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November 22, 2006
By Richard Fletcher
Nigel Benn and Gerald McClellan are to be brought together for the first time since their tragic fight nearly 12 years ago at a huge fundraising event at London's Grosvenor Hotel on February 24. The event is being organised by Sports Plus Management, a promotional agency in the UK run by former world welterweight title challenger Kevin Lueshing.
Lueshing said many big names, past and present, were expected to attend, including legends Sugar Ray Leonard and Marvin Hagler, and British world champions Joe Calzaghe and Ricky Hatton. Michael Watson, himself seriously injured in a fight with Chris Eubank in 1991, is also on the guest list, Lueshing said.
McClellan, now 39, is to be flown over from the U.S. for the event, which is being staged to raise money for his medical care. A trust fund has already been set up in McClellan's name.
The stricken fighter, who lives in Freeport, Illinois, is still blind and virtually deaf, and has needed 24-hour supervision since the fight in London on February 25, 1995, in which he suffered brain damage challenging for Benn's WBC super middleweight title. McClellan was knocked out in the 10th round.
Benn, 42, now lives in Mallorca, Spain, but is still active in the U.K., where he does speaking events and TV work. Lueshing said he expected the event to be "very emotional."
By Richard Fletcher
Nigel Benn and Gerald McClellan are to be brought together for the first time since their tragic fight nearly 12 years ago at a huge fundraising event at London's Grosvenor Hotel on February 24. The event is being organised by Sports Plus Management, a promotional agency in the UK run by former world welterweight title challenger Kevin Lueshing.
Lueshing said many big names, past and present, were expected to attend, including legends Sugar Ray Leonard and Marvin Hagler, and British world champions Joe Calzaghe and Ricky Hatton. Michael Watson, himself seriously injured in a fight with Chris Eubank in 1991, is also on the guest list, Lueshing said.
McClellan, now 39, is to be flown over from the U.S. for the event, which is being staged to raise money for his medical care. A trust fund has already been set up in McClellan's name.
The stricken fighter, who lives in Freeport, Illinois, is still blind and virtually deaf, and has needed 24-hour supervision since the fight in London on February 25, 1995, in which he suffered brain damage challenging for Benn's WBC super middleweight title. McClellan was knocked out in the 10th round.
Benn, 42, now lives in Mallorca, Spain, but is still active in the U.K., where he does speaking events and TV work. Lueshing said he expected the event to be "very emotional."
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