Gerald tries to take the action out quickly, realises then that there is not point out slugging Tiger on the inside and receives a boxing lesson by Tiger who wins via points. Tiger has never been dropped as a middleweight.
I think Tiger beats him up pretty badly after McClellans early bolt. I'd imagine Tiger could stop him too. McClellan had a monster chin, but he was just not good cardio wise. Tiger is probably about the worst style matchup you could confidently pick over McClellan along with Hagler. I honestly believe Tiger would win 10 times out of 10.
His whole career, and Tigers. McClellan was a front runner. Huge punching, strong chin, big in general. But lacked stamina, and his chances of winning fights the longer they went often diminished. He was there for the knockout, he fought that way and said thats what he fought for. His early career decision loses really got to him, to the point where he was saying he would never go to a decision again, and would only get the knockout to win it. And he fought like that. Tiger is perhaps the strongest and most durable middleweight there is along with Hagler. He fought massive punchers like Fernandez, Carter and Hank. I remember in the final few rounds of the Hank fight Tiger gets hit with an absolute fight-ending left hook, took it and kept fighting without missing a beat. He was kryptonite for certain guys. And I feel like the McClellan we saw through his career just doesn't have what it takes to get it over on Tiger.
Unfortunately Gerald didn’t get to show a full enough career to analyse. Tiger realised a fully seasoned championship career. I don’t think, for that reason anything favours Gerald.
Tiger would open up a can of whoop ass...the very kind he opened on Ruben Hurricane Carter and Florentino Fernandez...The Tiger man was virtually indestructible at his best, and he would make the G Man wonder what kind of animal he was in the ring with. Tiger by a between rounds stoppage type of tko after beating the Holy Hell out pf McClellan.
