Tommy Hearns vs Gerald McClellan - Kronk Exhibition Match

[dean24uk]

i am glad i stumbled upon this clip... i said too a freind of mine. hearns and mclellan are so alike it would be like watching the same person fight, and well well well...i was right.. two great fighters.... i wish mclellan all the best, i hope when his freind's retire they remember him...

[Jonezaay]

2 of my favourite fighters, both always went for the knockout and were ferocious punchers, probably the 2 biggest punchers in middleweight history

[MrBumboclart]

WHAT A STAREDOWN THAT MUST HAVE BEEN!! Damn

[k4n31985]

Man I wish I could train with guys like Emanuel Steward..... Here in my country boxing sucks.

[jurdoc11]

There is a reason Hearns never fought G-Man or Julian Jackson. He would've been blown away. Both were far too explosive for awkward Hearns.

[Mowglieboy69]

@jurdoc11 What kind of garbage are you talking? Not only was Hearns more explosive than either (WTF are you on about "awkward"?), but he was past his prime by the time these guys came into prominence, fighting at a higher weight. That's the "reason" the fights never came off. And if you're to judge based on this footage, you can clearly see who the superior boxer is, and it ain't McClellan.

[onlyjoetee]

Tommy Hearns looks really good here,hands down against a hard puncher etc,he was never this loose when he was actually fighting!!!LOL

[CombatSportsFan]

prime for prime this would have been a good fight, they are very similair

[BruceinFalkirk]

Is there a greater 'What if' in boxing than what would have happened if McClellan had stuck with Manny Steward?

Saw him beat Mugabi and lose to Benn.

Hearns was always value for money, win, lose or draw.

[2010MujahidBoxing]

I never knew this fight happened

[Taylorslade123]

@2010MujahidBoxing It's just an exhibition, they don't take place much nowadays, but in the past, they were regular occurence. Sparring sessions which made a few bucks here and there, that's all really.

[jas1able]

McClellan knocked out Julian Jackson in 5 rounds, 1993

[Vorwahl0221]

4:44 Haha this little round card girl. Thx for posting!

[shire2005]

We all know what the result of this fight would have been. No way Tommy could take McClellen's power. Probably another 3rd rd KO loss.

[28rampage]

@shire2005 wow are you a hearns hater? i ask bcos every hearns vid i see your name doubting him,hearns would have smoked mclellan do you think mclellan would be able to take the punches hagler took, no way haglers chin saved him in that 1st rd but i know geralds wouldn't have.

[mootle661]

@shire2005 Hearns is controlling the centre of the ring and backing Mclellan up in an exhibition. Even though his brutal WW/LMW powers had diminished slightly by this time he was still faster and a better boxer than Mclellan. Plus, the only fight he'd lost in the past couple of years at this time was to Barkley and he lost that fight through arrogance, not because he was outworked in any way.

[BringerOfTheTruth]

God damne quality, seen Commodore 64 games with more pixels !

[cizer77]

OMG two of the hardest punchers ever in the same ring

[8824snipe]

Who is the mouthy bird in the background ?

[osbornehunter]

did Jullian Jackson ever fight these guys? he was a banger too..i too lazy to look it up..haha

[IceveinsProductions]

He got knocked out by McClellan twice...

[P4p775]

thanks bro this is a special 1.

[martinfretwell]

@osbornehunter julian jackson fought mcclellan and got knocked out its on you tube

[RareBoxing]

Fantastic! What a great fight that could have been, if it was for real. I think Hearns would have been favourite, but McClellan's technical ability was very underrated. People seem to remember him as a puncher.

[delirious44]

Thats because he was puncher , he used to merely paw the jab out as a range finder to fire over his massive concussive shots , he had no interest in boxing for long periods in a fight he went in there to destroy as quick as possible

[osbornehunter]

damn..i think Toney woulda beat McClellan, i think Jones woulda got caught.  i don't believe they ever fought this guy..

[gunmusic]

@osbornehunter Gerald fought Jones as an amateur and beat him though they never met in the ring professionally.

[HORNE19730607]

thanks for posting ,this is amazing

[illGracesin]

Haydens what is so many times mean? How many times is many to you?

[pungadoo]

thomas is toying with him

[Integrital]

Nice. I can't believe I've never seen this before. And what the hell is goin down bro?

[angeldixieblue]

tomy was fighting at 168 around this time,super middle!!!

[pattybee82]

Thanks for posting. Vintage stuff!

[garytheshagger]

thats cos hearns WAS a middle weight.. here he is closer to cruiserweight

[burnt62]

Tommy started as a lightweight !!!

[jimboogie]

bullshit did he.

he started at welterweight and ended at cruiserweight.

[vinniedurrant]

he was a lightweight in the amatures

[avalino79]

Tommys lightest weights in the pros was 144 twice once to Willie Wren (3rd pro fight) and to Jerry Strickland that came in at 137 (2nd pro fight) who by the way finished his career at 13-122 homie was KO'd 78 of those times..... yikes!!!

[frisbyrb5]

hearns looks way bigger than in hisn early days

[haydens]

yeah agree frisbyrb5 - he was far too skinny for his large frame early on - he was a minimum supermiddle at his best potential - a shame he fought at middle and below - that's when he got knocked the fuck out so many times - too light for him - he must have starved

[kewlkid629]

so many times? hearns got knocked out 3 times in his entire career and is one of the best welterweights of all time so no it is not a shame.

[TA152H01]

@kewlkid629 Not only that, the shots he took from Ray Leonard were very, very hard. A guy with a weak chin doesn't survive round 7 of that fight, against a fantastic fighter in his prime. I still think the fight was stopped too soon too, but, either way, he took a lot of punishment that fight.

Against Hagler he just wore down. He was shaky before the round began.

Barkley's KO was a pure KO though.

Even so, he didn't have that bad of a chin. It just wasn't great.

[munger2222]

i stay around da corner frm kronks w.warren and junction

[trentonlink]

this fight was in my home town

[boxerpuncherj]

Thank you very much!!!

[TheBoxingGuru]

Good Stuff. Classic 90's boxing history for sure! Thanks for putting it up for us.

[noirnoticvibe]

ya notice that with age tommy filled out into them shoulders and looked real dangerous as a puncher with that reach also

[NitnitNameerf]

Cool. Thanks for posting.

[JonChristopher999]

Okay, let's suppose these two met at around 160 pounds when McClellan was a bit more experienced - say 1993. Can the Hitman's chin hold up? And after seeing this, I'm praying that the amateur bout between Roy and Gerald shows up somewhere too. This may not have been all that exciting, but it's great to have it out there.

[brynaboy]

yeah good stuff. i'll always remember benn mclellan for the right reasons: two warriors toe to toe. the consequences of it are a shame but to be honest, i don't think mclellan was a nice human being at the time of fighting benn.

[oldvicta]

Thanks a lot, always wanted to see this.

[garethjones399]

i remember hearing the story that these two greats got it together never thought i would see it whoever posted this thankyou

[lawrenceisapimp]

kronk had the same jerseys forevr

[schwinn13]

This is amazing...I can't believe you got this on tape.

[jscottmoody]

two of the hardest punchers in boxing history going at it. ya gotta love this sport.

[TKOpuncher]

if this was a pro fight i gta giv it to da G-man

[pungadoo]

HOw did you get this

[BPMSmith]

Wow, thanks for posting this. Rare indeed. This is a public sparring session for Tommy during the week leading up to a title fight so they're not going to try and kill each other, especially since Gerald is just a green prospect at the time.

[flyinghotwing]

it might be rare footage but this sucks as a fight they just danced around the whole time!

[notthelastword]

Agreed, no intention to throw punches with mean intentions but both from the same gym so can't hurt each other. I've seen public exhibitions like this before and they are always lame.

[Ahsap7]

Whoever posted this YOU ARE A BOXING TAPE GOD!!!!

[JuicyJuicester]

McClellan was 21. So it couldn't have been 1990.

[IceveinsProductions]

It is 1990. Whered u hear McClellan was 21? Listen to the introductions, it says Tommy Hearns will be fighting Michael Olajide on Saturday night and that fight took place on 4/28/1990.

[edgrady]

Damn!  This is special footage....Hearns looked really good...

[daddygab]

COR WOW, THANKS

[kronk1970]

its better than christmas

[Marz916]

WTF Iceveins, I never knew about this one, did you ever post this up in Max?

[IceveinsProductions]

Actually yea I did post this on Max a few weeks ago.

[letho1984]

Cool footage....Tommy looks like he's just playin with Gerald!

[marvindiggla]

my eyes nearly popped outta my skull when i saw this. very rare footage. cheers.

[mcsmoothstyle]

wow, this fight is like finding a oil in your back yard... great clip!

[Andrew198383]

Thanks you for this. Hearns looks sharp.. This was after his prime I think wasn't it?

[Davross]

Oh my! How'd you get your mitts on this?!

[sinno17]

another great video, well done iceveins, and no they dont come much rarer, much respect

[fiascolsp]

classic footage of my favorite fighters of all time. thanks yo!