Jameel McCline vs. Buddy Baer

Interesting fight. McCline has an outside chance of stopping Baer early, but over a long fight I think McCline would tire. If it was a 15 rounder, I suspect Baer would pick up the last eight or nine rounds to win a firm decision. The last rounds would be a rather comical affair, I think, because they'd both gas horrendously. It's one thing to be that big, but to be also fighting a giant means one's stamina is going to go pretty swiftly.

 

I'll go for Baer ,Mcline is too timid for me.

 

Mcclines inconsistent. Against Peter he looked very good, dropping Peter 3 times and was an inch away from stopping him early. In fights against Zuri Lawrence, etc. he looks terrible and timid. If an interested McCline shows up, this would be a very interesting fight.

 

This is a mismatch.

Baer is in a diferent league.

 

Corrected.

 

It is not an issue of era.

McCline was never in Baers league relative to the era he fought in.

 

You were right first time.

 

A good few people here would say that Buddy Baer was one of the top five heavyweights of his time but I doubt that anybody would make that claim for McCline.

Baer beat a number of ranked contenders and still has one of the highest first round knockout ratios of any heavyweight ever. He didnt do this by padding his record with the kind of tomatoe cans Shannon Briggs fought either.

Hard to say how good he really was. He had the misfortune to share an era with a certain Detroit heavyweight. Remove that one fighter and perhaps he becomes a short tenure champion.

 

BIG DEE HERE= Baer by early rd KO over the mediocre McCline. McCline is one of the worst heavyweights of the modern era. BIG< SLOW and DUMB.

 

Excellent post!

 

McCline is not even worthy to be Baer's sparring partner.
Baer by Default.

 

Baer had close to 60 fights in his career and probably 40-45 would qualify as the types of cans you say Briggs fought. When comparing Baer to McCLine, its safe to say that McCline fought every bit the competition that Baer did if not better. Whats Baer's best wins? Maybe Mann, Delaney, Simon, or throw in Galento. I'd put McCline's best wins of Briggs, Grant, and Whitaker as a better group of fighters.

In an actual match-up I think its a tough fight to call. I've only seen Baer in with Louis. He looked sloppy but did manage to drop Louis but then again a number of guys did it as well. I'd probaby lean toward McCLine due to overall athleticism but its a tough fight to pick.