Gerald McLellan vs Joe Calzaghe at 168 pounds, 12 rounds.

If Gerald could just land, otherwise he gets slapped all night long.

 

I think it would be a really good fight. Calzahge was an excellent fighter but he didnt have the offense to keep McClellan off of him but he did have the footwork.

Calzahge never faced a fighter as dangerous as Gerald so its hard to say what would happen. Mclellan was no Lacy so I suspect it would be a competitive fight but Joe would be tested like he had never been before.

Either Calzahge by decision if he makes it late or G-Man by mid round KO.

 

G-man by KO.

 

Gman had better get "The Southpaw Joe C Wales" early or he would be well beaten, imo. gman had very little form to go on in the late rounds of fights.

Calzaghe was an excellent tactician and I think he probably a good enough chin and big enough nuts to take and/or recover from Gman's shots.

I reckon Calzaghe would survive some rough moments to outmanouvere & outpoint McLellan over 12, or even stop him. JC could hit before his hands got brittle as his career progressed.

As for the issue of JC withdrawing from fights, I don't think this was a confidence issue per se, I just think he was one of those guys who wanted to be as close to 100% as possible when boxing. Some guys are more prepared to box with injuries than others - Joe wasn't, imo.

 

G-Man KO1 or Calzaghe via the most one-sided outlanouvering we've ever seen, both are grossly overrated in different ways bit Calzaghe was the vastly superior fighter IMO, and not just a bullying weight cutter.

 

A lot of these big punchers get a bit overated but Mclellan had a solid pedigree. Calzhage didnt face the most dangerous of punchers or boxers until they were way past their best. Mclellan was not a one dimensional guy either like a lot of people claim on here.

Mclellan was a decorated amatuer and pretty high up on Emanuel Stewards list of fighters with natural talent and ability. Mclellan just didnt have a full enough career.

I think the fact he made it as long as he did against Benn while having a brain hemmorage shows you what kind of stuff he really had inside.

 

He ****ing was one dimensional!!! Exactly why he's overrated, he moves a bit and people say 'see, he could box as well' it's ****ing bull****.

**** his amateur pedigree I've watched all filmed pro' fights available of him and all he displayed was straight-forward banging, and against shot opposition...bar Benn, who he lost to.

 

Calzaghe UD12. **** McClellan. Overrated hack (I realise the irony in favouring Calzaghe due to another fighter being 'overrated'. **** you).

 

Benn was hardly in his prime, and never even had the best chin when he was and he could survive the super-awesome-killer-G-man. **** him and his 'aura'.

 

nah, but whatever.. One dimensional is Jeff Lacy probably Calzahges best win or the Hopkins loss :smoke.

 

Yeah how am I comparing him to Calzaghe's opponents though? I'm comparing him to genuinely multi-faceted fighters who actually demonstrated they had a plan N.

Better still, what notable opponents did G-Man beat that didn't come straight at him in straight lines?

 

True.

 

This, people cling on to the thought that he 'could've done better' it's a ****ing farce.

He's certainly more worthy of praise than Tony Ayala though

 

Completely agree with this on a simplistic level, Calzaghe was the much more faceted boxer. But he was also super open to right hands and old versions of Hopkins and Jones put him down from them. Reid had a happy night with the right hand, so did Bika. McClellan was technically better but couldn't fight inside, didn't like a high pace. ON the inside and mid range when pressed McClellan was pretty much a punch bag, not good against Calzaghe

Could go either way, McClellan early or Calzaghe UD