Talk:Lenny McLean

Fights

If he was undefeated in 3000 fights, how did he split wins with Mean Machine? IrishGuy 21:15, 15 April 2006 (UTC)

Worth mentioning that he wouldn't fight Charles Bronson? At least thats what it says in Charles Bronsons book.

He was going to fight Charles Bronson, but Broson was in prison at the time and the authorities would not allow it. Bronson is still in prison.....

fight record?::

Roy Shaw claims there never was a 3rd fight and that McLean always refused him one. (79.190.69.142 (talk) 09:19, 18 March 2009 (UTC))

... 20 Stone? Superdan006 (talk) 02:05, 23 August 2009 (UTC)

Needs Wikifying

"...was fired from his first legit job for beating up his foreman..." "He met Val when he was 19..." "...the best-known and feared bare knuckle street fighter Britain has ever seen..." Come on guys, someone tidy this one up property, and at least pretend it wasn't copy pasted from a promo. Legis 18:34, 8 October 2006 (UTC)

"...at numerous times McLean's name was reputedly put up to scare away members of the Provisional Irish Republican Army and the mafia..." If these claims cant be verified by at least one source that could even claim them as legitimate rumour then need we really have them here? They are astounding boasts to go unreferenced and I think border on the use of peacock terms in this context --Nobunny666 (talk) 20:31, 14 September 2008 (UTC)

This article seems to be over dramatic, much like the autobiography this information is most likely coming from. I've tried to tone it down a bit, but there is more work needed. Superdan006 (talk) 02:00, 23 August 2009 (UTC)

Direction

McLean was acquitted on direction after it was pointed out that a Police neck-lock on Humphries might well have been the cause of death.

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Copyedit

I did a major cleanup of this article and copyedited it. I also did a pretty extensive wikification, though I'm going to direct someone to follow-up and give a second opinion on it. Trusilver 05:16, 13 June 2007 (UTC)

You've done a good clean up on this article, well done. I was throwing in some of the info I could think to contribute but it needed a good clean up. Thanks Jimd 20:22, 13 June 2007 (UTC)

It looks good, I think that overall this article is now pretty clean. Trusilver 17:37, 15 June 2007 (UTC)

Just like Lenny's fights. --95.146.239.83 (talk) 18:26, 29 March 2013 (UTC)

Sources

I thought it best I put up an {{unreferenced}} template. Reading the first paragraphs, I found some of the claims hard to believe and with all the "supposedlies," uncited quotes, etc. I think it's justified. Superdan006 (talk) 01:24, 23 August 2009 (UTC)

I have reservations about the general tone of this article, which reads somewhat like a hagiography written by a fan. Many (most?) people would consider LM to have been a pretty unsavoury character but the article doesn't really reflect this. There seems to be a reluctance to say anything negative about old school East End hardmen generally. Some of them (not necessarily LM) were vicious violent criminals. --80.176.142.11 (talk) 21:23, 8 September 2009 (UTC)

Unlicensed not the same as bare knuckle

Article implies in several places that McLean's unlicensed fights were fought without gloves. This is not the case - all of McLean's verifiable fights (6 wins and 6 losses) were unsanctioned (i.e. unlicensed) boxing matches, with both participants wearing gloves. Gallicrow (talk) 11:34, 15 February 2010 (UTC)

Ali and Mr. T

I removed the below text. (Here's my edit) This text implies that both refused because they were afraid of McLean. Sounds like something that'd get written in a fawning biography.

Muhammed Ali was approached by an agent of McLean, but turned down a match against the Guv'nor, either because he did not wish the risk of damaging his reputation in an unlicensed match or risk any severe injury which is unlikely in a professional match. McLean also sent out an invite for a bout to Mr. T, but was turned down, as Mr. T said he was concentrating on his film and television career and did not wish to appear with facial injuries.

I could send similar challenges to both, and make the same declarations if they ignored my letters. Does anyone know of statements by Ali or by Mr. T confirming that they were both scared of getting hurt by McLean? Gronky (talk) 18:24, 9 July 2010 (UTC)

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Nipper Read

It's highly improbable that it was Read who arrested McLean regarding the Hippodrome "Murder". Read would have been 67 at the time and well past retirement age. Not sure what it was in 1992, but it is currently 60.46.7.195.132 (talk) 11:41, 9 December 2017 (UTC)

The Wikipedia article on Nipper Read says he retired from the force in 1977. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A00:23C4:7C87:4F00:A1C2:6CA8:5AB9:7158 (talk) 16:38, 25 November 2021 (UTC)

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Hollywood interest

This paragraph appears to claim to be from his autobiography:

In his autobiography, McLean recounts that various film studios had expressed an interest in making a film based on his life and career in unlicensed boxing. McLean wanted Craig Fairbrass to portray him as he had known the actor for some time, and considered that Fairbrass resembled himself as a younger man. McLean travelled to Hollywood to discuss the matter with film studio executives, but their preference for Sylvester Stallone 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.

An IP has added a citation needed template and so I have tried reviewing his autobiography and cannot find any of this. This is the source I am looking in. Is there another?

• McLean, Lenny (15 January 2003). The Guv'nor: The Autobiography of Lenny McLean (New ed.). John Blake Publishing Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85782-570-1.

Sirfurboy🏄 (talk) 06:50, 2 October 2023 (UTC)