Joe Calzaghe vs Gerald McClellan At SMW

McClellan would land that right hand quite easily, and what a right hand it was - as heavy as a concrete block.

Sorry, Joe, but no. McClellan KO.

 

Calzaghe would be too fast, too smart and too everything for McClellan.

 

Funny because he wasn't too fast, too smart and too everything for Robin Reid, Charles Brewer, Byron Mitchell, Kabary Salem and Mikkel Kessler - who all landed at will, shook him up etc in very close scraps... McClellan was looking a special fighter, and had a vastly superior background to those aforementioned fighters. He also had the heaviest hands below heavyweight, probably in history...

 

Benn beat McClellan, Eubank beat Benn, Calazghe beat Eubank.

Calzaghe would beat McClellan easily.

 

Sorry atberry,...Calzaghe should have fallen down and died before every one of them, especially Jeff Lacy, right? Truth is, he would have boxed rings around the ko specialist McClellan. Sorry, that's boxing...the guy with the big punch doesn't always win....as JC proved over and over again.

 

Although Nigel Benn was a great fighter, if he could beat McClellan, then Joe would have certainly done so.

 

McClellan obviously has the punchers chance but that's it.

 

The worst referee in history saved Benn in that fight! How long did he give Nige to recover?

 

After weathering a very heavy early storm,Joe takes a clear decision.

 

Aye, McClellan's power could trouble Calzaghe early. But Calzaghe's pace would trouble Gerald as well. As soon as round four his attack would lose it's fine edge, and Calzaghe would take over.

I'm not betting on Calzaghe crumbling within four, and once he's there, critical time is past.

 

McClellan eventually lands big.. and when it does it changes the whole complexion of the fight even if Joe survives.

 

depends on whether joe weathers the storm, now joe did weather lots of storms in his career, in fact he had little choice the way he was often caught blind. He had a good chin, and whilst its obvious McG floors Joe lots, and Joe cant hurt him in return, how oftencan you keep getting up without losing the fight?

At no point did he face a guy who was quick AND hard hitting as McG, in fact he never faced anyone who hit as hard, even lumbering Lacy. One cant really predict joe wins based on surmise - you require evidence of him winning such a fight, and Joe has no evidence to offer on that count. one can only go with the evidence, repeatedly unavoidable floorings would lead to a tko for cocaine joe, unless joe waited till MgG was 40 as he does.

 

Conversely McClellan has NO history beating a fighter of Calzaghe's class and ability.

Punchers chance, but that goes after the first 6 minutes. Nigel Benn showed what he was, nothing OTHER than a puncher.