Chris Eubank vs Gerald Mcclellan

McClellan starts early catchign eubank hard but to no avail. by round 7 McClellan is out of ideas in terms of getting to eubank. eubank lands some hard sharp counter right hands all the way to a decision.

benn as tough as he is was chinny and was able to get through it. eubank isnt gettign sparked. woudlnt be surprised by a kd on either side tho.

 

Eubank could really bang, whoever says otherwise needs to watch more early footage.

I think this fight is likely to go the distance because Eubank post Watson never went for the stoppage. I see Eubank winning a close UD.

 

As for the fight, I'd go with Eubank late KO in a war after McClellan winning out early and Eubank timing him and beating him down the stretch. Both at their best would give us a scorcher

Think about this - Eubank was fighting his world championship 20years ago in 1989 and he is younger than BHOPs

 

I don't think Benn's chin was bad at all in his prime, after all look at the shots he took from McClellan. I think the Eubank/Watson stoppages were partly exhaustion because Benn fought at such a frantic pace in those matches. A tired man is easier to KO. The Watson KO also came from a thumb in the eye and he was blinded and didnt see the KO shot coming.

 

Eubank would have beaten McClellan, he'd have weathered the early storm and stopped GMan during the latter stages, similar to how he stopped Benn and Watson, by attrition basically. GMan was great at middleweight by Eubank was much the stronger physically and had the chin to deal with the shots coming his way. Eubank KO 9 McClellan.

 

This would be a beautiful Kronk-like boxing match for the first four rounds, jabbing and moving. Why are we discussing war here? Neither were swarmers, they fought at range - McClellan a boxer-puncher and Eubank a slippery counter-puncher. It would be like a Hearns v Breland type thing early.

McClellan liked to circle opponents, use his jab as either a flicking range-finder or a ramrod weapon and use awesome timing for the right hand (usually followed by a hook downstairs or straight flurry), he was nimble and neat for a big, tall, strong guy and would await the opening for the overarm back hand and follow up hook. Eubank liked to slide and posture a bit early, shifting in and out with his slick double jab or reaching a right to the body from afar and getting his chin behind his shoulder as he weaved out, picking up points with economy of effort and calmness personified.

I see Eubank out-timing and out-moving Gerald in the jab-fest, changing pace and direction whereas G-Man circled only one way and one-paced (unless the time was right to strike big). I see Eubank winning the first four rounds, though they are close and of an elite level of boxing. McClellan will then look to hook downstairs off the jab to try to gas Chris, and he may have some success hurting Eubank down there and following with scoring crunching overhand rights as Eubank is visibly hurt to the body. Eubank will flurry on the move and be hurt with more downstairs shots and some 1-2's up top as McClellan tries to measure him for a fight-ender.

Eubank is 4-2 up going into the second half, and countering a more reckless, reaching, on-coming, arms-out McClellan with sneak rights before laying inside with chin behind shoulder, body behind elbow, head behind glove, waiting for McClellan to step back to make room for his rangey punching; allowing Eubank to set himself to counter again, which he will, especially when McClellan reaches his left hand to place onto Eubank's head as Eubank bends and dips, trying to find distance, for Eubank to time his short right to land before McClellan's long right and repeat this pattern (laying in and going again).

McClellan is 6-2 down and gets desperate in the 9th. Eubank is content to move around the ring, changing pace and direction, throwing a few body shots from out of range and getting out of harms way, accelerating away again and seeing out of the rounds. McClellan wins the last 4 rounds on aggression and Eubank's negative sloppiness and posing when possible giving the rounds away and the fight is scored a draw!

 

Eubank takes some big punishment early on but his iron chin holds up and he takes over and stops McClellan late around round 10 or 11.

 

I don't see Eubank taking big punishment early on, he was a slippery counter-puncher and McClellan wasn't a swarmer. It doesn't add up. When G-Man came up against slippery Dennis Milton and came out fast, he was outfoxed. When he then came up against slippery Sanderline Williams, he had learned his lesson and came out slow, boxing.

 

Eubank proved to be the better smarter fighter and could handle being in deep.
Eubank wide UD or more likely a Finish.