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  1. jyuza

    jyuza Well-Known Member Full Member

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    It has been a while since I last watched Benn McClellan (too painful obviously).

    Could you guys, please, describe in what the ref didn't made his job and why he is the one to blame about what happened ?

    Thank you very much.
     
  2. peter5

    peter5 Marco.A.Barrera Full Member

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    I watched the fight the other day, Im not so sure the ref didnt do his job properly, is there anything specific you are referring to?
     
  3. Sweet Science

    Sweet Science Peaceful Muslim Warrior Full Member

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    I think it was specifically the rabbit punches from Benn which people object to. The ref didn't do anything about them, if McClellan had been ok after the fight you wouldn't have heard a bad word about the ref. Obviously this isn't the case and a man's life was ruined so questions were asked about the quality of the refereeing and rightly so.
     
  4. peter5

    peter5 Marco.A.Barrera Full Member

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    I've seen fights where there was worse rabbit punching, although I agree, But I thought, that after watching the fight the otherday, McClellan's mouthgard was out at about the 2nd 3rd round, not sure if that was a habit of his, or that was the start of him deteriorating, but it happened early, before the majority of the rabbit punches came in.
     
  5. Sweet Science

    Sweet Science Peaceful Muslim Warrior Full Member

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    I noticed the mouth guard thing too, like he was struggling to breathe. I don't think I've ever seen McClellan do that before, something was clearly wrong early on. Like McClellan, Benn was one hell of a puncher, I don't think the rabbit punches did the damage, like you say I have seen a hell of a lot worse abuse of rabbit punches. But who can be sure, McClellan was damaged for life it's very sad. In these situations everybody looks for someone to blame.
     
  6. peter5

    peter5 Marco.A.Barrera Full Member

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    I feel for McClellan and his family obviously, but I think, like you the rabbit punches didnt do the damage, and I would feel bad for the ref if he has suffered too much as a result! Note: You only have to look at alot of Bruno's fights for Rabbit puncher of the millenia!
     
  7. Sweet Science

    Sweet Science Peaceful Muslim Warrior Full Member

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    Yes you are right Bruno used to get away with murder, he probably landed more rabbit punches in his career than legitimate blows. He didn't throw rabbit punches by halves, he put some real power into them.
     
  8. peter5

    peter5 Marco.A.Barrera Full Member

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    I also remember that Bruno would kind of lean back while he did it and almost look the fighter in the face while he was doing it! But sometimes with a scared look on his facE :lol:
     
  9. TBooze

    TBooze Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    The only thing the ref could of done differently was countout Benn in the first...

    I remember at the end of the fight fuming because it looked like McClellan quit, and I had lost a lot money (for me), and I was not alone, the British TV coverage said the same thing. They too picked up on the gumshield thing, but at the end it was put down to McClellan being too one dimensional and not being able to cope when the going got tough.
     
  10. Sweet Science

    Sweet Science Peaceful Muslim Warrior Full Member

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    :lol: Bruno was a comical character at times.
     
  11. Sweet Science

    Sweet Science Peaceful Muslim Warrior Full Member

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    I too at the time thought the fight should have been over in the first round. But all credit to Benn, he did come back strong.

    Incidentley, one thing I thought was funny at the time (not that there was anything to laugh at after the fight), was when Benn got back into the ring and was trying to survive, he kept ducking really low to evade McClellans shots. It just looked really weird and the strange thing is it seemed to work for him.
     
  12. peter5

    peter5 Marco.A.Barrera Full Member

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    he did that all the time to survive, I expect at somepoint McClellan was wandering where he had gone! He was down at knee level! But Im not so sure it should have been stopped in the first, not all of the shots were flush anyway, plus he went outta the ring, dont you get extra time? I agree with Tbooze, McClellan was too surprised that Benn could take the punishment and blew a gasket, and ran out of ideas.
     
  13. Sweet Science

    Sweet Science Peaceful Muslim Warrior Full Member

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    Had McClellan been okay I think he'd of won the fight and knocked Benn out. McClellan wasn't his self due to the affects of swelling or the blood clot or whatever it was. McClellan was one hell of a tough guy and not someone to just give up out of frustration. He was superior to Benn in almost every way. All credit to Benn for coming back, but he was to an extent fortunate McClellan wasn't able to give his all due to his rapidly deteriorating condition that night.