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337:, only to find the replacement quickly failed too. McLean returned later to demand his money back. Instead of refunding McLean, Mac offered to give McLean a new car in exchange for him fighting in one of Mac's unlicensed boxing bouts later that night in Mac's yard. McLean's opponent lasted less than a minute against him, earning McLean £500, a considerable prize at the time. Mac and McLean became friends and on numerous later bouts Mac acted as McLean's boxing manager. McLean became the best-known bare-knuckle street fighter in Britain. 551: 27: 404:" or outside the ring. In unlicensed matches, he was twice stopped by Cliff Field. Field had been beaten by Pearce's brother, 'Bimbo Pearce', and twice beaten by Johnny "Big Bad" Waldron. McLean also lost via KO to George "Pappy" Langley and on points to Kevin Paddock. In his autobiography, McLean claimed to have competed in almost 4,000 fights over three decades, and said he won the large majority of these. 309:
his defeated opponent, gaining him the nickname "Ten Men Len" because of how many men were needed to restrain him. McLean's son Jamie later said, "My dad wasn't a born fighter. He was uneducated and a product of his upbringing, traumatised by what he’d been through, and probably had mental health problems as a result of all that. Fighting was all he knew."
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McLean admired his great-uncle thereafter and when he became a street fighter, he said that he considered every victory to be won on behalf of his vulnerable younger self. He expressed the rage resulting from his abusive childhood with such abandon that it often took several men to separate him from
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alcoholic, who physically abused Lenny and his brothers for many years. By the age of ten, McLean had suffered many broken bones. However, when Lenny's infant brother Raymond was beaten brutally with a belt, McLean's great-uncle Jimmy Spinks, a local gangster, attacked Irwin, nearly killing him, and
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across London, had a falling out with McLean and confronted him with a shotgun at his home while his children were in the house. McLean said that he later caught up with Dalton and punished him. Dalton had made many other enemies, and was found dead with a bullet in his head in 1992, a murder for
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Being a famous figure in unlicensed boxing, McLean made fans as well as enemies, such as the supporters of his boxing rivals and disgruntled punters who had lost money betting on McLean's opponents. McLean also had enemies from years of ejecting people from pubs and clubs. He suffered two bullet
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McLean, who in his prime was six feet three inches (191 cm) tall and weighed over 20 stone (280 lb; 130 kg), boasted that he could beat anybody, in either a legitimate match or in an unlicensed match with or without gloves. He reputedly sent out challenges to many of the
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formed the National Boxing Council in the 1970s, it allowed the toughest underground fighters in Britain to compete legally. McLean, unable to become a licensed boxer due to his violent reputation and lengthy criminal record, entered the world of unlicensed boxing, which, although legal, was not
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in the late 1960s and was sustained through to the late 1980s. He stated in his autobiography that he had been involved in between 2,000 and 3,000 unlicensed fights. In his prime, the 6-foot-3-inch (191 cm) tall McLean weighed over 20 stone (280 lb; 130 kg) and was considered the
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At age 12, he was 4 ft 2 and weighed 8 stone. At age twenty, McLean married Valerie. They later had two children, a son named Jamie and a daughter named Kelly. McLean described his family as his "rock," whose existence helped him to reject a life solely devoted to crime, and for whom he
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who had worked on many high-profile murder cases, gave evidence that the stranglehold applied by the police probably caused the neck injuries which led to Humphries' death. However, it was determined that McLean was responsible for Humphries' broken jaw. Charged with, and found guilty of,
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Large portions of McLean's career cannot be verified, since his fights were unsanctioned by the boxing authorities. He was known to have lost several fights, although he always maintained that he had never lost a fight "on the
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for the part caused McLean to discontinue negotiations. One supposed film promoter, later found to have been a conman, took more than a million pounds from McLean and disappeared. The plan fell into hiatus on McLean's death.
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to portray him as he had known the actor for some time, and considered Fairbrass resembled himself as a younger man. McLean travelled to Hollywood to discuss the matter with film studio executives, but their preference for
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which McLean asserted his innocence. It was stated that the murder of Dalton was ordered by a gang of East London gangsters and that McLean was uninvolved, though the murder has not been officially solved.
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During his teenage years, McLean mixed with various local criminals. He was arrested for petty crimes and served 18 months in prison. After he was fired from his first legitimate job for beating up his
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when it emerged that Humphries had been in a scuffle with the police after being ejected from the nightclub. Reportedly, the police had forcefully restrained him with a
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wounds from separate attacks, and was attacked from behind and stabbed on two occasions. One of the assailants, Barry Dalton, a former bare-knuckle fighter who ran
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With his fame as an unlicensed boxer, McLean became known as "The King of Bouncers" around many of the clubs and pubs in London. He held joint ownership of a
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through the nightclub, urinating on the floor and harassing women. McLean admitted to "giving him a backhander." Humphries died later that night and had a
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of Humphries. McLean immediately protested his innocence, and claimed the police had a vendetta against him because of his association with the Krays.
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The Guv'nor – Through the Eyes of Others: Lenny McLean was a living legend. These are the true stories of the people whose lives he touched
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McLean's first unlicensed boxing match came about as a result of a chance meeting while in his late teens. When his car broke down in the
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in London's criminal underworld. As a respected and feared figure, he often associated with infamous criminals such as the
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maintained some self-control during his fights. His daughter Kelly, a mother of two, has been diagnosed with
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had expressed an interest in making a film based on his life and career in unlicensed boxing. McLean wanted
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Lenny's mother, Rose, married again to Jim Irwin, who was also a career petty criminal. Irwin was a
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by Thomas and Lee Wortley was released. In July 2018, McLean's daughter Kelly released the book
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McLean was featured prominently in a television documentary on nightclub security staff, titled
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In his later life, McLean became an actor, and received praise for playing Barry the Baptist in
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threatened to cut his throat should he ever need to return to protect the children.
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In 1992, McLean released an album of Elvis Presley covers. The album was entitled
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After playing a brief unbilled cameo as a ringside spectator in the drama film
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in the East End of London. His father, Leonard John McLean Sr., had been a
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named the "Guv'Nors" along with Charlie Kray, elder brother of the
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McLean had a famous trilogy of unlicensed matches with arch-rival
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McLean was also described as a "fixer" and a "minder", meaning a
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Lenny McLean was born into a large, working-class family in
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The Guv'nor Revealed – The Untold Story of Lenny McLean
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to the 2007 book about McLean by Anthony Thomas titled
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In 1992, McLean was working as the head doorman at the
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and severe neck injuries. McLean was arrested for the
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Campbell, Duncan; Correspondent, Crime (1 May 1999).
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Along with being an unlicensed boxer, McLean was an
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