Gerald Allen McClellan (born October 23, 1967) is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1988 to 1995. He is a two-time middleweight world champion, having held the WBO title from 1991 to 1992, and the WBC title from 1993 to 1995. McClellan was forced to retire from boxing after a severe brain injury suffered during his final fight in 1995, a loss to WBC super middleweight champion Nigel Benn.
Known for his formidable punching power and one of the highest 1st-round-knockout ratios in the history of boxing, McClellan was dubbed "a miniature Mike Tyson" by his promoter, Don King (Tyson himself, while incarcerated, reportedly called McClellan "the best fighter in the world").[2]) The Ring magazine rated McClellan No. 27 on their list of the "100 Greatest Punchers Of All Time".[3] In 2007, McClellan was inducted into the World Boxing Hall of Fame in California, not to be confused with the more widely recognized International Boxing Hall of Fame in Canastota.
^ abShowtime Championship Boxing tale of the tape prior to the Nigel Benn fight.
^History - Kronk Gym
^Eisele, Andrew. "Ring Magazine Top 100 Punchers Of All Time". Boxing.about.com. Retrieved 2016-12-27.
Gerald Allen McClellan (born October 23, 1967) is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1988 to 1995. He is a two-time middleweight world...
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wins and once again found himself fighting for a world title, facing GeraldMcClellan on November 20, 1991, in London for the vacant WBO middleweight championship...
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fighters who would later become world champions arrived there, including GeraldMcClellan. The Kronk "franchise" began to sell Kronk merchandise through catalog...
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featured in television advertisements (commercials) for Nescafé, Royal Mail, McDonald's, Jaffa Cakes and Orbit, and has modelled for Vivienne Westwood and...
in December 1998. In 1995 it was the venue for the Nigel Benn vs. GeraldMcClellan boxing match. It hosted the Lennox Lewis vs. Francois Botha heavyweight...
limited success. His most notable victory came over future champion GeraldMcClellan in 1989 in an eight round decision win. The win triggered a streak...
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