Gerald McClellan, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Gerald McClellan

American boxer

Date of Birth: 23-Oct-1967

Place of Birth: Freeport, Illinois, United States

Profession: boxer

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Gerald Allen McClellan (born October 23, 1967) is an American retired professional boxer who competed from 1988 to 1995.
He is a two-time middleweight world champion, having held the WBO title from 1991 to 1992, and the WBC title from 1993 to 1995.
McClellan was forced to retire from boxing after a severe brain injury suffered during his final fight in 1995, a loss to WBC super middleweight champion Nigel Benn. Known for his formidable punching power and one of the highest 1st-round-knockouts ratio in the history of boxing, McClellan was dubbed ‘a miniature Mike Tyson’ by his promoter Don King (Tyson himself, while being incarcerated, reportedly called McClellan ‘the best fighter in the world,’) The Ring magazine rated McClellan #27 on their list of "100 Greatest Punchers Of All Time".
In 2007, McClellan was inducted into the World Boxing Hall of Fame in California, not to be confused with the more widely recognized International Boxing Hall of Fame in Canastota.