Description : Here we have a fantastic mega huge 40in x 57in official Frank Warren & Don King Promotions billboard/ARENA poster for the London Mega Fight. This poster was signed by Nigel Benn on the 21st October 2015 at a private signing at Northampton, England.
Well what is there to say about this fight, Gerald McClellan moved up in weight to challenge WBC super-middleweight champion Nigel Benn in London on February 25, 1995. The fight was watched by an estimated 17 million people on television and 10,300 paying spectators. McClellan dropped Benn, who went out of the ring in round one. They continued battling, but the fight had a devastating ending. McClellan knocked Benn down again in the eighth round but Benn was able to continue and after enduring numerous punches from Benn, McClellan slumped to one knee in round ten. He took the mandatory eight count, resumed boxing, but soon dropped to his knee for a second time. He was counted out. He returned to his corner but appeared to be unable to stand and lost consciousness. McClellan had emergency surgery to remove a blood clot from his brain. He spent eleven days in a coma and after which, he was found to have suffered extensive brain damage.
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