Nigel Benn vs. Gerald McClellan

Nigel Benn vs. Gerald McClellan, billed as Sudden Impact, was a professional boxing match contested on 25 February 1995 between WBC super-middleweight champion Nigel Benn and former WBC middleweight champion Gerald McClellan. It is widely regarded as one of the sport's most brutal and thrillingly violent encounters, with Benn defeating McClellan via a tenth-round knockout after McClellan was counted out while down on one knee. Shortly after the match ended, McClellan collapsed and fell into a coma for two weeks.

Sudden Impact
Date25 February 1995
VenueLondon Arena, London, England
Title(s) on the lineWBC super-middleweight title
Tale of the tape
Boxer Nigel Benn Gerald McClellan
Nickname The Dark Destroyer The G-Man
Hometown Ilford, London, England Freeport, Illinois, US
Pre-fight record 39–2–1 (32 KO) 31–2 (29 KO)
Height 5 ft 9 in (175 cm) 6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Weight 168 lb (76 kg) 165 lb (75 kg)
Style Orthodox Orthodox
Recognition WBC super middleweight champion WBC middleweight champion
Result
Benn wins by KO in the tenth round

As a result of injuries he sustained during the fight, McClellan is blind and has hearing, memory and mobility problems. The fight has been described as "[one] that will be embedded forever in the memories" of those who watched it.

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