In terms of a newly crowned world champion who looked for all the world as though he was set for a long reign, the name Gerald McClellan sure springs to some minds when looking back.
Today, former middleweight king Gerald McClellan turns 55. Whenever a fight fan hears McClellan’s name, or thinks about him, one fight instantly springs to mind: February 25th, 1995 and the McClellan-Nigel Benn fight.
The above title borrows from the British documentary from 2011; a film that probes, perhaps as deeply as anyone or anything has ever been willing, into the story of the ill-fated fight between Nigel Benn and Gerald McClellan.
November 20, 1991 – Royal Albert Hall, London, England. It was Gerald McClellan’s first pro fight in England. He would only fight in the UK once more.