
Originally Posted by
thegreatsd
After my initial post early on and not really knowing the stories behind Mclellans history i have given this some thought. The first point I feel is that as a fan of boxing we have been robbed of a potentially tremendous talent. The second point is that the morale arguement regarding his condition as being a justification for what he has done is one that many people will argue for and against this. Personally I would not wish this on anyone and I feel sorry for his kids being robbed of their father to a certain degree. Thats my opinion and I can't argue against someone elses opinion as they are entitiled to it. Some people feel so strongly about certain things and thats a good thing too.
Boxing offers many people a road out of a bad life and perhaps he could have turned his behaviour outside the ring around. When I read some of the stories about him they really horrified me and seeing what happened to the him in the ring was horrifying as well. Like I say as a fan of boxing he was a tremendous boxer. The whole thing though is a terrible story from start to finish.
A tragic story from so many angles no matter what your opinion is .
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