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

JC would've made him look stupid!

 

yeah people do overate Calzaghe boxing ability, he was often matched and outclassed in skill. BUT he had that tremendous engine too and there was nothing false about that. And I think he can match McC for pure boxing ability. Cal needs to adapt to be more defensive because if he tries to do a Nigel Benn no way can he jump back up like Benn does time and again.

If Cal can survive the early onslaught he can slap his way to a UD if he has judges who appreciate his style. If the General lands early, Cal is going to find to recover from those knockdowns in the way Benn did. ugly midround KO for McC or points by late slappy for Cal as McC tires.

Cal would have trouble doing this in amercia though, more likely he loses there. But I doubt he would take the fight, McC is a bit too fast and fit to be on his usual menu.

 

By finding the referee who loves home fighters?

 

yeah I mentioned home refs lol but still Benn did a good job of recovering from Knock out punches.
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Benn showed tremendous heart in this fight, without question.

 

Because Calzahge never fought anyone like McClellan and this is a matchup betwenn the two of them.

Are you basing your hatred of him because of the person he was? You sound angry in your posts?

Mclellan didnt show you any boxing abiliy against Benn when he was having a brain meltdown and he couldnt knock him out in the first round? Benn was actually difficult to deal with from an awkward point.

Mclellan could do more than fight in a straight line but he was an offensive first fighter doesnt make him one dimensional.

 

ud to super joe

 

This is why I'm angry. Because there are some that make up complete and utter bull****. Like yourself.

 

Or those that don't know what theyre looking at it like yourself! :good

 

Exactly what I said on the page before. 'G-Man slipped one punch, see he could box as well.'

No, it's just me you're right. Remind me again, who did he beat that didn't come in straight lines with no defence?

 

So because he never fought a complete fighter in their prime or someone who could give him some angles he was one dimensional?

You don't setup those kind of bombs he landed on accomplished fighters like Jackson and Benn just swinging for the fences and coming straight forward. Mclellan could mix it up to the body and head and find his range very quickly. That's a skill seldom seen. Mclellan didn't need to dance around on his toes and look pretty he went right to business he just never got the chance to prove how good he could be.

Hes underated on this forum because most people don't know what happened to him. He was never going to live up to his potential because of his personal life but he was a hell of a fighter.

 

Again, it's 'personal bias obscures the truth'. Although in fact that seems to be more true of yourself as you're obviously a big fan, no worries, just need to know what I'm working with.

How is being a good offensive fighter anything other than one dimensional? One dimensional doesn't mean 'slugger' you know!

The half-blind Jackson, never a hard man to find.

 

You seem to think he had no boxing skills, I disagree. A one dimensional fighter can only fight one way and has no other skill. A fighter like David Tua would be a better example and thats why he could be troubled by the most mediocre of oppostion regardless of his explosive punching power.

 

Yes, because McClellan never lost to mediocre opposition did he?

 

Well that would go back to my other post. You dont really know what was going on with him personally. Maybe you shouldn't just look at boxrec so much and read up on his career.