McClellan: [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0wBcR6CKTb0[/ame] Parks: [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ldVhQY24ZlQ[/ame]
has to be mcclellan. too long has enough power to keep him honest. and good skills when needed. shame where both fighters ended up but it was is it.
Gerald was a beast. Very technically adept had a great chin and could really bang. He'd do parks fairly routinely imo. I don't think he'd have beaten jones had they unified at mw. Nor do I think he'd have beaten him at smw had that first round been stopped and they'd have unified then.
G-Man's skills (defense) were nothing special. His power and chin were. Parks was a hard puncher and had some skills too. Although Parks was hittable and was knocked down and hurt against lesser opposition. They were scheduled to fight in 1994 by the way. On a side note R. Johnson vs Parks was a pretty good fight - technical boxer with good moverment vs come-forward hard puncher. Good boxing display by Reggie.
Parks was better technically than McClellan. Good puncher, too. Gerald was a goddamn monster physically, but after he left Steward he lost the control that could've turned him into a particularly dangerous, possibly Hearns-esque out-boxer/puncher. He eventually just became a bomber. Awesome chin, though. Unfortunately. I'd side with Gerald in this one. Parks was sharper, but not quite sharp enough to hold the G-Man off for the duration. Gerald would've KO'd Bennie Briscoe, too. Just saying.
Soooo many possible great match ups in that deep talent laden division of the early 90's. I believe the tough Gilbert got Baptised by both if I'm correct.
Parks was the better boxer. He had more skills and variety than McClellan. That said, he was a good deal more fragile. Both were big punchers, but you have to give McClellan the edge in the punching power AND the punching sharpness category(His right hand was Hearns-esque), and he was an absolute tank. I think Parks would win some rounds, but he'd get caught eventually. McClellan KO.
