The Fight of their Lives (Benn vs McClellan boxing documentary).
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- Опубліковано 31 гру 2018
- Boxing documentary about the Nigel Benn vs Gerald McClellan WBC world title bout on 25th Februrary, 1995.
Lisa McClellan on Twitter:
/ geraldgmanboxer
Gerrald McClellan care fund:
www.gofundme.com/f/n4hjic - Спорт
A UA-cam Short video led me to this documentary..what a great story, i dont know how/why id never heard of it before...anyways,I feel so so sad for what happened to Gerald, even after the dog thing, he still didn't deserve such a brutal punishment...his life practically ended that day...And what a blessing Lisa is...she reminds me of my older sister Tina who took care of our brother who had cancer for 12 years until his last breath, without any complains..almost cost her her marriage... Sisters are such blessings.
Same here
Same
Check out "My la Vida Loca" it's a great documentary on Johnny Tapia. Also "Choke" & "The Smashing Machine" if you like MMA
Literally same just now
A comment on a short of joe rogan led me here
I won the Western counties Northern division ABA middleweight title that night. I watched this fight in the bar afterwards with my hands still wrapped. I was so caught up in the fight and the excitement that I didn’t think anything was wrong until Gerald sat in the corner before that fateful round.
I was never really the same fighter afterwards.
I flirted with the pro ranks for a couple of bouts, but I can safely say that this fight that I was never even involved with was the start of the end of my “career” before it had really got off the ground.
It changed me and changed boxing for me.
I still love the sport. I still hate the sport.
That's a really interesting perspective to hear from, not one that I think many of us would or maybe even could consider, not being fighters ourselves. I think I can understand though how witnessing this, even from a distance, took something out of you. Of the two, what would you say is a fighter's worst fear, being seriously hurt or seriously hurting someone else?
@@Vortigan07 I obviously can't speak for other people, but all the fighters I've known and worked with would probably be split, just basing it on their personality types.
I personally would have feared it happening to me more, just because of the burden on my loved ones. I would fear them suffering afterwards more than my opponent's, as harsh and seflish as that sounds.
Let's not make this all about you Steve
@@jeffwood5897 only a jeff would say this
@@jeffwood5897 Jeff you're a true wood.
At 36:47 he said “McClellan put his hand to his left eye like there was a cut and there wasn’t..” but if you look at him at the fundraiser the scar from removing the brain bleed was on the left. He was feeling his brain cavity fill with blood. How terrifying and sad.
This documentary is so sad and depressing man.. it never gets easier to watch.
And to also think he said "Coach the water you just dumped on my head felt like it went IN my head."
@@ellejay7065exactly what I say! Fuckers Mouth is taped up like the dogs he mutilated now haha 😆
Your brain doesn’t have sensory nerves. It cant feel anything
He didn’t quit, he saved his own life. Between the referee and his corner they were too incompetent to see that this man was hurt internally. No one constantly blinks in rapid succession for what 6 rounds, not including the rounds before the accidental head butt.
I boxed in my 20s and have life long scar from being head butted in a sparring match but I’m lucky.
A fight managed by incompetents
The blinking started with a jab in sparring but they brushed off
1000% it makes my blood boil and everyone involved from ref to trainer to doctor should have suffered some level of appropriate repercussions. Derelict of Duty that night and it cost this a man so much... it gave him a life sentence far worse than what anyone in prison is serving.
Agreed the fact that he still kept going when he couldn’t see the best is amazing, but the fact that when they where getting seriously hurt and the couch’s and the referee didn’t do shit that was sad but once they did do something it was to late and it’s sad but the couch’s kept on pushing them and pushing saying DONT LET HIM DO THAT, DONT DO THAT, DO THIS is sick they need breaks to I understand you wanna win but there humans just like you I don’t think you would dare get in the ring and fight him would you?
Physically his body could not take it. There’s a difference. People just LOVE to yell “quitter” without actually knowing the feeling of your own body shutting down. There’s literally nothing you can do about it and “mind over matter” is just an overused cliche which doesn’t apply to every scenario.
Wilder screaming like a twat at his corner when the towel came in, Gerald McClellan should be a good reminder of what could of been.
@Joe Bloggs dude you're crying over dogs who were dead decades ago get a grip
@@Elektrikkiss it is what happened, go google it, although he doesn't deserve to be the way he is, Mclennan definitely wasn't a good guy
@Joe Bloggs using the fact that he brutalised dogs as reason to say he deserved to end up disabled is a wrong logic. You detest the brutality against a dog but not a man. Thats a twisted logic and just as brutal as he was to those dogs. Have a think on that
@@ryanmccreanor7434 lol saying something against someone and then physically taping a dogs mouth shut to have him slaughtered by another dog and watching are two totally different things. No one forced Gerald to fight like he forced the dogs mauled by his pit bulls
@@hupler123 why because of dogs?
"Your fucking job is to stop fights, not mine."
Isn't it also the job for a boxer's cornermen to asses if he's still in shape to fight? what the coach said was fcking nuts.
Lisa is a saint. Don king should give Lisa an annual payment.
I AGREE!
Didn’t they say he and the other promoter gave them almost $500,000 that they weren’t obligated to for medical fees and other stuff?
Don king should of have got the head injury 😡
Not that robbing asshole
Haha shiiiiiiiieeeeeeeeeeet.
They got enough money from this bullshit as it is.
He had so many yes men around him that no one cared for his well being
He could feel his brain bleeding inside his head that’s what causes his constant blinking and him rubbing his eyes if though there was no cut, he’s brain was clogging up and it’s actually crazy how nobody spotted this it’s so sad
Exactly. after he took the 1st knee I would have thrown in the towel because obviously something not right... on top of that I think the times he was hit the back of the head probably caused him to go blind for a couple secs because there was a moment where Gerald had a kill shot on the guy he cocked back like he was going to end it but stopped... I think his vision was blurry in the ring
Exactly and there were three doctors on site.
He was blinking before the fight 15:50 must have been accumulation of absorbing hard shots taking its toll on the brain, he took some solid punches from Julian Jackson earlier who was a murderous puncher
i had a minor brain bleed before from football and idk if it’s different since it was minor, but i only realized when i started stumbling around and was constantly dizzy, i can’t even imagine how he felt and it is truly scary
You can't feel a bleeding brain. His sensory network was going out. Messes with your vision and hearing. Basically metabolism and equilibrium. You are slowly dying in stages. Really sad.
The coach said "he broke me teeth during training, he payed for it to". Seems like a double edge sword.
This should be made into a Hollywood blockbuster!! Im shocked that im just seeing this and hearing about these amazing men and their life experiences...and must acknowledge his WONDERFUL ANGEL - his Sister !! I admire her grace!!
I had never heard about it until a short popped up on my feed. Now I’m digging in to find out everything I can about this story
I totally agree
Gerald once adopted a Lab from a shelter, took it home, taped its mouth shut and had his pit kill it.
@@SlXkxmxhe still didnt deserved it. If you think he did, you're no better than him.
@@SlXkxmxyou once owned slaves and opressed generation after generation. Now you bitch and cry over your dogs u attacked an entire race with? The audacity!! Brush your tooth and go to bed
McClellan's trainer sounds like he's the one that has taken too many blows to the head.
True
Slur city
Benn didn't hurt him. Gerald stepped in the ring as an injured man. Benn just added salt to the wound.
Too often people overlook the Julian Jackson fight. Jackson did the initial damage that Benn finished off.
Agreed. Look at the fight between Jackson and Herol Graham. Graham was battering Jackson, yet Jackson won the fight with one of the hardest knockdown punches I've ever seen. McClellan was getting punched like that in his 2 fights with Jackson.
Sucks to see such a tragic event. What doesn’t sit well with me is the lack of accountability being taken by Gerald’s coach as well as the referee. Honestly makes me sick.
Not really tragic tho is it. He reaped what he sowed, darkness.
@@bigoneeye4531 sounds like you hate yourself 😆. Have fun staying mad and sad all day 🗑
@@bigoneeye4531 because he's a boxer?
@@ashduwitt9899 yea boxer bad 😂 wtf are you talking about.
@@bigoneeye4531good people feel bad when people get hurt near them or as a direct consequence of actions they helped facilitate. Whether they caused it, they should feel responsible because good people would. That's what keeps people humble.
In Schindler's list Schindler feels terrible because he could have saved more. True or not; that level of empathy is what separates a good man from a neutral man
McClellan entered this fight with an underlying problem. What a shame.
Very sad outcome for Mcllelan, to me he took those knees because he knew that something wasn’t right with him but couldn’t voice it, the boxing experts on the night saying he quit had blinkers on; blaming Nigel was and is wrong it was a professional fight and that outcome and permanent injury could have gone either way.
It was terrible what happened to McClellan but I shake my head when I hear his sister say “how does a man that almost killed another man sleep at night”.
Gerald McClellan was a mean nasty person that wouldn’t haven’t batted an eye if he had killed Benn. FACTS..
@Trace Finlay Well said... I feel sad for him.. But, the dog fighting really speaks volumes of the type of meanness in him.
DEATH CARD so that means he deserves to be a vegetable? Im against animal cruelty as well, but i dont worship them mfs. Half the animals yall think so cute would leave you in a state much worse than this man if they werent domesticated and prolly treated worse by the caretakers behind closed doors.
@@elijahnakumura4375 Nah man... its a bad situation for both athletes..The fight should've stopped shorter than it was allowed.
Benn didnt cause this. Julian jackson "The Hawk" messed him up
@@tonykekua7501 Thanks for the boxing knowledge. Watching right now, and I can already see what you mean and by reading the comments. Weird that he was doing the same 'blinking" during the training footage from the doc.
I bawled my eyes out. This was a legendary fight. But the costs just too great. They’re both champions in their own right. I think that as humans we should use and embrace the hearts that are within us. Us boys throw our lives in the fire just to get what we want and pray that someone hears our cries. These two men are the epitome of that.
i love boxing, but my old man always said he hated it and that to him it wasn't a sport bc it's the only "sport" where the goal, THE objective is to hurt your opponent. My dad did manage to use sports to teach me a lot of life's most important lessons. Like being a gracious loser AND gracious winner. Teamwork and respect. Always treat your opponent with respect, even if he doesn't.
Once i was fully a man with career mortgage and family, we better understood what boxing and football does to your brain long term. I realized he was right. I'm kinda a libertarian and I think consenting adults can do what they want. But i don't think these men really understand what will probably happen. Even best case scenario.
And then there are fights like this. And i've seen 100 clips of MMA fights where one fighter is totally knocked out, and the other fighter pounces and almost needs to be physically held back by the ref before they stop landing blows on a rag doll. I know what it's like when your blood is up. It's hard to stop. And youre trained not to stop in the off chance it wasn't a finishing blow. But there are so many where it's clear to anyone that the dude is OUT.
There are also countless vids where one fighter ends the match and immediately stops and immediately has a look like that of concern and interest in the well-being of his colleague. I've seen clips where the fighter knows it's done and the ref is slow witted or stoned or something and the fighter is just like come on, i don't wanna kill this person
“Embrace the hearts that are within us” - This dude abused animals. He taped the mouths of labradors shut and then had pit bulls attack them for training. He has no heart and he deserves no tears whatsoever. Do your research, you ignorant fool
@@burtan2000 great comment. Look at all the football players from the 1950's, 1960's and 1970's that have, or had dementia. I totally agree with you.
@@burtan2000 A lot of fighters are willing to risk it all (myself included) at a shot of glory and to make life changing money.
What's better btw, working a menial job for another person making barely anything until you're 80 and die versus living half the time but doing something that you love and potentially making life changing money.
Most of the boxers in the ring who go pro are willing to risk it all because of that and they feel that the risk is worth it.
Genuinely the best fight I have ever witnessed. Don King should be held task for the disgraceful way he has left McClellan to rott. Disgraceful.
Don king will sell his mother for a dollar
Have you ever seenWard vs Gatti? I mean they fought an unbelievable trilogy, and all 3 fights were astonishing, but their first fight remains the best fight I have ever seen. I go back and watch it at least once every 1-2 years.
@@Burlykim13 yes, they were brilliant too. Absolutely astounding. I didn't see them live though, I watched the Benn fight live (on TV)
Don King is a snake
💯 its disgusting
Yeah I believe the pissed bloke who is dressed like a captain 😂😂😂
Haha exactly. High level of credibility - not.
Are you really Terry? How's Tommy and Lisa?
With these boxing brain injuries, it is not just the last fight that caused that caused the injury, it is the all the punches from a boxing career.
Stan Johnson’s ignorance is what got this kid killed. This story proves it. This is incredibly sad. Stan Johnson is delusional.
Killed?
He's as good as dead, I guess. Faculties at a fraction of what they once were, a shell of a bloke in a burnt out husk of a body. Bloody awful shame.
Lisa McClellan is a fucking saint period.
There is NO FULFILLMENT OF PROPHECY IN BOXING. It is a brutal process of two men giving every speck of pride ,ego,and determination to be the Man to have his hand raised. Brutally that leaves men with many tools missed towards the end of their lives.
Everyone is blaming everyone. I thought someone’s gonna blame the ring girl next: “She clearly stepped into the ring after every round, why didnt she notice his situation?!?!”
Recurring theme with Homo sapiens. They're gonna cry a thousand things only after things go wrong, but nobody will have the balls to stand up and do what's necessary in the actual moment
Why did u make me laugh during this sad video… your mean😂
This is so underrated, unlike McClellan's trainer.
jjosephdubya he’s yelling like a complete idiot 🤦🏽♀️
McClellan's trainer was a bum he met on the street. If McCllelan wouldn't have been so arrogant and kept Emmanuel Steward in his corner, he would've beaten Benn or at least avoided the brain injury.
Yeah, but he did have a special hat!
Never trust a guy that can't speak coherently and wears a mfn sailor hat all the time
Such a dumb fuck I can't stand Stan Johnston
I was 15... still sends shivers down my spine.
15... A special age. It's basically when we go from boy to man.
@@Tourist-Q. you sound like a pdf file
16yrs later now
@@dulcedeleche000 you seem like a dumbass.
I was negative two years old
There used to be an unedited video if the reunion. It hit so much harder. You can hear nigel ben howling in the back from how bad he felt...
Show the link. Or it didn't happen
@@jd32k yuppp!
Yeah he felt bad but he was rabid punching him in the head and doing dirty moves makes sense
@@DROWN315 yeah, I would imagine that just adds that much more to the guilty feeling. In the moment you are trying to win and then this happens. Although it’s not directly his fault, it still happened at his hands
G Mans trainer is a drunken Bum then and now poor guy couldnt have had a worse guy in his corner. Such a tragic story
Listening to his trainer is absolutely infuriating. Mans pointing the finger everywhere else but he needs to look in the mirror.
This guy seemed like a real force of a boxer, so sad how he ended up.
It seems everyone involved are blaming someone else. 😔
Crazy part is in boxing it seems like the greatest get moved out earlier than they should
What is sad is what I keep reading he did to dogs in the comments. I cannot even watch this. Karma will get ya so don't be a pos.
Great documentary! Didn't know this story and I grew up loving the sport.
Don king neva gave af about his fighters
He didn’t quit… he’s a hero. He was a boxer, coach and his own doctor that night. Everybody failed him but him
Heros do not torture and abuse animals. Get a new hero.
you can see in geralds traning that he was not right, he was blinking acting out of it. he had underlying cte mainly from the Julian Jackson fight and hard sparring. Benn was just the guy to put a end to it.
I noticed that too! When he was in the blue shorts, with his hands taped up by himself. I don't know what to call it but he was blinking a lot then too.
I noticed the blinking too in the training, but the corner was a mess like tysons v buster Douglas
thefonz76299 greedy people who never really cared about them
right! also hearing about him feeding his pit bulls those labradors with taped mouths too, you gotta be out of your mind to do sh!t like that! longstanding brain damage 🧠
And nobody comes out a winner - terrible brutality which Nigel Benn is the first to describe - a horrible ending for all concerned
His sister is the true hero here what a woman god bless her
My wife thought the coach was the one with the brain damage.
Hail,, your wife would be right too.
There's no language barrier in detecting blatant injury
Thanks for uploading this. Great documentary.
Talent can be taken in a matter of seconds, stay humble, or receive endeavors wraith 👏🏻
"The life I had as a boxer, was a death" - explained everything
Well done documentary. Such a sad story.
the Labrador though...with the taped up mouth
omg
my sympathy for this man just left
I remember this so well. Id have been 12 then, and man it was sad to see. This is what happens when many people are making money of someones performance. "The show must go on" has killed more than a few people people.
thanks for posting!
40min in it seems like the only one that took full responsibility was the man in the ring exchanging blows with him
Boxing is bittersweet. Where charismatic, super specimen of humans are reduced to... babies. 32:59 got me in the feels. Every side is traumatised and scarred forever.
Just like Frazier and Ali, Marvin and Leonard. The animosity was so personal!
Mclellan's trainer, was a nutjob no doubt, but at 37:16, when he was watching that video, that was a thousand yard stare, he was literally reliving it for the 2nd time. It got me in the feels, watching his expression.
I've seen this documentary at least 5 times. It's one hell of a downer. Tragic.
this man almost took my life. man that's deep
I have a hard time seeing that he was hurt until it was too late. He was dominating imo but I'm not a doctor so I can't blame anyone. When the reporter asked Nigel Benn about his attempted suicide, the look on his face and his silence made me cry like a baby, because I saw a mirror of my own eyes😢 I know that feeling.
the lady just shared a very honest thought that she had at the time. im sure she realises over time that it was an extremely unfortunate accident and her guy had dealt his own share of damage to others' loved ones over the years. they were young men hyped up by those around them and it ended tragically
Name the others that he blinded or maimed for life. Name them, I'll wait
@@doun2others922 yeah but it's not his fault man, you step in a ring to smash each other in the head you can die, the reason for waivers.
@doun2others922 'Her guy had destroyed his own share of damage to others' loved ones over the years' Tell me where that says he blinded or maimed for life. I'll wait-
And it was never his intention to blind him or to damage him like that.
The point is that it could've also been the other way around. Stuff like that happens. You can't blame the opponent. Blame the others who were involved and didn't stop the fight.
And he himself could've stopped earlier when he noticed something was wrong. But he was too stubborn to quit. That's not his opponent's fault.
And he also damaged other people. It could've also happened that he damages others severely.
Plus he decided he wanted to go into that fight. Even though he was already damaged after the fight with Jackson. The blinking and headache started after the fight with Jackson. But he ignored the signs and still went into that fight. That's not his opponent's fault. It's his own fault and his trainer's fault.
And if we're being honest: It's more reprehensible that he taped another dog's mouth and let his own dog kill that dog. Like wtf?! That's just sick! It's easier to judge those actions and that behavior than judging his opponent for fighting him.
Maybe i missed something but if his normal was going around taping labradors mouths shut to have other dogs viciously kill it, it's not sad to me that the person lost his mental capacity to do harm.
Right, Blessing in disguise perhaps
Legend and a blessed man, to hv an amazing sister 😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍. Special Love n respect for her.
This had me in tears and really changed my mind about fighting/hurting people. Truly shows the importance of family and love. Much love my brother I know you won’t ever see this but god loves you and so do I. Much respect for Nigel and I wish nothing but blessings for both of you 🙏🙏🙏
Why would you care for someone like that. He wouldnt have a single ounce of remorse if he killed benn in the ring. He killed animals for pleasure.
@@bigoneeye4531 people make mistakes bro idk. But I promise you being violent ain’t the way.
@@chasepeterson4913 He was extremely violent. You just contradicted yourself. He reaped what he sowed. Darkness.
@@bigoneeye4531 I didn’t contradict anything. The video just showed me how quick it can go from me beating someone’s ass to ruining their life in a second. Just has me looking at life differently. Both men knew what they were doing. And if he could have he would have prolly did the same. As you can see tho the man has been humbled
@@chasepeterson4913 When you experience real violence and know people like him i bet you wont be all "respect and blessings". Your logic is beyond flawed.
This is so heartbreaking- to go from being one of the fittest and strongest men, to needing assistance with the simplest of tasks 😔 Thank God for his family
I’ve only just started watching this but at the beginning when Ben is against the ropes he was swung at several times and probably via pure luck avoided 3 big blows that would have been to the back of the head and only in round 1. I feel like it was inevitable that one of these guys was leaving on a stretcher. It’s so sad
No one should ever forget this man 💪 who's number 1 the G man 💯😔
I watched the fight and was dumb struck. The ref was an absolute moron and shouldn't have been there!! What I also noticed was the McClellan corner not giving advice on what to do when it seemed like he needed it. The Coach is clueless, I was surprised that the commentators could pick up something was wrong but not the coach. These were observations I made before watching the documentary and now it all makes sence!
I feel sorry for Nigel having to walk with such a heavy burden when all he did was his job, punch someone who was trying to punch him. On the other hand I feel sorry for Mcclellan knowing the outcome, but his ruthless nature caught up to him unfortunately. This was a sad day for boxing!
Gerald split with his trainer the great emmanual stuart before the fight
Benn scored a lot of punches that landed close to if not on the back of the head.
The dog shit caught me off guard
Probably the saddest shit I'll see for the rest of the year damn, so much respect to the both of them so tragic
Not for me.. he lost my pity with taping Labs mouth shut and letting his pit bull kill them.. at least in the ring he was given a fighting chance
I have no words about Gerald’s coach! Other than sad and shameful!
This was very hard to watch. This had me in tears.
Great documentary
Nigel was not trying the literally kill McClellan. This is a combat sport and yes, this story IS sad.
@Randy James None of that is the reason McClellan got f'ed up. You can watch training sessions leading up to the fight where he's showing the same signs that manifested themselves during the fight. His trainer failed him and damn near everyone in the fight game said as much.
Lots of fighters not on the juice are able to give interviews after long, tough fights.
@@GETole15:52
I watched this fight live I was 14 yrs old still one of the best I’ve seen …. Ben was such a warrior !!
And so was Gerard some of those shots he eat.. such a sad ending kind of makes you feel sad for enjoying it !!!
People forget how dangerous combat sports are
Hold up
His coach kept pushing him ... his coaches fault
just like the boxer who stopped the fight with Tyson, he done the right thing cause after his wife took him hospital he was actually fucked up with a blood clot on the brain numb arm broken rib & something broken in the spine if correct .. saved his own life not listening to his stupid coaches
His coach a fuckin dick!! There's a reason he didn't coach in top flight after this fiasco! Should of been banned, along with his shit cap!
I just watched this.
Amazing documentary!
Nigel looked so broken and shooked when he saw Gerald.
Boxing is both a beautiful and unforgivable sport.
You don’t play boxing.
Gerald I will pray for you brother and nigel you are a good man for trying to help him......I wish things went differently and I know yourll wish the same but we have to make the best off the hand we are dealt.
The simple fact of fighting people you don’t know that have never wronged you just for sport is courageous af to me always has been and I just respect the hell out of fighters cause of it
What happened was tragic but both fighters new the risk going in. I used to kickbox and i signed waivers to fight they stated that accepted the risk of death and injury...its horrible what happened but as fighters and men they knew what could happen...the trainers and coaches should've known to throw in the towel and should've looked out for their fighter...it is 😥 truly and this is an example to learn from and make boxing safer....
This is why we desperately need a union for fighters
This shit is sad. Both ways. Upside, down; in and out. I dabbled in boxing as a local amateur, nothing special, and I followed boxing scholastically. I even had a conversation with Gerald's sister on Twitter. This shit is just sad--no matter what the character flaws each man had going into the ring. God love them both. Lord knows I have a few flaws too.
Eloquent statement. I hope u go far
I had a conversation with the sister aswell
Fed a Labrador with its jaw tapped to his dog!!
this is such a tragic story and im shocked benn got up after the middleweight mike tyson knocked him through the ropes in the first round. when mike tyson was in prison he said "gerald mcclellan is the best boxer in the world"
I hate to say it but I feel his injuries were the thing best for both of them spiritually. They were outstanding boxers but their character left plenty of room for improvement. Not that we don't all have room. I'm not saying they wouldn't have eventually changed but this event accererated the change.
I am proud of his sister and what she has sacrificed to care for him. I wonder if she knew it was her brother's intent to kill Benn in the ring. Would that have made it easier to forgive Benn for his cavalier attitude about her brother's injuries?
God bless them all.
Speechless.
That ref pushed Gerald back and gave been one of slowest counts in boxing history
Very sad and tragic, though a well-made documentary. The one thing I wish the makers would've expounded on was Gerald already getting severe headaches and lighter blinking episodes right after the Julian Jackson fight (Jackson being one of the hardest punchers in boxing history). The wheels had been set in motion of a more serious issue beginning to develop; the Benn fight was just the straw that broke the camel's back...
So many variables in this story that in hindsight spelled something really bad was about to happen.
Here's a video of McClellan right after the Jackson fight talking about "a severe headache":
ua-cam.com/video/mEt6yZIOKv8/v-deo.html
Absolutely right! Jackson had an absolute sledgehammer and it does seem clear that the fuse for what happened here had already been lit well in advance.
Thank you for sharing this. (I realize it’s an older documentary/comment, but still- thanks.) I wish strength, healing, hope and peace to Mr. McClellen and his family.
@@shannap.lawnerd8107 you must’ve seen the UA-cam short to ?
@@kyvexi Good guess. 😉👏🏽 I’m love MMA (briefly practiced when I was younger, & my son is a “high brown belt” in karate- one below black belt, but still a few years away!) and have recently been watching boxing… Older matches mostly. Have a good night!🤓🤘🏽
Very good story and something to learn from for corner men boxers and refs, boxing can be very dangerous and the best thing the sport can do is learn from past mistakes
One of the best Boxing stories in history
Gerald said he was trying to kill Benn and he was sadistic by knocking out his trainers teeth and also killing dogs so it may be karma
His "trainer" deserved it.
Go sit down
@@doun2others922 go stand up
Live by the sword.
This man was definitely suffering from cte prior to the fight training videos before the fight show him blinking rapidly. Nigel was just the unlucky one to be on the opposite side of the ring. Unfortunately, this is an outcome that has played out many times.
In the film Nigel Benn says that he caused Geralds injury. I say entertainment caused the injury and not Benn.
People are proud of you Nigel just for being you.
Luke Wood he repeatedly punched him the back of the head? Did you watch the full fight?
@@austinlagoba1633 Thats just boxing. Boxing is a brutal sport.
If it was not for entertainment and the human desire to watch people fight they would have not fought. We cannot blame Benn for Mcclellans brain injury. ALL fighters know any fight they do could be thier last.
@@lukewood3231 yeah it's literally greed that is responsible for this.
@@lukewood3231 dude back of the head is illegal is not just boxing. Blame the fucking ref as soon as you see that you warn or take a pint away and say "you do that shit again I'm calling this fight you fuckin bum!"
God bless Gerald McClellan, his loving sisters and Nigel Benn for trying to create good out of a sad situation.
I AGREE !👏👏💯👍👍🙏💖💪👪✌😇
what a Great Documentary
You don’t step into the ring unaware to the cold hearted reality that you are not walking out the same person. In that statement many things are being said and most importantly of all is this:
As a warrior you know death and anything else prior to that is expected when you go to war. Thusly, it’s your duty to yourself to fulfill the acceptance of this when you agree to undertake the journey. End of statement.
Anyone that has worn gloves or fought inside of a ring knows this.
He won. They just didn't give it to him. I'm surprised Don King let that long count fly. That's what he should have been protesting about. That fight was supposed to be over in the first round.
It wasn’t a long count bcuz it’s not a timed 10 seconds , you count and no one can count to 10 accurately every time
I watched this live on TV and I swear I was desperate for Nigel's corner to throw in the towel in the early rounds. He took one of the worst tankings I have ever seen in a boxing ring. Then he came back.
Yes, we are rightfully concentrating on the injury to McLellan. I'll say one thing for both men. This was the most incredible clash of boxers I have ever seen.
Gladiators stalked the ring that night, true gladiators.
This is just the reality sometimes when people participate in combat sports. Especially on a professional level. 😞 To me, there is no blame to assign. Everyone was there and doing their job. He had an injury that no one could immediately identify. It’s a brutal sport and these are the chances these men take.
Wow, a rational and thought out analysis of the video. Great to see. I agree.
@jazzjames I see it a bit differently than you. But I respect your opinion.
I don't think there is anyone to blame 100%. But there are some partly to blame.
Quite a lot mistakes happened that could've been avoided. And that could've led to a very different outcome.
1. Why did they hire a referree who doesn't eben speak English? They're in the UK. It can't be that hard to get a referree who speaks English.
2. The referree couldn't even count properly. He said "I have my own counting technique". But that's not how it works. There are rules. And those rules have to be followed.
You can't just bend the rules and bring in your own counting technique which obviously doesn't follow the rules.
3. This is a big one. The fact that the trainer let him even start the fight. Trainers have a big responsibility. They are the ones who have to stop their boxers from fighting if the boxer isn't really fit to fight. And it is very questionable that he let him fight. He should've forbid him to fight after the fight against Jackson. Jackson has some heavy punches. And the blinking and headache started after the fight with Jackson. Those were alarm signals. And the trainer ignored them. He should've prioritized his boxers health and safety.
So in my opinion the trainer is partially to blame because he let him fight and ignored some alarming hints that something was wrong.
After I learned all the facts (not just the ones from this video), I became quite sceptical about the trainer.
4. The trainer didn't stop the fight when the alarm signals became even more severe during the fight.
I feel like he didn't do his job as a trainer very well during the fight. He didn't take his responsibility serious enough. Especially after the mouth piece started falling out of his mouth.
5. Same goes for the referree.
6. Gerald himself should've listened to his body. He was too stubborn to say 'I won't fight' and also too stubborn to say 'I quit this fight'. He should've been more careful. Especially after the fight against Jackson.
A lot of people blame Nigel. But I think he's one of the few who isn't to blame at all. It wasn't his intention to harm him like that. It was bad luck that he was the one in that situation. The places could've been swapped. And it's not his job to take care of his opponent's health and to stop a fight. That's the job of the trainer, the refferree and Gerald himself.
So yeah, quite a lot concerning mistakes happened. And yes, I do think that some of the involved people are partly to blame.
Tbh it makes me quite mad that everyone blames someone else. And that nobody is a real man and stands up and says:"Yes, I made some mistakes. Yes, I'm partly to blame for what happened." But nobody takes the responsibility. All of them just blames the others. Nobody has the balls to admit that he did something wrong. That's sad and also frustrating.
They're grown ass men. They're the ones who scream the loudest when it's about taking the praise. But suddenly they're all quiet when it comes to taking responsibility and blame.
I felt bad for him until I heard the part about Dogfighting. You reap what you sow.
SO U DINT FEEL BAD FOR THIS MAN YOUR A SOULLESS BOT
Karma at its finest. The world didn’t lose a good guy here…
Bless his lord
I know nothing about boxing and watched this off a recommendation from another UA-cam comment. This was an excellent documentary, very sad. I could have watched the whole thing if it was 5 hours.
This should give a lot of young boys and men / girls and women reason to ALWAYS respect your opponent in the ring as it's life changing.
I ALWAYS respect my opponent no matter who it is, you don't play boxing or fighting, it's serious and you treat it as such.
Gerald was not a good person. Not saying he got what he deserved, but his sister made it seems like she forgot who her brother really was. If he did that with the dogs, he's not a sane person.
its terrible to see a man like this however having read the life and the things he has done this is karma simple as that he once bought a Labrador dog simply for his dog to kill it thats a evil and ruthless man if he had done this to benn he wouldnt have cared
THANK YOUUUU!!!!!! Why is nobody saying this?!?!
" and you still wear the hat..."
Is the best said statement in question for indicating that he was not going to be respected from the very beginning.
But I do wish that the fight was stopped I also believe that the fight with Jackson and the headbutt was a major factor
I have tears in my eyes for this poor man… i swear by god that i want to visite him… how its possible that no one boxer was to visit this poor man? I really cant understand this… i am from europe but if i find a way i will visite him and give some money to the Family! Gerrald my friend stay strong you are a hero, i love you Bro!
Honestly the reunion was beautiful
I Was there that Night. In the No Long gone London Arena. Amazing fight with a Hearbreaking ending. Was a Huge Fan of Benn. But the G man as a fight was somthing else.
$750,000 divided by 16 years and counting comes to $46,875 and change - Gerald's saintly sisters would quite rightly need that as carer's wages - that in 2 again is under 24k. Carers in UK get more than that. Not to mention expenses on upkeep of the house, heating, gas etc - Believe me that didn't even touch the sides. I think Gerald's sisters and carers have a good place upstairs, such grace, such forgiveness, kindness, they're good people, Lisa and Sandra God Speed x
Yup extensive care taking is so difficult already with family. You never feel like you have a day off & when you do you still wanna go back & check up on em. Here in the states between cost of care & pay you receive it's almost like choosing to live in poverty. I know it all too well as a care taker for family member too and you really gotta have a good handle on frustration & anger because it'll chew you up & you'll slack on caring for loved one. I def won't be talking shit about those sisters taking care of him, it's so much to take on.
Joe Rogan clued me into this.... Brilliant
Selling Silverman yes recent. Joe Schilling