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By Thomas Gerbasi - Twenty years after Gerald McClellan’s last fight, Bobby Razak didn’t stop thinking of the former middleweight champion and his plight following a tragic loss to Nigel Benn in 1995 that changed the life of all involved forever.
So even though there were films and commercials to shoot, and a living to make, he was determined to finish his film on McClellan, Fallen Soldier.
“I funded it myself,” Razak said of the film, which was released this week. “A lot of it was shot on handycam and camera phone and I had zero budget. A lot of my work is in commercials and I was getting caught up doing the paid gigs. I have hundreds of these little projects sitting there waiting for me to get a bit of extra cash and finish them.”
He finished Fallen Soldier, and the result is a raw, yet compelling, look at the other side of boxing. Focusing on McClellan, who was left brain damaged by the Benn fight, and another former world champion, Iran Barkley, who saw the money he made in the ring dwindle away, this is a far as you can get from the glitz and glamour of a big fight night in Vegas. McClellan and Barkley experienced those in their prime as athletes, but when the final bell tolled on their careers, life had changed considerably. [Click Here To Read More]
So even though there were films and commercials to shoot, and a living to make, he was determined to finish his film on McClellan, Fallen Soldier.
“I funded it myself,” Razak said of the film, which was released this week. “A lot of it was shot on handycam and camera phone and I had zero budget. A lot of my work is in commercials and I was getting caught up doing the paid gigs. I have hundreds of these little projects sitting there waiting for me to get a bit of extra cash and finish them.”
He finished Fallen Soldier, and the result is a raw, yet compelling, look at the other side of boxing. Focusing on McClellan, who was left brain damaged by the Benn fight, and another former world champion, Iran Barkley, who saw the money he made in the ring dwindle away, this is a far as you can get from the glitz and glamour of a big fight night in Vegas. McClellan and Barkley experienced those in their prime as athletes, but when the final bell tolled on their careers, life had changed considerably. [Click Here To Read More]
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