Fund Raising Activities For The Fighter
He has been the honoree at numerous banquets and award ceremonies, and fellow boxing world champion Roy Jones Jr., often pointed as a possible rival during the 1990s (indeed, McClellan actually beat Jones as an amateur), set up a foundation to help McClellan. Nigel Benn himself has also helped to raise funds for McClellan's treatment, and the two men would meet again for the first time since their bout at a fundraiser held in London on February 24, 2007. Several items were auctioned off at the event and a total of £200,000 was raised. In December 2011, McClellan's family announced they were putting Gerald's WBC world title belts to pay for his continuing round-the-clock care and adapt his house for his changing medical needs and avoid putting him into a nursing home. Told by his sister Lisa about what she needed to do to maintain his life and keep him at home, McClellan, who remains 80% deaf, was surprisingly able to hear and understand his sister and gave his approval. Gerald told his sister, "Sister, just do what you've gotta do." In May 2012, aware of the seriousness of ex-champ McClellan's ongoing medical condition,the World Boxing Council maintained its concern for its fallen champion by making a 'Gerald McClellan Appeal' publicly appealing for donations to The Gerald McClellan Trust in Illinois, to Gerald's sisters in order to maintain Gerald's 24 hour care. In July 2012, McClellan took a turn for the worst, and underwent surgery to remove his colon. Former world light middleweight champion Terry Norris, whose Fatal Fight Foundation acts to protect boxers, made an appeal for the Gerald McClellan Trust, noting "McClellan's organs are starting to shut down because of his brain injury." Ring 10, a non-profit organization that helps impoverished former fighters, provides McClellan with a monthly food credit and raises funds to assist in payment of other necessities.
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