Arthur Abraham vs Gerald McClellan at MW.Who wins?

this is a hard match up for gerald cos he was really struggling like crazy to make middle, so he would lose power and stamina in a long fight which it could be, also arthur has a cast iron chin as we saw in the miranda fight, but the g man's punching power is on a different level than miranda's. i think gerald stops arthur in 5

 

McClellan

 

I really never considered McClellan a middle. He tended to come in the ring at 180. Typical Kronk starvation tactics and weight games. That said, I think he was very over-rated. His best wins were over guys naturally much smaller than him.

 

I remember against the Jackson McClellan looking twice his size and unconfirmed reports of him weighing 180. Does Abraham really come in the ring this big? He's a few inches shorter, I think.

Anyways, to the question, I think Abraham punches sharper but McClellan proved to what lengths he would go to stay in a fight and carried great thudding power. Also, Abraham proved the lengths he would go against Miranda.

I say this would be eerily reminiscent of Benn-McClellan (hopefully without any tragedy)...

McClellan KO12 Abraham

 

Mclellan was a brutal puncher and a fair boxer. Hard to call if Abraham could make it out of the first few rounds.

 

Gerald. Covering up and being inactive = death against a puncher like McClellan.

 

Tricky fight because as explosive as he was, Mclellan never knocked out a fighter who hadn't already been KO'd before he got to them, and he didn't have the mentality to box after losing a couple decisions early in his career. I think Abraham, with the patience, tight guard, and iron chin, outlasts the G-man for a late KO.

 

mcclellan by tko middle to late rounds

 

Abraham has never been knocked down or seriously hurt. Since a rock hard chin usually outlasts a rock hard punch, i'm pretty sure this one goes the distance. In fact, i think Abraham is more likely to win by TKO than McClellan is, whose defense was not that great in my opinion.

 

McClellan would knock him out in brutal fashion.

 

People shouldn't overlook the fact that McClellan was a trendemous body puncher and Abraham in my opinion is very vulnerable to the body.

He is durable for sure but several times now he has claimed to have injured his ribs after his fights (even though he had won).

I believe Benn said that the worst punch he ever took was a left hook to the body from McClellan.

 

McClellan did not have the all round game needed to beat Abraham.

The G-Man of course is going to be a huge threat for the first half dozen rounds, but I take Abraham's cunning and boxing brain get him though any shaky moment to win the decision.