One Of Boxing's Most Brutal Fights

I heard an interview with someone, it may have been Steve Bunce, who said that McClellan was advised to stay in hospital for observation but he checked himself out and walked away. The rest is history...

Can anyone else verify this story?

 

I'm not sure about that mate. I'm sure he slipped into a coma while still in the ring. But like i say i'm not certain.

 

Just did a bit of checking.

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Serves them right.

I don't mean to sound cruel, I'm just stern of heart and honest.

 

to me, benn-mcclellan was the most brutal fight there was.
the thrilla in manilla was stopped by eddie futch before joe frazier was badly hurt, but this fight went too far, it became a matter of life and death, kill or be killed and nobody was gonna stop it.
they was a lot of gangsters and well known criminals sitting ringside that night, which made for a real threatening, nasty atmosphere, it just had a real violent feel to it all.
this american mcclellan had come over to "bash nigel up", but nigel was'nt having it, whatever it took, he would just not let mcclellan take this title from him, in front of his own london people.

 

Well done pal. I suppose it makes it even sadder and really his family should show less bitterness towards Benn with this being the case.

I know were your coming from mate.

 

ref allowed benn to punch gm at the back of his head numerous times.

 

Very brutal fight as are these:


Tua/Ibeabuchi
Vargas/Quartey at times
Williams/Sosa 1

We all should all give props to those guys that show that amount of bravery in the ring but they get my respect anyways for going in there and facing the challenges that truly test them as competitors.

Mcclellan maybe should not have suffered the fate he did as he was a very good fighter but the ref also should not have let Benn rabbit punch that many times but it's Benn's heart that won him that fight and I'm not forgetting that.

 

ive said the same thing..benn was lucky to be alive but he was done as a fighter..his last 5 fights after that he deteriorated to a winging uncoordinated mess of a fighter

 

That's a bit off from Bunce Basically blaming his injury on himself and calling it a great night.

Those are thee sort of views you keep to yourself.

 

That's the cynical new-breed of fan for you. I ain't saying they're all like that, but the majority are. Too quick to **** on anything good a boxer does, and always make out there has to be some reason why they were that good. Whether through the opposition being shite, overrated, PED's or anything else they can use. The way of the world now.

 

Arthur Abraham - Edison Miranda I
Way not as brutal than the fights you guys already mentioned but that broken jaw was shocking.