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Thomas Hearns · 02-20-2014, 08:55 AM

November 30th 1993

On a sold out Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino in Las Vegas IBF middleweight champion Roy Jones Jr 23-0-0 (21) and WBC champion Gerald McClellan 29-2-0 (27) met to unificate titles on an explosive fight.

Round 1: Jones Jr started the fight jabbing and combining with some rights, a hard hook seemed to hurt McClellan and then Jones connected a lighting cross to Mcclellan’s chin and dropped him for a an eight count. McClellan got up and managed to stay out of risk for the rest of the round.
10-8 Jones jr.

Round 2: Jones Jr. connected a good cross and an uppercut early on the round, McClellan answered with a good body shot. Then Jones Jr. attemped to work behind his jab, McClellan connected a murderous cross but Jones came back connecting a big left to edge the round.
10-9 Jones Jr.

Round 3: McClellan landed a big left-right combination and went straight to Jones that received him with a hard uppercut, McClellan connected his own uppercut and then he took a step back and connected a big cross behind his jab. Jones reacted on the final forty seconds and connected two big crosses and a hook to McClellan’s head.
10-9 Jones Jr.

Round 4: Jones Jr went to the inside and connected a pair of consecutive uppercuts and dropped McClellan for a short count. After McClellan got up Jones connected another uppercut and followed it with a right cross and finally with a straight right to McClellan chin, that let Gerald lying on the ropes, then Jones connected a quick flurry of punches until the referee stopped the fight.

At the time of the stoppage Jones Jr was leading by 30-25 on all three scorecards.

Roy Jones Jr. TKO4 Gerald McClellan
Retained IBF MW crown
Won WBC MW crown

02-20-2014, 08:55 AM	#13
Thomas Hearns Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 2,441	November 30th 1993 On a sold out Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino in Las Vegas IBF middleweight champion Roy Jones Jr 23-0-0 (21) and WBC champion Gerald McClellan 29-2-0 (27) met to unificate titles on an explosive fight. Round 1: Jones Jr started the fight jabbing and combining with some rights, a hard hook seemed to hurt McClellan and then Jones connected a lighting cross to Mcclellan’s chin and dropped him for a an eight count. McClellan got up and managed to stay out of risk for the rest of the round. 10-8 Jones jr. Round 2: Jones Jr. connected a good cross and an uppercut early on the round, McClellan answered with a good body shot. Then Jones Jr. attemped to work behind his jab, McClellan connected a murderous cross but Jones came back connecting a big left to edge the round. 10-9 Jones Jr. Round 3: McClellan landed a big left-right combination and went straight to Jones that received him with a hard uppercut, McClellan connected his own uppercut and then he took a step back and connected a big cross behind his jab. Jones reacted on the final forty seconds and connected two big crosses and a hook to McClellan’s head. 10-9 Jones Jr. Round 4: Jones Jr went to the inside and connected a pair of consecutive uppercuts and dropped McClellan for a short count. After McClellan got up Jones connected another uppercut and followed it with a right cross and finally with a straight right to McClellan chin, that let Gerald lying on the ropes, then Jones connected a quick flurry of punches until the referee stopped the fight. At the time of the stoppage Jones Jr was leading by 30-25 on all three scorecards. Roy Jones Jr. TKO4 Gerald McClellan Retained IBF MW crown Won WBC MW crown Last edited by Thomas Hearns; 03-07-2014 at 09:22 AM.