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Boxing Life Stories

Season 4: #49 Lisa McClellan

Boxing Life Stories

Tris Dixon

Sports

4.91.6K Ratings

🗓️ 19 October 2022

⏱️ 96 minutes

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Summary

Since that tragic night in February 1995 when Gerald McClellan lost to Nigel Benn in one of the most brutal fights of all time, Lisa McClellan has been the primary carer for her brother, Gerald. Here, Lisa talks about her new organisation, Ring of Brotherhood, and how it can help fighters by shining a light on what they go through after hearing the final bell toll on their careers. Lisa also discusses Gerald's recovery, their life now and her memories from that sad night nearly three decades ago. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Are you receiving tax credits?

0:02.0

If so, this message is for you.

0:04.4

Tax credits are coming to an end,

0:06.2

and most people will be asked to apply for universal credit instead.

0:10.0

The Department for Work and Pensions is writing to tax credit claimants.

0:14.2

You won't be moved automatically,

0:15.9

so look out for your letter explaining what you'll need to do and by when.

0:19.5

And there's also lots of support to help you make the move.

0:22.4

Get ready for your universal credit switch over.

0:25.4

Such understanding universal credit today, eligibility criteria apply.

0:30.1

I've kind of been secluded for the last 20-something years,

0:34.4

because I'm here with Gerald like seven days a week,

0:37.6

so I didn't get a chance to really get out much.

0:40.6

So when I started going to the ring-ten events, where Matt Farago

0:45.7

honored a lot of the retired fighters,

0:49.1

I noticed so many similarities in these guys that I did

0:56.0

that I was dealing with here at home.

1:01.4

And for years, for years,

1:06.6

I kept this like a dirty little secret, you know,

1:09.8

because I didn't want people to think he was a monster or to judge him,

1:16.4

or, you know, I kind of hid that this was taking place,

1:24.3

because he, and one of his moments of being aggressive,

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