Gerald McClellan: The Perfect Knockout Artist Style | Breakdown

[@BoxingLife]

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

[@GunslingingSpider0]

Thank you so much for this video

[@Donny.C.wlWilliams]

Indeed a warrior

[@WarrenHolly]

@@BoxingLife you forgot his chin. He had a good chin. Unlike hear and Julian.

[@lisamcclellan-fg9mt]

@@BoxingLife may I ask who you are?

[@surgicalboxing1551]

Punchers who boldly trade punches without fear are truly a nightmare for any opponent in the ring.

[@BoxingLife]

Nothing quite like it Surgical! Truly devastating

[@Truthlight403]

G man is one of the most ruthless aggressive middleweight I ever seen

[@THEDONSTR8Fightah76]

@@Truthlight403 Rubin Hurricane Carter

[@ND9HighlightsComps]

Favourite boxing style. Good jab, mean right hand and vicious left to the body

[@BoxingLife]

Agreed! Not much more you can ask for!

[@KingWilder87]

Him and Micky Ward had one of the best left hooks to the body ive ever see

[@ricogeekd]

@@KingWilder87*seen

[@PODTIER]

Im from Detroit. I lives minutes away from where the new Kronk gym is. This meant a lot to me. Thank you.

[@BoxingLife]

My pleasure man

[@jesuspernia8031]

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.

[@wolves1980]

@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

[@spartacusthebringerofrain3007]

True but suger ray Roberson who is closer in weight had more first round knockouts than both of them. I think they use Mike Tyson simply because he's recent and didn't fight in the 1940s or 50s

[@CarlDaCool168]

I'm pretty sure they are only referring to the power and the speed in which he knocks out people(as well as the fact he emerged during Tyson's reign) not their actual style

[@chatisthisreal104]

@@jesuspernia8031 agreed

[@salahuddinmuhammad3251]

Steward called him the best to come out of there. At 16, he walked through the punches of Hearns.

[@allpraiseduetogod]

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!

[@FeralDropbear]

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.

[@FeralDropbear]

@@sunnyloverfield2536 Emanuel Steward was McClellans amateur coach, Stan Johnson was only brought in for the Benn fight.

[@JohnSmith-le5oe]

Amateur.

[@powerplay4real174]

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. 😊

[@marquismorris1548]

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

[@JohnSmith-le5oe]

Gerald reminded me of a pockdt battleship version of Joe Louis. Benn, Dempsey.

[@-.6666.-]

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

[@LAMBYAH]

G man had the brain injury going into that fight. Nigel’s punch finished a lingering issue.

[@salahuddinmuhammad3251]

@@LAMBYAH Indeed.

[@mh2584]

​@@LAMBYAHNigel was rabbit punching da whole fight dude a dirty fighter trash in my book

[@LAMBYAH]

@@mh2584 THAT TOO.

[@papigreco532]

Benn was juicing gtf out of here

[@geraldperez94]

Great video. Only true boxing fans know and remember Gerald.

[@shinnokcentaur7551]

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

[@BoxingLife]

😉

[@bhongonkumanda7630]

I'm think Willie Pep (hoping I can relate 😅)

[@B.Wayne88]

One of my favorite fighters, Jackson vs G-man was like Hagler vs Hearns in the 90s.🥊

[@RajSingh-lr7lj]

Man, got to love the Kronk Style! Great breakdown.

[@HansCast]

Great video. 👊 Definitely one of the best fighters of all time.

[@SolGood24]

Thanks

[@BoxingLife]

Thanks for this truly appreciated man! Hope the content was useful!

[@SolGood24]

@@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.

[@SolGood24]

This breakdown is so good. I love how much attention you pay to the fundamentals.

[@GunslingingSpider0]

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

[@randomperson8991]

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.

[@antbar0200]

Learned something new about a great fighter. Thank you!

[@_gw33do_]

One of my all time favorites, shout out to Roy Jr for looking out for him after his trauma.

[@kmyattjr]

Another classic as always. Man these videos are gems for fighters and trainers alike!

[@FrankCastle65]

IV BEEN WANTING THIS VIDEO FOR SO LONGGGGG❤️❤️❤️

[@johnthomas7070]

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.

[@TheSonnyGo]

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.

[@lerebele1]

@@TheSonnyGo hearns did the pull up shorts thing.

[@tysonisanobody]

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 💯

[@BoxingLife]

Thank you man! Got a very long list, but I’ll put them on.

[@benlincoln7358]

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.

[@MobBless97]

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

[@andrewdevitt9380]

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.

[@billystone8204]

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

[@BoxingLife]

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.

[@billystone8204]

@@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 😂🫡

[@BoxingLife]

@@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.

[@billystone8204]

@@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 🫡

[@tysonisanobody]

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 ? 🙌🏻🏆

[@BoxingLife]

@@tysonisanobody thank you! I’ll get there eventually

[@TheMick126]

Rhythm boxing has a intriguing profile on him

[@RyanMclain]

Yep. That is a great piece. We are legion

[@thejamnasium6447]

the G Man. God he could crack.

[@kincamell2]

One of the best, ever.

[@moshworm8260]

Great video! Thank you! Kinda learned some cool stuff too!

[@BoxingLife]

Thank you! Glad to hear it 👊

[@LidaaIhseruq]

before people talk about him and dog fights he stopped before he got injured and regretted ever doing it

[@brockst9190]

To be fair, almost all these cats got sketchy backgrounds and upbringings. Who are we to judge

[@B.Wayne88]

He stopped when his favorite dog lost and died.

[@TheBatugan77]

​@@brockst9190 About dog fighting? Me.

[@brockst9190]

@@TheBatugan77 ok lol

[@kyleconnor2759]

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.

[@Lorendrawn]

Good jab, normally out there Tremendous right hand Rear hand next to the mouth Fedor Emilianenko had the same posture in chute fight.

[@budaraivoso]

yay g man, one of the best punchers ever!!

[@KingWilder87]

One of my favorite fighters.

[@BelfastBoxingNBlues]

Appreciate your work 🙏🏿

[@colincampbell7928]

Gerald McClellan had the same knockout ratio as the great Stanley Ketchel! He made dogs suffer, but he's suffering now, poor bugger.

[@precessionoftheequinoxes3224]

One of my favourite boxers ever ❤

[@blaisehanon]

best puncher ever pfp...great boxer mixed with phenomenal power...deadly

[@bigman6781]

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.

[@miketyson-up5gf]

Great work that the best coukd not do , i wish if you talk about jackson and his stance and balance

[@xGhostRidah]

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.

[@elwalker9034]

That tumble at 16:10

[@supermontana6510]

man was a warrior, let down by his team against benn fight

[@boston312]

He had an amazing right cross (2).

[@haitianmaniac74]

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-q4q]

Mike McCallum best defensive fighter out the kronk gym

[@B.Wayne88]

True, Hearns, Moorer, G-man even Lewis all had holes in their defense.

[@B.Wayne88]

​@@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".

[@haitianmaniac74]

@@MylesHubbard-q4q He was great before going there

[@waffle_burger8499]

Absolute ferocious natural born killer, one of the scariest middle weights ever. My only observation from watching many of his fights was that he seemed like a very upright fighter and didn't use a lot of head movement. Maybe that was just the Kronk style.

[@bhongonkumanda7630]

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

[@RyanMclain]

Epitomized Kronk!

[@adamkemp9280]

You should do Joe Cordinas boxing style. Thanks.

[@Donny.C.wlWilliams]

Nice break down. The g man is a tradgic story. Sometimes i wounder if karma played its ✋🏾 hand

[@garrettohyeah7365]

McClellan was an awesome fighter

[@papadre70]

Him 😢and Benard Hopkins could have passed as Brother's.

[@creoleking206]

The G man left his mark on the world of boxing, especially beating Julian Jackson. 💯

[@thwiftlythwept7023]

The key takeaway from G Man's record is that ain't-no-half-steppin' flattops like Hawk Jackson's do not grant invincibility.

[@Hunterrobinson-u4f]

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

[@denisesayers8520]

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

[@franciscojaviermurillopere2652]

Joseph Parker style plisss

[@powerplay4real174]

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. 🥊🥊🥊🥊

[@MathewBall]

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!

[@tatshore1984]

​​@@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

[@MathewBall]

@@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.

[@tatshore1984]

@@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

[@MathewBall]

@@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. 🤷‍♂

[@tatshore1984]

@@MathewBall no problem mate respect 👍

[@LAMBYAH]

G MAN WAS NOTHING TO MESS WITH.

[@WarrenHolly]

He was blessed with gifts from God.

[@Hamstill]

🎯⚖️

[@byrondunbar6721]

Kronk Forever.

[@GuyslyMenard]

Bro I am the only one who think that the new genius is cool as hell

[@Mandelabxng]

make a video about Roy Jones Jr!!! 🙏

[@Antonio-h7c]

My uncle superbad mays use to go at it in sparring with him

[@RandyRhoads-rg5lb]

🦁🥊👑

[@OmaAlkebulan-grace]

The Hawk did not know how to box.

[@Free_J_ghasta]

Peace to him and his family❤️

[@williamsanders4495]

Gifted By God In Jesus Christ Name Amen 👑🦁🥊

[@LordKLT]

🙏💯💪

[@EXPOSEDBYGABRIELPEREZ]

Too bad he put that poor dog with tape around his mouth with his Pitt bulls. But great fighter with a sad ending

[@THEDONSTR8Fightah76]

Deserved it

[@seanrc8642]

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.

[@ya.bel.7531]

❤

[@anthony55964]

Would G-Man have beaten Chris Eubank?

[@JohnSmith-le5oe]

Eubank could have beaten anyone in his era. Roy Jones Jnr always says Eubank could have beaten him.

[@John.Pdcsta]

Benn took his soul.

[@THEDONSTR8Fightah76]

Yessir

[@charlesjackson3262]

He was already damaged before the fight, fanboy

[@John.Pdcsta]

@@charlesjackson3262 who damaged him casual ?

[@charlesjackson3262]

@@John.Pdcsta I'm pretty sure you know, you're just 1 of those kneepads wearing fanboys

[@FeralDropbear]

@@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.

[@mh2584]

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

[@brockhowell2296]

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.

[@EXPOSEDBYGABRIELPEREZ]

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

[@dmemcfc3]

From UK to USA Gerald McClellan never lost a fight he beat Nigel Benn that night.

[@wolves1980]

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

[@blindeinsteinnichols6195]

AWESOME

[@billystone8204]

Great choice for breakdown Jamie good fighter should of never left Emanuel and the tragic events wouldn’t of happened in benn fight 🥊life4life💯🔥🫡

[@BoxingLife]

Thank you Billy! Agreed, things might look very different if he was still in his corner.

[@QQQQQman]

@@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.