The Guv'nor: The Autobiography of Lenny McLean

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I wish he was here now so I could get him some help. I don’t think he enjoyed life. He always looked like he had the world on his shoulders.” My dad said, ‘I’ll be dead in six months.’ Guy nearly collapsed. Dad wanted to see the ­reaction on people’s faces when he said he was dying.

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Making the best of what you had, and maintaining your reputation was important in themanor. Most people would make a fuss of little Kelly and Jamie, very recognisable with theirbright red hair, because they knew they were the Guv’nor’s children. The ­nightmare has haunted Kelly during her adult life, causing her to self harm and develop anorexia. But Lenny went to his grave without hearing of her ordeal.

The Guv'nor, a documentary about McLean's life, as seen through the eyes of his son Jamie, was released in 2016. [20] The drama film My Name Is Lenny was released in 2017, featuring Australian actor Josh Helman in the title role, and Michael Bisping as Roy "Pretty Boy" Shaw. A reviewer for The Times said Helman was "woefully miscast" as McLean. [21] See also [ edit ] Reynolds, Alexander (7 July 2017). "Lenny McLean vs. Roy Shaw: Battle of the Guv'nors". Vice . Retrieved 24 February 2020. McLean's pugilist reputation began in the East End of London 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 (191cm) tall McLean weighed over 20 stone (280lb; 130kg) and was considered the "unofficial heavyweight champion of Great Britain". [1]

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He goes on: “A few months later I was doing a show around Christmas time and my pal said, ‘Ere Norm, look who’s over there. It’s your best pal!' But Lenny’s strength had a dark side as well as a protective one, for Kelly. When she was asmall child, her father was a heavy drinker, and would often come home and shout andswear at their mother. Kelly describes a childhood of tiptoeing around her father, scared totrigger one of his explosive bad moods. On this occasion there was very little bother. Except for one little incident that involved a well-known celebrity, Jimmy Savile. She said: “I’m so proud of Dad. I don’t think I realised the impact he had on ­people. People slag him off and say he was a bully but it wasn’t his fault. He probably had this condition.”McLean's widow, Valerie, co-authored Married To The Guv'nor with Gerrard in 2003, and produced a foreword to the 2007 book about McLean by Anthony Thomas titled The Guv'nor Through The Eyes Of Others. [19] In October 2017, The Guv'nor Revealed – The Untold Story of Lenny McLean by Thomas and Lee Wortley was released. In July 2018, McLean's daughter Kelly released the book My Dad: The Guv'nor with ghostwriter Lee Wortley. [12] Film adaptions [ edit ] McLean, who in his prime was sixfeet threeinches (191cm) tall and weighed over 20 stone (280lb; 130kg), 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 famous boxers of the day, including Muhammad Ali and Mr. T, though neither contest materialised. McLean lost some face as he was challenged by the "King of the Gypsies" Bartley Gorman, but did not accept the fight. He was offered a fight with professional boxer David "Bomber" Pearce, the hard-hitting British heavyweight champion from Newport. McLean declined to fight Pearce, he later commented that was the only time in his career he had doubts. [11] But his unpredictable nature and terrible temper meant she kept silent about her most troubling childhood ­experience of all.