Gerald "G'Man" McClellan vs Joe Calzage

You have the right too yer opinion,for sure...but you gotta be some kinda ass-hole to say such a thing as you posted here in regards to his final days...

 

You should have read the part I thought better of posting.

 

Joe would be peeing his shorts before the fight began.

 

Joe was the class act, out of these two. End of story.

 

I've watched alot of these two. G Man with his brutal power, was very skilled. U knew he was gonna land big shots. Didn't matter the defense he was going against. Joe who was a master boxer with great handspeed would not be able to keep the beast off of him. G Man, KO before the 5th.

 

1995

Benn was 31 years old and while not nearly as gifted athletically as McClellan he was more mature and sitting among the very best at the top of the super middleweight division going on his 3rd year.

McClellan was just 27 years old, not yet physically peak (he would have undoubtedly ended his career as a LHW) and was the middleweight champ moving up for his very first fight at super middleweight - an immediate title fight against the tough as nails Benn - and on the road (away).

Just as some fighters take certain opponents lightly and under perform and others approach their opponent with great fear and respect and prepare fully - Benn did not take the middleweight champ lightly.

Whether it began earlier than this fight or not, Benn was a strong tough super middleweight who landed some powerful shots in a great give and take battle that only he could have delivered at the time - to the detriment of the younger fighter.

This fight changed the immediate future of the super middleweight division and the dynamic for years to come - seeing as two weak timid champs held the unpopular division's belts for a considerable period after the retirement of the fighters from the mid-90s and those that moved up to LHW to find bigger challenges.

Calz was two years into his pro career at the time of this fight. A little less than 3 years later in late '97 Joe would edge the past peak Chris Eubank. He would then fight nobodies for a decade.

There is no doubt that a 29 or 30 or 31 year old GMAN in '97 or '98 or '99 would have been far too imposing for Joe to do anything but avoid at all costs.

GMAN would have KO'd both Joe and Sven on the same night in under 3 rounds each.

Mismatch.

McClellan was long in reach, talented, sharply powerful, and older then Joe. Joe would have been overwhelmed by his reach, power, and direct take no prisoners attack. Joe never could avoid getting hit unless he was in the ring with lesser athletes. Logically, Frank and Joe did all they could to never take a risk if it could be avoided. McClellan would have been far too large a risk to finish both careers permanently and send Joe and Sven into the postal service or some other gov employment.