the early rounds, saying Benn was past-it or that McClellan would only have to land clean once or that Benn was wide open and bla bla bla. Benn had to soak it all up. Don King said McClellan would leave Benn in hospital, McClellan said he'd be happy to KILL "Brit ***" Benn (Benn told all the reporters "he says he'd like to kill me, well that's exactly what he's going to have to do - believe me"). Everybody said Benn was playing with fire, Benn told everybody else that McClellan was the one playing with fire and left it at that.

I don't think any of that really justifies throwing illegal punches to the back of the head. I haven't seen the fight in a while, so I'd have to watch it again before I could really say he was throwing a lot of dirty punches.

[JuicyJuice]

I don't think any of that really justifies throwing illegal punches to the back of the head.

A couple of soft little taps to the back of the head isn't going to do anything, you *****. Benn rabbit-punched all his opponents who held him and they didn't get brain damage.

McClellan was brain-damaged because he stood in front of the most explosive hitter in the world with no guard, and because his chin was too good for his own good (Benn said McClellan's chin and strength were unbelievable, because all others he whacked clean at full pelt had gone down like sacks of ****s left, right and centre).

[BKM-]

Well, man, that's just wishful-thinking from American's who can't accept that a non-American can punch as hard as Benn, if you bother to watch Benn's first 22 fights you'll realise exactly what caused McClellan's brain injury.

McClellan had the bloodcot at the start of round two I believe, because Stan Johnson says McClellan came back to his corner at the end of the second round and said "something not's right" and then "stop pouring water over my head" when nobody was pouring anything over his head!

There is a REASON why rabbit punches are illegal. They are VERY dangerous. He also headbutted him. Thats a fact. It contributed a lot to Mcclellans injury and there are no excuses for that. I also know that he kept his hands low and took a lot of powerfull, dangerous punches.

[JuicyJuice]

He also headbutted him. Thats a fact

He may of head-butted him on ******ed American commentary, just like Mike McCallum was schooling Michael Watson on American commentary (when on other commentary Watson was winning).

The truth of the matter is that Benn's dreadlock slightly tapped McClellan's cheek.

[eazy_mas]

I think its the referee fault he should take some serious action if a guy does an illegal move more than once.
That is why dont fight brit in britian because the refereeing would be against you

[JuicyJuice]

That is why dont fight brit in britian because the refereeing would be against you

No, it's because American's are a bunch of *******.

[BKM-]

He may of head-butted him on ******ed American commentary, just like Mike McCallum was schooling Michael Watson on American commentary (when on other commentary Watson was winning).

The truth of the matter is that Benn's dreadlock slightly tapped McClellan's cheek.

You're ****ing biased man. 'A couple of soft little taps to the back of the head'?? I have the fight on my computer, i can watch it right now, i wonder about you. Those rabbit punches were looked very hard. Im was surprised that son of a ***** of a referee did nothing about it. and his dreadlock nearly blinded him for the rest of the fight. Man, you might think Benn was all that great for coming back against a guy he damaged illegally, but that **** has no excuses.

Never mind this stuff. Its not what i asked you. I want to know what Benn has said, if he was sorry for Gman. ''McClellan, pound for pound the best puncher in the world, the Yank who'd beaten Roy Jones as an amateur, was on the floor, and what made me proudest of all was this: it was a British man who'd done it'' sounds like he's taking joy out of it. I dont blame his sister if so.

[JuicyJuice]

You're ****ing biased man. 'A couple of soft little taps to the back of the head'?? I have the fight on my computer, i can watch it right now, i wonder about you. Those rabbit punches were looked very hard. Im was surprised that son of a ***** of a referee did nothing about it. and his dreadlock nearly blinded him for the rest of the fight. Man, you might think Benn was all that great for coming back against a guy he damaged illegally, but that **** has no excuses.

That's just ****ing pathetic, that's laughable dude.

[JuicyJuice]

Never mind this stuff. Its not what i asked you. I want to know what Benn has said, if he was sorry for Gman. ''McClellan, pound for pound the best puncher in the world, the Yank who'd beaten Roy Jones as an amateur, was on the floor, and what made me proudest of all was this: it was a British man who'd done it'' sounds like he's taking joy out of it. I dont blame his sister if so.

Benn was just being honest, saying how he felt when McClellan was down. He didn't know McClellan was brain-damaged at the time, did he.

And don't forget, Benn was badly concussed, passed out on the way back to the locker room due to exhaustion, rushed to hospitals with fractures to jaw, nose, cheek bone, ribs and hands, inside of his mouth and tongue all cut up, urinating blood due to internal damage, and an x-ray revealed a shadow on Benn's brain.

[JuicyJuice]

And obviously Benn feels badly about what happened to McClellan, but doesn't blame himself because he knows that it could of been him instead of McClellan..