Thank you all for watching and supporting this tribute to Gerald McClellan, a true warrior in the ring. As we’ve seen, the sport of boxing comes with immense challenges and risks. Gerald's journey is a testament to both his incredible talent and the hardships he has faced since his career ended. If you’d like to help support Gerald and his ongoing care, please consider donating to his GoFundMe page in the link below. Every contribution makes a difference in ensuring he gets the care he needs. Jamie www.gofundme.com/f/28y3tim32o
@GunslingingSpider03 ай бұрын
Thank you so much for this video
@Donny.C.wlWilliams2 ай бұрын
Indeed a warrior
@WarrenHolly2 ай бұрын
@@BoxingLife you forgot his chin. He had a good chin. Unlike hear and Julian.
@lisamcclellan-fg9mtАй бұрын
@@BoxingLife may I ask who you are?
@surgicalboxing15513 ай бұрын
Punchers who boldly trade punches without fear are truly a nightmare for any opponent in the ring.
@BoxingLife3 ай бұрын
Nothing quite like it Surgical! Truly devastating
@PODTIER3 ай бұрын
Im from Detroit. I lives minutes away from where the new Kronk gym is. This meant a lot to me. Thank you.
@BoxingLife3 ай бұрын
My pleasure man
@ND9HighlightsComps3 ай бұрын
Favourite boxing style. Good jab, mean right hand and vicious left to the body
@BoxingLife3 ай бұрын
Agreed! Not much more you can ask for!
@KingWilder873 ай бұрын
Him and Micky Ward had one of the best left hooks to the body ive ever see
@ricogeekd4 күн бұрын
@@KingWilder87*seen
@jesuspernia80312 ай бұрын
There’s too many people saying “he’s like Mike Tyson”. He isn’t like him at all lol. There’s barely any similarities in their styles. A WAY better comparison is him and Tommy Hearns. There’s clearly a similarity between the 2 the way they box.
@wolves198011 күн бұрын
@jesuspernia8031 no tha call gerald a mini Mike tyson because of his first round knock outs and would of had another one if not for that cheating ref
@Truthlight4033 ай бұрын
G man is one of the most ruthless aggressive middleweight I ever seen
@THEDONSTR8Fightah763 ай бұрын
@@Truthlight403 Rubin Hurricane Carter
@geraldperez942 ай бұрын
Great video. Only true boxing fans know and remember Gerald.
@salahuddinmuhammad32513 ай бұрын
Steward called him the best to come out of there. At 16, he walked through the punches of Hearns.
@marquismorris15483 ай бұрын
Great study of G man. Nigel Benn was always a danger for any fighter at the elite level. Once G man hurt you the end was near. How Benn recoverd to win was a miracle. That fight was something special
@HansCast3 ай бұрын
Great video. 👊 Definitely one of the best fighters of all time.
@SolGood242 ай бұрын
This breakdown is so good. I love how much attention you pay to the fundamentals.
@RajSingh-lr7lj3 ай бұрын
Man, got to love the Kronk Style! Great breakdown.
@shinnokcentaur75513 ай бұрын
I’m starting to think you reading my mind bro… first I was thinking of Wilfredo Gomez and then you posted a video a few days later now a few days ago I was watching some McClellan knockouts and you post a video of his style lol
@BoxingLife3 ай бұрын
😉
@bhongonkumanda76303 ай бұрын
I'm think Willie Pep (hoping I can relate 😅)
@B.Wayne883 ай бұрын
One of my favorite fighters, Jackson vs G-man was like Hagler vs Hearns in the 90s.🥊
@allpraiseduetogod3 ай бұрын
Gerald is my favorite fighter like Roy Jones Jr. Gerald left Emmanuel and went on to a new trainer. Gerald was injured in sparing against an Arab fighter. Gerald blacked out, that was a sign something was wrong, and his new trainer didn't pick up on it. The brain injury from sparring carried over into the Benn fight. If Gerald was with Emmanuel this would have never happened as Emmanuel was always watching and concerned about his fighters. I usually can't watch many documentaries or films about Gman but this was so scientific, it was beautiful. This guy really did his homework, ....well done!
@FeralDropbear2 ай бұрын
The original brain injury was thought to have occurred in the first Jackson fight, you can actually see him returning to his corner and start the weird blinking that he exhibited in the Benn fight. A second Jackson fight probably didn’t make it any better.
@sunnyloverfield2536Ай бұрын
It wasn’t a new trainer he got back with his amateur coach
@FeralDropbearАй бұрын
@@sunnyloverfield2536 Emanuel Steward was McClellans amateur coach, Stan Johnson was only brought in for the Benn fight.
@sunnyloverfield2536Ай бұрын
@@FeralDropbear yeah I think I am mixing it up with someone else
@randomperson89913 ай бұрын
The ending was such facts. This beautifully savage art we call boxing is like no other. Memes and jokes and trolling are funny and promote fights and builds excitement. But all fighters deserve absolute respect. Nobody gets there overnight and it is not easy or else why arent you reading this not who we are watching. There can be fun n games but end of the day any and every fighter deserves respect win or lose.
@antbar02003 ай бұрын
Learned something new about a great fighter. Thank you!
@kmyattjr3 ай бұрын
Another classic as always. Man these videos are gems for fighters and trainers alike!
@FrankCastle653 ай бұрын
IV BEEN WANTING THIS VIDEO FOR SO LONGGGGG❤️❤️❤️
@powerplay4real1743 ай бұрын
A boxing phenomena and power house Gerald McClellan was a great tactical fighter and similar to Ray Robinson, he has a true warrior spirit. Plus he loved winning. 😊
@-.6666.-3 ай бұрын
Dude was brutal. Imagine finishing Julian Jackson twice and beating him Mono a Mono toe to toe…. Dude was something and so is Nigel Benn for being able to win that war against Him… that’s often the result when 2 brutal warriors who don’t wanna lose go at it like that
@LAMBYAH3 ай бұрын
G man had the brain injury going into that fight. Nigel’s punch finished a lingering issue.
@salahuddinmuhammad32513 ай бұрын
@@LAMBYAH Indeed.
@mh25842 ай бұрын
@@LAMBYAHNigel was rabbit punching da whole fight dude a dirty fighter trash in my book
@LAMBYAH2 ай бұрын
@@mh2584 THAT TOO.
@papigreco5328 күн бұрын
Benn was juicing gtf out of here
@_gw33do_2 ай бұрын
One of my all time favorites, shout out to Roy Jr for looking out for him after his trauma.
@tysonisanobody3 ай бұрын
Amazing work ! Keep it up . Hope to see more content - Could you please possibly do one about Terry Norris or Fernando Vargas in the near future ? Keep it up. And have a good day 💯
@BoxingLife3 ай бұрын
Thank you man! Got a very long list, but I’ll put them on.
@MobBless973 ай бұрын
AMAZING VIDEO I been waiting for a Video like this but people dont make them because of his past actions. So thank you for making this well made and thought out video with great footage for examples of what you were referencing! He would do that tap even in sparring it was just a Hood thing to be honest I did that too before i heard of Gman lol you see it from time to time in street fights in the hood
@moshworm826017 күн бұрын
Great video! Thank you! Kinda learned some cool stuff too!
@BoxingLife17 күн бұрын
Thank you! Glad to hear it 👊
@GunslingingSpider03 ай бұрын
My coaches have likened me to Linares, Forest, Sanchez, and Patterson but I always thought I fought the most like the G-man the boxer I look up the most to
@kincamell23 ай бұрын
One of the best, ever.
@benlincoln73583 ай бұрын
Excellent video Gerald McClellan is the most terrifying boxer this side of iron Mike imo. The violence of the benn fight is really hard for me to watch, the tragic outcome kinda seemed inevitable to me, but Im probably emotionally saying something wrong.
@BelfastBoxingNBlues3 ай бұрын
Appreciate your work 🙏🏿
@tysonisanobodyАй бұрын
Amazing video ! Keep up the great work, could you please do a video breakdown on Fernando Vargas style or Terry Norris or James Toney in the near future ? 🙌🏻🏆
@BoxingLifeАй бұрын
@@tysonisanobody thank you! I’ll get there eventually
@andrewdevitt93803 ай бұрын
A knockout machine was mcclellan, ferocious puncher , if he smelt blood, he'd get you out of there faster than a greyhound out the track door.
@Lorendrawn2 ай бұрын
Good jab, normally out there Tremendous right hand Rear hand next to the mouth Fedor Emilianenko had the same posture in chute fight.
@KingWilder873 ай бұрын
One of my favorite fighters.
@thejamnasium64473 ай бұрын
the G Man. God he could crack.
@precessionoftheequinoxes32242 ай бұрын
One of my favourite boxers ever ❤
@budaraivoso3 ай бұрын
yay g man, one of the best punchers ever!!
@blaisehanon3 ай бұрын
best puncher ever pfp...great boxer mixed with phenomenal power...deadly
@TheSonnyGo3 ай бұрын
His habit of tapping his shorts seems similar to how some MMA and Muay Thai fighters pull up their shorts as a resetting habit. Japanese martial arts have zanshin, which is their own way of resetting back to stance and to regain a state of readiness. I think this is something that combat sports needs to explore and formalize more to instill discipline and defensive responsibility in the midst of fighting or sparring.
@lerebele13 ай бұрын
@@TheSonnyGo hearns did the pull up shorts thing.
@TheMick1263 ай бұрын
Rhythm boxing has a intriguing profile on him
@RyanMclain2 ай бұрын
Yep. That is a great piece. We are legion
@elwalker90342 ай бұрын
That tumble at 16:10
@supermontana6510Ай бұрын
man was a warrior, let down by his team against benn fight
@LidaaIhseruq3 ай бұрын
before people talk about him and dog fights he stopped before he got injured and regretted ever doing it
@brockst91903 ай бұрын
To be fair, almost all these cats got sketchy backgrounds and upbringings. Who are we to judge
@B.Wayne883 ай бұрын
He stopped when his favorite dog lost and died.
@TheBatugan773 ай бұрын
@@brockst9190 About dog fighting? Me.
@brockst91903 ай бұрын
@@TheBatugan77 ok lol
@kyleconnor27593 ай бұрын
How many dogs do you have to murder before you understand it’s a horrible thing to do? Let’s take Mike Vick for instance-dude was coming up with new ways to execute the dogs as if he was bored of the old ways. You either have God in you or you don’t, regardless of background and upbringing. You put an innocent animal in to get torn up, hear its cries as it’s brutally killed, and you don’t feel anything? Gtfo of here. If you don’t, you don’t know God. Dogfighting is sick af, I mean they use some dogs as bait dogs.
@boston3122 ай бұрын
He had an amazing right cross (2).
@bhongonkumanda76303 ай бұрын
Two totally different fighters but for some reason when I first saw G-man's documentary I thought of Tank Davis. I don't know why
@Donny.C.wlWilliams2 ай бұрын
Nice break down. The g man is a tradgic story. Sometimes i wounder if karma played its ✋🏾 hand
@papadre703 ай бұрын
Him 😢and Benard Hopkins could have passed as Brother's.
@miketyson-up5gf3 ай бұрын
Great work that the best coukd not do , i wish if you talk about jackson and his stance and balance
@johnthomas70703 ай бұрын
Honestly think that if this dude didn’t have a brain bleed and wasn’t susceptible to one, he would’ve been one of the greatest of all time. Not just a monster, but a pretty excellent boxer.
@RyanMclain2 ай бұрын
Epitomized Kronk!
@SolGood242 ай бұрын
Thanks
@BoxingLife2 ай бұрын
Thanks for this truly appreciated man! Hope the content was useful!
@SolGood242 ай бұрын
@@BoxingLife bro honestly, I consume a lot of boxing content. You have no idea how much benefit I got from this. So it was only right to make use of the tip function. Even then, I feel slightly embarrassed by the amount 🙏🏾 The passion/detail you put into these videos is so clear. I really hope you get more success.
@garrettohyeah73653 ай бұрын
McClellan was an awesome fighter
@adamkemp9280Ай бұрын
You should do Joe Cordinas boxing style. Thanks.
@haitianmaniac743 ай бұрын
Gerald and a lot of other Kronk Fighters' defense left a lot to be desired. As offensively blessed as they were they took too much punishment.
@MylesHubbard-q4q3 ай бұрын
Mike McCallum best defensive fighter out the kronk gym
@B.Wayne883 ай бұрын
True, Hearns, Moorer, G-man even Lewis all had holes in their defense.
@B.Wayne883 ай бұрын
@@MylesHubbard-q4q Eh I believe Eddie Futch was his main trainer during his career. Futch was one of the best defensive coaches ever. Futch said in the rematch with James Toney, "A lot of the skills Mike knows now, are lost".
@haitianmaniac743 ай бұрын
@@MylesHubbard-q4q He was great before going there
@thwiftlythwept70232 ай бұрын
The key takeaway from G Man's record is that ain't-no-half-steppin' flattops like Hawk Jackson's do not grant invincibility.
@billystone82043 ай бұрын
Great eye noticed it aswell in fights and I thought why does hit himself in groin and he seems to push his gum shield out of position I’ve seen in a few fights
@BoxingLife3 ай бұрын
Yeah personally I think it was just a bad habit. Some fights he does it much less. Like I said, maybe it was more of a mental thing for him to reset, or he felt it could draw out attacks. Seemed to be after exchanges.
@billystone82043 ай бұрын
@@BoxingLife you’re probably right I’ve saw fighters do weird things Santa Cruz used to shake out his hand and zelfa Barrett seems to shake out his head twist his neck like a tick saw lots of fighters bang gloves or tap their heads but tapping the groin just seems odd but they say fighters are built different anyway 😂🫡
@BoxingLife3 ай бұрын
@@billystone8204 yeah Salvador Sanchez is always one that comes to mind. Would bangs his gloves together. I can imagine Gerald would make a lot of trainers go into meltdown doing that 😂 I’m sure Emmanuel looked to probably work around it, knowing it possibly helped him mentally or even draw out attacks for him to counter.
@billystone82043 ай бұрын
@@BoxingLife probably just a subconscious thing he might of not even realised he was doing it well didn’t ever seem to be noticed by fighters and getting himself exposed so was just a weird thing I pleasantly surprised to see you noticed it and mentioned it just goes to show your attention to detail Jamie keep up the greatness anyway until the next one 🫡
@creoleking2063 ай бұрын
The G man left his mark on the world of boxing, especially beating Julian Jackson. 💯
@powerplay4real1743 ай бұрын
It was very unfortunate that he got a bad accidental head butt in the fight with Nigal Ben another serious fighter who was a beast with strength and stamina. They both were the best of their class and time. Julian Jackson was a dangerous hitter also but Gerald had his answer. They were all very tough and yeah Gerald McClellan was a great hitter without any question. 🥊🥊🥊🥊
@byrondunbar67212 ай бұрын
Kronk Forever.
@WarrenHolly2 ай бұрын
He was blessed with gifts from God.
@MathewBall3 ай бұрын
People never hear the full and honest story about McClellan after the fight with Benn. McClellan made it out of the hospital relatively O.K after his brain injury. He would have never boxed again but he could have had a decent life after boxing only if he had listened and taken the doctor's advice! McClellan was told to wait for a year and not to get back on a plane to America because that air pressure could easily cause complications to his brain injury. At first, McClellan did heed the doctor's advice and stayed in England. After 6 mounts had passed, McClellan decided to fly back against the doctor's advice. unfortunately, McClellan would suffer complications and his brain swelled leaving him in the state he is in now!
@tatshore19843 ай бұрын
@@MathewBall I don't know where you heard that but none of it is true, I was actually at the fight, the ambulance passed me on blue lights as I was driving away from the event so i followed events closely and hoped Mcclellan would make a recovery but sadly he spent about 2 weeks in a coma and didn't leave hospital until August that year a full six months after the fight took place
@MathewBall3 ай бұрын
@@tatshore1984 That is true, I Saw years ago a doctor talking about it on, I believe, a KZbin video, I went looking for it and can't find it. Another person who spoke of this is Steve Bunce a British boxing commentator and columnist. Steve Bunce's article about the aftermath of the fight in The Independent was titled: fighters go separate ways but pain never ends for McClellan. I could have easily got the months wrong.
@tatshore19843 ай бұрын
@@MathewBall I'm not arguing and no disrespect to you but I followed Mcclellan's progress partly because i was at the fight i suppose and he was never let out of hospital and told not to fly,he spent months in hospital and from fight night he was never to recover.I'm not disagreeing with you I'm just telling you the facts, it's easy enough to google that will tell you all about Mcclellans prognosis and recovery
@MathewBall3 ай бұрын
@@tatshore1984 That's fair enough, I can only go by the video by the doctor who worked on him I saw years back. I did google it and found the article that sides with what I said written by Steve Bunce who followed it as a boxing columnist, and commentator. 🤷♂
@tatshore19843 ай бұрын
@@MathewBall no problem mate respect 👍
@franciscojaviermurillopere26523 ай бұрын
Joseph Parker style plisss
@LAMBYAH3 ай бұрын
G MAN WAS NOTHING TO MESS WITH.
@OmaAlkebulan-grace3 ай бұрын
The Hawk did not know how to box.
@TheLastServantOfNito3 ай бұрын
make a video about Roy Jones Jr!!! 🙏
@dmemcfc32 ай бұрын
From UK to USA Gerald McClellan never lost a fight he beat Nigel Benn that night.
@Antonio-h7c3 ай бұрын
My uncle superbad mays use to go at it in sparring with him
@denisesayers85203 ай бұрын
In response to the fact that you said he would often tap his shorts. James Toney and Jersey Joe wilcox would often do this. Interesting....m
@xGhostRidahАй бұрын
He was just entering his prime before his fall. He would've for sure been a problem for Roy Jones and James Toney. Btw, the gman beat jones in the amateurs and he knocked down james toney in sparring.
@Hamstill3 ай бұрын
🎯⚖️
@GuyslyMenard3 ай бұрын
Bro I am the only one who think that the new genius is cool as hell
@Hunterrobinson-u4fАй бұрын
I feel bad when he fought Nigel Benn, that cost him his career ending. “This is not a game. We don’t play boxing.” -Boxraw
@EXPOSEDBYGABRIELPEREZ3 ай бұрын
Too bad he put that poor dog with tape around his mouth with his Pitt bulls. But great fighter with a sad ending
@THEDONSTR8Fightah763 ай бұрын
Deserved it
@bigman67813 ай бұрын
G’man lived and in some ways died by the Boxer-Puncher style the only real weakness of the style is the susceptibility to punchers and unfortunately he fought 2 of the most dangerous punchers of his era. Respect to the warrior.
@RandyRhoads-rg5lb3 ай бұрын
🦁🥊👑
@ya.bel.75313 ай бұрын
❤
@seanrc86423 ай бұрын
Uterrly devastating fighter. I was a huge Roy Jones fan in the 90s, but that story would’ve been different had Gerald not gotten hurt. He hit harder and was meaner.
@wolves19803 күн бұрын
The fight against benn the ref stopped gerald in round one from finishing. You get 20 seconds if you fall out the ring 10 if outside the ropes all i can say is the count was very long. Rabbit punches off benn 18 in total and benn new what he was doing allso the headbutt ref should of given gerald time . And id say benn was on steroids thats why he collapsed and didn't have a test. Lisa mcclellan in a recent interview said that most of gerald brain damage is were the rabbit punches to the back of the head came from. If any one looks at ghe prichard colon against terrel Williams same thing rabbit punches brain damage
@LordKLT3 ай бұрын
🙏💯💪
@EXPOSEDBYGABRIELPEREZ3 ай бұрын
I'm sure without that brain damage he would had ko Nigel Benn. I do still believe they cheated on the first round when Benn was outside the ropes it could had been tko because the ref intervene
@Free_J_ghasta3 ай бұрын
Peace to him and his family❤️
@anthony559642 ай бұрын
Would G-Man have beaten Chris Eubank?
@John.Pdcsta3 ай бұрын
Benn took his soul.
@THEDONSTR8Fightah763 ай бұрын
Yessir
@charlesjackson32622 ай бұрын
He was already damaged before the fight, fanboy
@John.Pdcsta2 ай бұрын
@@charlesjackson3262 who damaged him casual ?
@charlesjackson32622 ай бұрын
@@John.Pdcsta I'm pretty sure you know, you're just 1 of those kneepads wearing fanboys
@FeralDropbear2 ай бұрын
@@John.PdcstaMcClellan had an existing brain injury that occurred in the first Julian Jackson fight, there’s plenty of footage of him doing the strange blinking that happened just before he collapsed. Watch The Fight of our Lives documentary, it goes right into it. A second fight with Jackson probably didn’t help, both were two of the biggest p4p punches in history.
@colincampbell79282 ай бұрын
Gerald McClellan had the same knockout ratio as the great Stanley Ketchel! He made dogs suffer, but he's suffering now, poor bugger.
@mh25842 ай бұрын
G man was one of the greats shame Benn kept hitting him behide da head in their fight cause he couldn't beat him fairly
@williamsanders449525 күн бұрын
Gifted By God In Jesus Christ Name Amen 👑🦁🥊
@brockhowell22963 ай бұрын
Devestating puncher that came outta nowhere, but did so on Showtime (which was always a notch below HBO) and right when Roy Jones started to explode. His biggest wins were against a small middleweight with a suspect chin and his most well-known fight was the fight against Benn. Considering both Hopkins and Jones were his contemporaries @160 it's not all that surprisng that his talents are somewhat overlooked. If you can't beat Benn @168, you're certainly not going to beat Roy Jones at any weight, but I think he might've beaten Hopkins at that point in Bernard's career. Both fights still would've been very interesting.
@billystone82043 ай бұрын
Great choice for breakdown Jamie good fighter should of never left Emanuel and the tragic events wouldn’t of happened in benn fight 🥊life4life💯🔥🫡
@BoxingLife3 ай бұрын
Thank you Billy! Agreed, things might look very different if he was still in his corner.
@QQQQQman3 ай бұрын
@@BoxingLife Yea and he ended up with King and that twat with the Sailors`s hat and got paid what $50,000? JHC. Benn`s trainer watched GM himself wrapping his own hands cos sailor boy Stan couldn't do it. Imagine that - wrapping yr own hands!!? There can only be 1 reason GM left ES. Money. Be careful what you wish for. Tragic tale. Forever soured what is for me the most devastating fighter other than prime Iron Mike. Nobody, not Hagler, SRL, hell not even RRJ puts fear in me like GM does.