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  • Just found a stat that might interest some ppl . . .Alfred Asaro was one of the judges in Benn's next fight after this, five months later. Can't believe they even let him near a fight again. And it was Benn's.

  • It's surprising that they both didn't end up in the same condition after this fight. One of the most savage fights I've ever seen.

  • @adgz

  • benn was the best nuff said

  • Benn is amazingly tough but more lacking in skill than I once thought if this video is anything to go by. Someone like Roy Jones in his prime would toy with him. You might be reading this and thinking that's obvious but not everyone agrees.

  • mccleland was a great fighter but benn could knock out a donkey.mcclelands chin was a bit too good- for his own good! benn hit him with great power shots countless times and mccleland kept upright when 99.9% of other fighters wouldnt have been down more than they were up! best fight iv ever seen between 2 great fighters. shame about the outcome!!

  • 4:58 Frank Bruno lol!

  • One of the hardest fights i ve every seen sad the way it turned out . Hit Benn with everything but the kitchen sink. Sad for Gman but its a contact sport

  • One of the hardest fights i ve every seen sad the way it turned out . Hit Benn with everything but the kitchen sink 

  • Frank Bruno was going nuts! LOL what a fight though, on a par with the other wars like Hearns and Hagler, but a pure tragic event after the fight

  • 1. Why get a unknown French ref when both fighters spoke English?

    2. When Benn first went down, it took more than 10 seconds to get back in the ring.

    3. There were many occasions where the match should have been stopped for both fighters.

    This tragedy could have been prevented if the ref did his job right.

  • @LastSeraphim

    the ref had definitely been spoken to before the fight. it should have ended in the first round as benn should have been counted out for that first knockdown. then afterwards when he steps in to break them up he gives benn at least 3 seconds to recover when he holds back mclelland. he breaks them up again in the round for no reason whatsoever (there was no holding) giving benn more time to recover. imagine the crowd reaction if it didnt go past the 1st round with all that hype..

  • @73KJC If a fighter falls out of the ring they are given more than ten to get back in. It is also up to the ref when to begin the count. The ref held the fight up as McClelland was not obeying his orders.

  • @LastSeraphim Don't know about the first point but on your second point, a fighter is allowed more than 10 seconds to get back in the ring. Also the count does not necessarily start when the fighter hits the floor. The ref has the right to start the count when he sees fit (eg. Douglas v Tyson).

  • That ref sucks.

  • That ref should crawl under a rock and die. 

  • @lp32862 ..Oh fucking GET OVER YOURSELF!!..Benn was absolutely superb in this fight!...McClellan was the best pound for pound fighter in the world...even the British press gave Nigel no chance!...But when the chips were down, Benn ALWAYS delivered!.Ask Barkley or DeWitt!..The greatest fight ever seen in a British ring!.This was simply a tragic occurence and NO ONE was to blame..Gerald was looked after superbly by the British medics and hospital he went too..His sisters demanded he be discharged!

  • This ref due to his incompetence in allowing Benn to Rabbit punch throughout the fite aided in I believe G Man's permanent injury.

  • what a fighter mclelland was, the gman was a great fighter and its a shame for him and for boxing what happened to him, benn i know feels guilty now for what happened but its boxing and these things happen

  • Im sorry but the ref caused McClellan this fight and his health, look at round 1 how many times he kept Mclellan from finishing him.

  • Now why the hell didn't Roy Jones fight these guys??

  • @MrTimnaik Both of these fighters were beasts. Jones probably wouldn't want any of these two

  • That French ref was almost as bad as Joe Cortez in the Mayweather-Hatton fight

  • @tuco1808 u referin to the holding and hittin, which is not allowed in boxing. cortez did what he was supossed to do . KEEP THE FIGHT CLEAN

  • the bloody french. what do u expect

  • Frank Bruno and Donny going nuts at ring side, this was a great fight of pure heart and courage by Benn, shame on the outcome as you don't want to see another athelet in any sport get really badly hurt

  • Unbelievably terrible reffing, 1st round. What kind of fussy Frenchman do they have in there?? Needs to stick to judging ice skating.

  • mclelland would have won this if it weren't for that damn brain damage

  • gr8 fighter was mclelland, i think we should all remember him as he was and hope that whatever life he has now that he has it well, fair play to Benn, he had a charity night for him.

  • here's the first link Rich, don't forget to click Quality 480p ;)

  • due to what happens this fight doesnt get the recognition, but it was one of the greatest fights of all time and was benn's crowning achievement. I remember before the fight no won gave Benn a hope in hell. The British papers all backed McClellan to win by stoppage within 1- 6 rounds.

  • Is that Bruno in the red suit in the front row?

  • They needed a referee just to keep the other referee out of the damn way... was it his fight or McClellan vs Julian? Could have been over the 1st round if he would have moved.

  • G-man 4eva

  • After that first round you would've thought Benn would be half-dead, I don't think there's been anyone in the history of boxing with a heart like him

  • You just don't get fights like this any more. Absolutely brutal!

  • Still dont know how Benn got through this first round.

  • the comments on here make me sad sad because there are some stupid retarded people in this world specifically in great britain or wherever the fuck these peopl are from that are bashing on the heart and guts of McClellan he was dying in there and your gonna question that? thats sick it happened because that just the way his skull and brain reacted to the amount of punishment he received throughout his career NOT BECAUSE BENN IS A GREAT HARD PUNCHER !!!

  • I understand you might be upset but you obviously arent a boxing fan Benn was a huge puncher. He knocked out Doug DeWitt, Iran Barkley, Robbie Sims and McClellan, that proves hes a big puncher. Im not saying it wasnt accumalitive damage but it was Benn's punishment that pushed him over the edge, though thats nothing to be proud of.

  • Benn was a great puncher, you're right, but the Barkley stoppage was a gift from the ref.

  • Barkley lost on the three knockdown rule, the ref had no choice he had to end the fight. Shame because that could have turned into a classic.

  • And you say theres alot of stupid people in Great Britain, no theres just alot of stupid people on youtube.

  • yea you may well be right but this was also mcclellans first fight at this weight against benn who was a very,very hard puncher,mcclellan should never fought benn at his first showing at this weight,anyways this is a tragedy but feel no one around mcclellan helped him before the fight,during and def not after it,i am a benn fan and british but never question mcclellans talent and courage,its so sad he would have had a great career

  • Nigel Benn is pure quality. Ok luck smiled on him a bit with regard to the refs ( supposedly ) slow count, but other boxers get a bit of luck, why not Benn? He deserved his luck for his bravery.

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  • you know it! thats why were called GREAT britain!

  • Again, liverpool80000seater (they won't win the premiership anytime soon) I have no problems with Benn beating up The G-Man. It boxing, and those things happen.

  • Ok, its fair to say what happened to Gerald IS tragic.

    But blaming Benn is ridiculous. People forget, these two men are out there to hurt each other. Boxing is a sport with risks and what happened to Gerald is an extreme consequence of the risks. It's extremely tragic. Looking at the beginning of the fight, McClellan's offence was brilliant, Benn did well to come back into it after that first round.

  • We rarely, if ever, see shit like this in a ring nowadays. This is the real fukken deal. Two guys that want to end the fight ASAP. No overtime.

    It's almost too sad to reflect on the G-Man's fate.

    Benn was 3/1 for this fight. Most of us had in the UK had never even heard much of McClelland until this fight.

    What warriors.

  • I take nothing away from Nigel Benn, BUT the referee certainly helped him by keeping McClellan away , while Benn was still woozy.

    I can not say the fight would have turned out any differently. I wish they had a professional referee in there so we could have found out. Bless both fighters.

  • setting aside all this boxerpuncher shit ( and he has been on here talking all that crap forever), what do people make of a theoretical been/calzaghe fight? britains top super middlewieghts, both beaten the top americans, good mix of styles...shame we will never see it

  • britains top super mids already did fight....twice infact...and Eubank came out on top

  • Calzaghe beat Eubank.

  • When Eubank was past it. And the Benn-Eubank 'draw' was a fix by the promoters! I am sure you know the story!

  • Ref was HORRIBLE

    Just some jerk off the street

    These guys threw few jabs

    All power punches, many maned un the ear, or behind the ear

    Recipe for disaster

  • When you keep ducking your head below the waist line, what do you expect?

  • This one has better quality than other Benn/McClellan fights posted.

  • boxerpuncherj, you're an embarrassment to my country. I'm an American, and I admit, Benn was as tough as they come, to take those vicious shots from McClellan and pull this iwn off, even though the ending was tragic.

    One could say that the G-Man deserved this after his treatment of animals, though I am not sure.

  • What a sensible bloke you are, i take my hat off too you. Boxerpuncherj is a fucking idiot, wish he was the one in a wheelchair eating baby food.

  • Why thank you, I appreciate that.

    Though I wouldn't wish McClellan's condition on anyone, just that boxerpuncherj would see it through the eyes of a sensible fan, not a fanboy's vision.

  • Same here. Nobody deserves that, i wouldn't wish it on my worst enemy. 99.99% of the people who have written on here think the lads a deluded idiot. It sounds like hes some kind of Mclellan stalker from the way he goes off. He doesn't seem to take into account the amount of massive blows he took that night or the fact that Mclellan was complaining of headaches weeks before the fight. Mclellan was a great fighter but Benns fight and determination that night made me proud he was English.

  • una mala noche para mclellan. falló muchos golpes. desafortunadamente le costó mucho.

  • this was not so much a fight as a bitter war.. fantastic fight

  • boxerpuncherj you need to go pull your momma's dick out of your ass and ram it down your throat

  • Listen to Barry's commentary....what a muppet.

  • people hate benn cos he was a british fighter who beat top americans and americans dont like it. mclelland beat roy jones as an amateur and benn nearly killed him. benn would have beaten jones if the drug taking cheat had had the guts to fight him.

    mclelland was great until somebody actually hit him back and thats true of most of the 'great' american fighters.

  • Oh STFU you fokin fool. Don;t try and pull that fith grade sh%t with me. Benn nearly killed Gerald vecause he CHEATED you stupid high heel wearin' tea sipper. Roy NEVER took drugs, and that test was from ANDRO u stupid fok. As far as Americans not being able to take a punch; PLEASE!! We have the all time lead (HANDS FOKIN DOWN) of world class chins among our fighters.

  • not you acting like a girl again, fuckin get over it, your man lost

  • Please. My man is the REAL LEGEND, not that fake foulin' motha foker Benn. REAL boxing historians KNOW The G Man was the better, more skilled, and talented fighter; not to mention the hardest punching middleweight the world has EVER SEEN. Benn is a tough MF with serious balls...but know matter how many times you spin it, he DIDN'T deserve to win. He cheated, the ulterior motivated ref cheated, and THOSE are FACTS HISTORY CANNOT CHANGE. Get over that koksucka....

  • meant "no" not know....

  • Facts that History can't change hmmmm, well go look at the fight records of benn and mcclellan on boxerec or any other official boxing results page and it will say benn won by ko in black and white, not benn won by ko (but it doesn't count because some girl called boxerpuncherj keeps crying) it won't say that next to the result, mcclellan would be disgusted with a faggot like you as he was a hard man

  • how did benn cheat you turkey.

    the so called gman was pushing the ref out of the way on 1 minute 15s to get at benn but had his yank butt kicked..

    tough shit he was a cruel horrible twat anyway.

  • I'm an American and I don't hate Nigel Benn. I admire him for being a tough, power-hitting champion with a lot of heart. It doesn't matter if he's British or not, he's a great fighter. I'm an American who couldn't care less where a fighter comes from, if they're great, they're great!

  • @ihatelifejosemartine

    You're a true boxing fan!

  • @mr2gti Thanks!

  • @ihatelifejosemartine Well said. A great fighter is a great fighter regardless of where they're from.

  • AWFUL COMMENTARY

  • Benn stood up to Mclellan's vicious punches like a man. the rest is tragic.

    Benn had lots of courage and never ran away from a fight.

  • Gerald was, and will always be the dominant fighter; hands down. Benn's dirty tactics wouldn't even have had a chance to come out, if not for the disgraceful ref getting in the way when Gerald was about to KTFO that ass. THAT"S A FACT! He was absolutely on pace to destroy, humiliate, and permantly remove the heart of Benn; if not for what I would call boxing's all time worst tragedies.

  • agenda driven rubbish for a cry baby yank

  • Sure MF, the only agenda worth mentioning is the UNDENIABLE conspiracy of the ref (Alfred The Rat Asaro)assisting Benn ALL NIGHT LONG!!! HMMMM, the fight was in the UK, and the ref protected and allowed Benn to foul at will...what the fok does that tell you??? OPEN YOUR EYES. Benn is a COWARD FAKE, and so are his she male fans who REFUSE to ACCEPT THE TRUTH!

  • your a fuckin yankshaft

  • The ref protected Benn all night. He also let him get away with rabbit punches without any warning after round 2. He should burn in hell

  • i dunno why people hate benn so much it wasnt even an english ref

  • he was french.

  • two excellent fighters, the outcome was tragic though, what could've been jones vs mcclellan. also thanks for posting this fight!

  • Such absurd comments from Mowlgieboy69 confirm he was probably educated in the jungle, as well as taking his name from there!! The clot was caused by the vicious right hands Mcclelland took for 10 rounds, not the so called headbutt. G Man won rounds 1 and 8, Benn the rest. Great fight, tragic result.

  • pizdyook, STFU you blind FAKE boxing fan. Take off your Benn underwear, and accept the fact your hero is just a fokin coward, and had to have a ref who protected him, and allowed him to rabbit punch at will. Watch the fight again without your head up Benns ass.

  • BPJ, the only thing fake is your ability to articulate a coherent paragraph and recognize reality. It can be deduced from your hopelessly biased comments, and selection of videos on your profile, that you probably spend most evenings jacking off wishing G-Man could still walk so you could get him on all fours and bum him senseless. G-man proved he was one dimensional and was beaten by the better man. Take off your star spangled shades and accept the truth you pitiful cocksucker!

  • Man, there's nothing like hearing weak minded mutants acting like men. Please. I'd beat you into submission, and take a dump on your KO'd face. My ability to articulate? Sure dik head. You just can't handle the FACTS since you're the BIASED, incompetant, little brainless creature. Star spangles shades? Funny, loser. G Man one dimentional? Hilarious. Benn was the one dimentional wussy, and not only will he go down in history as a dirty CHEAT, but also a classless punk.

  • one thing even you should admit is that McClellan had a questionable defence. watch in this round and a round later where he walks clean into a flush right hook from Benn

  • yanker

  • You are a mile off,nothing to do with head butts.Both big hitters,a great fight.How Geralad ended up is tragic.But its pathetic to blame Nigel.

  • Mclellan at the time was the best. He was suppose to fight Roy Jones after this fight. What caused the blood clot was a head butt by Nigel.

  • God I wish that ref died a horrible death.

  • Where are the ring entrances?? Nigel's entrance was awesome for this...

  • Fucking faggot French ref. McClellan may very well have finished him in the first if not for that douche.

    It's awesome watch McClellan beat around someone who's supposed to be so bad like Benn. If not for his brain troubles prior to the fight that affected him later in this one, he would've won this fight.

  • awesome

  • cool

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