Gerald McClellan is a former boxer

Boxing

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 from the United States

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 of America, who was the WBO and WBC middleweight champion. McClellan's record as a professional boxer was 31 wins and 3 losses with 29 wins by knockout

Knockout

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. He has been rated as #27 on Ring Magazine's list of the 100 greatest punchers of all time.
McClellan became a professional boxer in 1988. Trained by hall of fame

International Boxing Hall of Fame

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 trainer Emanuel Steward

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, he captured the WBO middleweight title by knocking out John Mugabi

John Mugabi

John "The Beast" Mugabi is a former boxer and world Jr. Middleweight champion. A world traveller, Mugabi was a part of an early 1980s Jr...

 in one round in 1991, and the WBC

World Boxing Council

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's version by knocking out Julian Jackson

Julian Jackson

Julian Jackson is a retired professional boxer and former three-time world champion in the light middleweight and middleweight divisions...

 in five rounds in 1993.