Quote Originally Posted by Spicoli View Post
Thanks to a friend who is newish to the sport I finally caught The Fight of Their lives focusing on Benn v McClellan. Man that was a rough watch right after re watching the fight. I never realized how Manny Steward felt in the aftermath and never appreciated how quickly it was all over for Benn the next year. Really re reveals Don King to be a complete swindler. Gerald only cleared 250K for that one . Regardless of what his ways were or were not outside of the ring there's something humanly wrong with the how McClellan and more so family goes into the books as an afterthought.
Manny Steward also felt the need to take his full trainer/manager fee from that purse, leaving McClellan with $50,000.