Gerald “the Gman” McClellan vs Marvelous Marvin Hagler

Unreadable.

 

Jan 2021, ITV1 prime time Sat night, The Chris Eubank Life Story with Piers Morgan.

You'll be watching, in awe of the man.

 

Ok, don't read it.

 

Great post, Flash

 

Hagler would destroy him.

Hagler fought and beat huge punchers.

And I'm calling BS on this myth that McClellan was HUGE in size.
It's a load of crap.

If McClellan was so massive, why did he weigh in at 165 to Benn's 168 ?
Why did he weigh in 3 full pounds inside the limit for a title fight if he was routinely coming into the ring 20 pounds over that limit ?

Make no sense.

 

He was surrounded by amateurs, that's why

 

McClellan's legend outweighs his actual achievements. He takes out an aging and very vulnerable Jackson in 5 (a Jackson that was recently taken the distance by Thomas Tate and damn near lost to Eddie Hall in a non-title affair just before), then does away with the likes of Baptist, Jackson again, and Bell, all in one round. Great on paper, but doesn't REALLY say that much.

It's perhaps a bit of oversimplification, but the very first prime version of a true world=class fighter he faces ends his career in a tragic KO loss. I see zero reason to think such a resume can compete with a Hagler. There's just no logic to that.

 

Really clutching now. He showed very good boxing skills against the touted Tate, and obliterated that Hall in an undercard keep busy fight.

 

The 50-1 p4p listed WBC king was ohhh so very vulnerable. Like I said - rolled over to have his tummy tickled, that's what he was known for.

 

It seems as though this thread has gone from "does Gerald McClellan beat one of the five best middleweights ever?" to "was Gerald McClellan ****?".

It's quite a stretch to go from saying that McClellan was a good fighter, (with huge potential) to that he'd KO Marvin Hagler in less than 30 seconds.

 

If he was 185+ (remaining chiseled) to Marvin's low 150's (nervous energy/warming up), he sure is blowing him out.

 

McClellan would do well against many a good middleweight in history. He'd fall short against the greats.

In 2020, he'd do extremely well at 160. McClellan would stop Charlo.

 

Probably the five most modern, mate.

 

Is it weigh.in right before or the day before? As others have said, McClellan was probably a LHW in the ring. Hagler at his peak sometimes weighed in at 156...

 

What are you doing, 'posting at work'?

Concentrate on delivering those newspapers and stop your skiving, young Crowcroft.

Edit: posting at work wasn't intended as a paperboy pun but have it anyway.