Editing Gerald McClellan (section)

{{short description|American boxer}}
{{distinguish|Gerald McLellan}}
{{Infobox boxer
| name = Gerald McClellan
| image = 
| realname = Gerald Allen McClellan
| nickname = The G-Man
| height = 6 ft 1 in<ref name=taleofthetape>''[[Showtime Championship Boxing]]'' tale of the tape prior to the [[Nigel Benn vs. Gerald McClellan|Nigel Benn fight]].</ref>
| reach = 77 in<ref name=taleofthetape/>
| weight = {{plainlist|
*[[Middleweight]]
*[[Super middleweight]]
}}
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1967|10|23}}
| birth_place = [[Freeport, Illinois]], U.S.
| style = [[Orthodox stance|Orthodox]]
| total = 34
| wins = 31
| KO = 29
| losses = 3
}}

'''Gerald Allen McClellan''' (born October 23, 1967) is an American former [[professional boxer]] who competed from 1988 to 1995. He is a two-time [[middleweight]] world champion, having held the [[World Boxing Organization|WBO]] title from 1991 to 1992, and the [[World Boxing Council|WBC]] title from 1993 to 1995. McClellan was forced to retire from boxing after a severe brain injury suffered during [[Nigel Benn vs. Gerald McClellan|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-knockout ratios in the history of boxing, McClellan was dubbed "a miniature [[Mike Tyson]]" by his promoter, [[Don King (boxing promoter)|Don King]] (Tyson himself, while incarcerated, reportedly called McClellan "the best fighter in the world").<ref name="kronk">[https://kronksports.com/history/ History - Kronk Gym]</ref> [[The Ring (magazine)|''The Ring'' magazine]] rated McClellan No. 27 on their list of the "100 Greatest Punchers Of All Time".<ref>{{cite web |last=Eisele |first=Andrew |url=http://boxing.about.com/od/history/a/ring_punchers.htm |title=Ring Magazine Top 100 Punchers Of All Time |website=Boxing.about.com |access-date=2016-12-27 |archive-date=2011-07-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110707075523/http://boxing.about.com/od/history/a/ring_punchers.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> 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, New York|Canastota]].