'The Guv'nor Lenny McLean was A TERRIBLE BULLY,' recalls Frank Warren

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  • Опубликовано: 10 июн 2019
  • Frank Warren takes us for a walk down memory lane as he and his family helped Lenny McLean and Frank found his way into boxing.
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  • @baslongstaff1819
    @baslongstaff1819 3 года назад +153

    Saying Lenny could beat Lennox Lewis or Mike Tyson “on the cobbles🙄” or otherwise is like thinking your mate down the pub could beat Ronnie O Sullivan at snooker. You should seek help.

    • @kragger1985
      @kragger1985 2 года назад +6

      I see what you are saying but it's not. It'd be more like saying your mate could beat Ronnie at pool.

    • @mikey-boy2519
      @mikey-boy2519 2 года назад

      Exactly

    • @Kev80ification
      @Kev80ification 2 года назад +2

      On the cobbles, I wouldn't be surprised

    • @mikey-boy2519
      @mikey-boy2519 2 года назад

      @@Kev80ification wot do ya mean bro

    • @Kev80ification
      @Kev80ification 2 года назад +3

      @@mikey-boy2519 I wouldn't be surprised I Lenny beat them in a street fight. He was vicious. In the ring they would have battered him but on the cobbles, I'm not sure

  • @stemple11100
    @stemple11100 3 года назад +205

    The fact some people believe Lenny would of beaten Tyson is laughable

    • @TheTruth-pl3mk
      @TheTruth-pl3mk 2 года назад +36

      @@leonardpiercy9837 "Lesser men than Lenny"? Who? Do you know that little about boxing (and fighting, in general) to believe Lenny at his best could last a minute with Buster Douglas, Evander Holyfield, Lennox Lewis, Danny Williams or even Kevin McBride? Those were all PROFESSIONAL boxers! As poor as McBride was in the ring, he'd still have battered Lenny or any of those unlicensed fighters anywhere. Different skillset and experience, can't be compared.

    • @TheTruth-pl3mk
      @TheTruth-pl3mk 2 года назад +20

      @@leonardpiercy9837 How did Lenny get on against Cliff Field and Johnny Waldron? Do tell... 😉

    • @justinlanger7109
      @justinlanger7109 2 года назад +2

      @@leonardpiercy9837 I can imagine your mother when you get this attitude at home "Leonarrrrd! Off to ya room, go 🚶‍♂️ on"

    • @MrT67
      @MrT67 2 года назад +5

      I agree. Tyson would have killed him. It wouldn't even be close.

    • @chrishamilton6718
      @chrishamilton6718 2 года назад +9

      @@leonardpiercy9837 you calling Lennox lewis & Holyfield a clown 🤡 have a look in the mirror 🪞 ffs 🤦‍♂️….. if that’s is what you actually think 🤔

  • @johnhaigh7473
    @johnhaigh7473 5 лет назад +245

    Sound is awful

  • @mufcok2148
    @mufcok2148 5 лет назад +196

    You should add a water effect and bubbles coming up and few fish swimming past, the sound would be perfect to go with the underwater vibe.

  • @davidlewis4162
    @davidlewis4162 5 лет назад +342

    When lennys son said that he could of beaten Tyson and lewis I nearly fell off my chair 😂

    • @jimmylamb1098
      @jimmylamb1098 5 лет назад +41

      street fighting is not boxing

    • @Nayson
      @Nayson 5 лет назад +78

      Just like Kimbo Slice took the UFC by storm, right?

    • @themostfeared8633
      @themostfeared8633 5 лет назад +15

      Kimbo slice is and was only useless

    • @scaniashane174
      @scaniashane174 5 лет назад +18

      Judgement day you do know he’s not with us anymore?

    • @benwilliam9415
      @benwilliam9415 5 лет назад +16

      In a street fight in his prime probably would have he was an animal

  • @adamgrimsley2900
    @adamgrimsley2900 2 года назад +8

    Nice to see the audio quality is a tribute to the 70s

  • @alexbarker6864
    @alexbarker6864 5 лет назад +102

    Make sure the equipment is fully Submerged in water before asking Frank about Lenny!

  • @Darragh62
    @Darragh62 5 лет назад +22

    Frank “He lives on a sofa under the sea” Warren🎶. Ffs the sound is legendary! 😂

  • @imnotavingthat6813
    @imnotavingthat6813 4 года назад +44

    Lenny was a product of his environment, getting beaten up daily by his step father, made him as tough as teak. His size scared folk to death, and he probably used that to his advantage, to nick a few quid, His books a belter, whether its all true or artisctic license, still a good read tho
    RIP Big Daddy Cool

    • @iiwii8622
      @iiwii8622 Год назад +6

      That's a bollocks excuse. Product of a given environment doesn't mean you can't choose to be better.

    • @boshirahmed
      @boshirahmed Месяц назад +1

      @@iiwii8622 correct, however it does affect some people more than others. he had a terrible youth. plus lenny did not go around asking for sympathy.

  • @sids48
    @sids48 2 года назад +23

    There's always an harder man to knock the hardest man down

  • @t.d6379
    @t.d6379 5 лет назад +4

    Amazing sound - like always Seconds Out.

  • @joaquinbond007
    @joaquinbond007 5 лет назад +28

    If you read Lenny's book, he'll be having you believe he's the hardest man in the world. He didn't talk about his losses. Frank would have signed him professionally if he was any good. But, nope. 40 + hours on the doors instead.

    • @stitcha123
      @stitcha123 5 лет назад +9

      Oi neva lost a fight on the cobbles.... haha what a fat idiot. Warrens right, he was a bully n piece of shit

    • @davidpowell9713
      @davidpowell9713 2 года назад +2

      You couldn’t be a professional boxer if you had a criminal record. McLean would have been a professional you can be sure of that

    • @tonybroderick4808
      @tonybroderick4808 2 года назад +11

      @@davidpowell9713 that was never the case. Plenty of pros had criminal records.

    • @spaniardsrk5108
      @spaniardsrk5108 2 года назад +4

      I recently listened to his book on audible, great book. It didn't cover any losses. Not one on the streets, nor in the ring. Scrolling through youtube comments i learned he lost SEVERAL times.

    • @allendunlea7458
      @allendunlea7458 2 года назад

      Lenny was a criminal would not get a licence

  • @bernie129locksmith
    @bernie129locksmith 4 года назад +17

    Lenny got Frank started in promoting boxing and hes made millions since - lenny also stuck up for Franks reputation in prison over the incident where he was shot and people where calling Frank a grass - Disgusting how he now tries to sully lennies memory when he is actually a relative - He has a very short memory and says things he would never say if lenny where still alive !

    • @mrsupplementsUK
      @mrsupplementsUK Год назад

      I didnt knoe that fact . Well said , mayhe was a bully i thought , but no one said it when he was around 🤷‍♂️

  • @alberlusconi1
    @alberlusconi1 5 лет назад +41

    Gotta stop borrowing Kugans microphone

  • @ecw787
    @ecw787 5 лет назад +34

    Big Frank used to promote underground fights. Real OG

    • @madmantingting4988
      @madmantingting4988 5 лет назад +2

      Zodius why how u know this what did he use to say/do to her?

    • @hebisty4163
      @hebisty4163 5 лет назад +2

      @@zodius9772 fully explains why she turned out modifying everything about her... that need to be accepted due to years of bullying.

    • @madmantingting4988
      @madmantingting4988 5 лет назад

      Zodius o right could be bullshit tho I spose

    • @jasonantigua6825
      @jasonantigua6825 5 лет назад +1

      Zodius Jodie Marsh? The bird with a nose like a builders elbow! That Jodie Marsh?

    • @jasonantigua6825
      @jasonantigua6825 5 лет назад

      delboy Trotter You wish! She’d never have it with you.

  • @garyfoster2262
    @garyfoster2262 5 лет назад +165

    Ronnie pickering would have the lot of them !!!

    • @richstate1972
      @richstate1972 5 лет назад +6

      Ronnie who ?

    • @franko1174
      @franko1174 5 лет назад +9

      The fat piece of shit from Bransholme!😂🤣

    • @franko1174
      @franko1174 4 года назад +1

      @Marky bring it on Chav!😆😉

    • @franko1174
      @franko1174 4 года назад +1

      @Marky reggae, rap man!
      He got filled in by a young kid outside a pub in Bransholme 😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆

    • @franko1174
      @franko1174 4 года назад

      @Marky I was probably having a bad day mate!😆👍

  • @noodles169
    @noodles169 5 лет назад +27

    McLean chose his fights carefully, and conveniently forgot to mention the amount of fights he lost

    • @CeeJay-jy8xb
      @CeeJay-jy8xb 5 лет назад +1

      Just like every fighter? Move on

    • @F00kbluepill
      @F00kbluepill 3 года назад +10

      @@maxpaws3977 how do you know ?? Did you follow him around ??

    • @NC-ck5oj
      @NC-ck5oj 3 года назад +3

      @@maxpaws3977 its all a myth.

    • @crazychrislovesretics6790
      @crazychrislovesretics6790 2 года назад +2

      @@maxpaws3977 he was a big bully boy who had a fake record.

    • @tonybroderick4808
      @tonybroderick4808 2 года назад +3

      @@maxpaws3977 I think he lost at least 4.

  • @kingkong5750
    @kingkong5750 4 года назад +32

    Lenny never bullied frank tho, lenny couldnt deal with franks legendary shoulder rolls

    • @diehard21000
      @diehard21000 3 года назад +6

      @Leonardo Cesana most people around that time, that lived near him said he was massive bully. He had no time for straight common man 9 to 5

    • @mrsupplementsUK
      @mrsupplementsUK Год назад

      😂😂🙌🙌

  • @vantheman1244
    @vantheman1244 3 года назад +35

    Well done Frank for telling the truth on probably the most overrated Hardman in history. Of course McLean would terrorise me and many others, however, he’d get his arsed kicked by anyone decent.

    • @colinwilson4218
      @colinwilson4218 2 года назад +2

      Overrated maybe as a boxer but not a street fighter, know your stuff before you post!

    • @Bereal711
      @Bereal711 2 года назад +2

      @@colinwilson4218 make me laugh these clowns saying stuff like that. Lenny out the ring was an animal. Simple as. In tbe ring to street fighting Is completely different.

    • @markmcnally2044
      @markmcnally2044 2 года назад

      @@colinwilson4218 you know then?

  • @krell2130
    @krell2130 3 года назад +11

    Interviewer putting a new twist on the old British 'phrase, "put the kettle on," by conducting interview inside said kettle.

  • @SML1010THAI
    @SML1010THAI 4 года назад +11

    Interesting interview absolutely shocking quality

  • @mannzymunster
    @mannzymunster 4 года назад +16

    Could have been talking about Jimmy Saviles wrestling career for all I could hear.

  • @wakeywakeypeeps3086
    @wakeywakeypeeps3086 4 года назад +79

    Frank's definitely had a slap off lenny in the past😂

    • @stevebb2915
      @stevebb2915 3 года назад +8

      lenny lost to cliff fields twice, johnny waldron twice, an ancient roy shaw, and a light heavy from portsmouth called kevin paddock

    • @stevet6838
      @stevet6838 3 года назад +1

      Lies

    • @stevebb2915
      @stevebb2915 3 года назад +5

      @@stevet6838 err no. 100% fact. lies are what lenny told when he said he was shot outside a club. he was shot by a sparring partner he took liberties with. read judas pig.

    • @diehard21000
      @diehard21000 3 года назад +3

      @@stevet6838 Truth

    • @boogaloo8204
      @boogaloo8204 3 года назад +1

      @@stevebb2915 yeah mate bang right

  • @johnjoedunne7749
    @johnjoedunne7749 5 лет назад +68

    Anyone remember Cliff Fields out of Dunstable? Cliff scored two wins out of two fights with Lenny - never see that mentioned - Cliff fought Richard Dunne for the British Heavyweight title, losing on points - Dunne then went on to have a total mismatch fight against Muhammed Ali which he lost - Cliff was one fight away from a fight with Ali - a decent lad was Cliff - RIP

    • @TheJimbodini
      @TheJimbodini 5 лет назад +7

      When Lenny’s book came out and he became a big name everyone was talking about him, my dad told me about when cliff Fields beat him easy, Cliff also beat Roy shaw twice.

    • @jimmymalone9139
      @jimmymalone9139 3 года назад +2

      Really. John joe. What did or who did you steal from today

    • @benp5528
      @benp5528 2 года назад

      I heard about this aswel but as you said , it certainly wasn’t mentioned in his book . Wish I could find footage of them fights

    • @TheTruth-pl3mk
      @TheTruth-pl3mk 2 года назад +7

      @@TheJimbodini Johnny Waldron did him twice also and Kevin Paddock got him on points, he was paid to not knock him out. Different levels.

    • @uk1193
      @uk1193 2 года назад +1

      Sykes would have smashed him up too without breaking a sweat.

  • @occam5052
    @occam5052 Год назад +5

    ‘Everyone’s got a plan until they get punched in the face’ - Tyson

  • @JDD8888
    @JDD8888 5 лет назад +21

    it sounds like a successful paranormal investigation into the afterlife using EVP, well done fella...

  • @tonyc9460
    @tonyc9460 5 лет назад +38

    I thought that was Keith Chegwin on the left from the thumbnail

  • @ross-lt4mc
    @ross-lt4mc 5 лет назад +20

    The worst sound quality video available on RUclips m, bravo sir

  • @onlyme9254
    @onlyme9254 5 лет назад +27

    Should've had dubois intro "your going to sleep!" 🥊😴

  • @juracalling2471
    @juracalling2471 4 года назад +20

    He thought he could bully Bartley Gorman ( Tyson Fury's uncle) too.That didn't go well did it.Lenny McLean was a celebrity thug.He was head doorman at Stringfellows at one point.He was big and tough but not fit or disciplined enough to box pro or amateur.He was jailed once for taking a streaker aside in a club.Then he did his favourite 'trick' of putting that rubber belt around his fingers, Then he punched the streaker's chin hard enough to do real damage that he died from later.Is that how a 'doorman' is supposed to deal with someone who is neither threatening or assaulting someone and is half his size ? But in London- he's a 'legend'.Another one for the book of myths there.

    • @paulbanks2832
      @paulbanks2832 3 года назад +6

      What fantasy are you talking about? Even in Bartley s book he says he and McLean never met

    • @Svvithred
      @Svvithred 2 года назад

      The streaker died from a choke hold applied to him by the police later on that night. Proven in court by a medical expert.

    • @robertmclean4318
      @robertmclean4318 Год назад +1

      Clueless

    • @CraigMansfield
      @CraigMansfield 6 месяцев назад

      Piffle. The police were found guilty of killing the flasher after Lenny threw him out.
      McLean and Gorman never fought and I talked to Peter Fury about it.
      So you're talking shite I'm afraid

  • @parmdeeppuri2981
    @parmdeeppuri2981 5 лет назад

    great interview i didnt know this!

  • @owensoutdoors73
    @owensoutdoors73 4 года назад +7

    Be back now! I'm just going to get my snorkel & mask and come back to watch the rest of the video.

  • @Tomc12345
    @Tomc12345 5 лет назад +85

    Was this filmed with an old Nokia ?

    • @boxing
      @boxing  5 лет назад +10

      Is there such a thing as a new Nokia?

    • @TimmyTurner421
      @TimmyTurner421 5 лет назад +3

      @@boxing they remade the 3010

    • @jackh9381
      @jackh9381 5 лет назад +1

      Potato

    • @themostfeared8633
      @themostfeared8633 5 лет назад

      Cawley you half a spud you got put into your place 👌🏻😂😂you fake irish bastard!

    • @chipsandcurrysauce9313
      @chipsandcurrysauce9313 5 лет назад

      @@boxing touche👍

  • @LaBamba13
    @LaBamba13 5 лет назад +11

    Were are you you doing this interview'the bottom of a water well?

  • @samrowbotham8914
    @samrowbotham8914 5 лет назад +64

    Roy was only a Middleweight when Lenny stepped in with Light Heavyweight legend from Repton Johnny Waldron he was knocked spark out twice. Had Lenny ever been hit by someone like Frank Bruno I think he would never have been brought back to consciousness. Anyone who believes he was a world beater knows nothing about the Noble art.

    • @braindrain8922
      @braindrain8922 5 лет назад +3

      He was a roid head

    • @pauljenkins3435
      @pauljenkins3435 5 лет назад +6

      Totally agree Sam. Totally different being a big strong hard man in the local pub than being a professional boxer. Think he had 15 fights with gloves on and lost 5 of them, and that was not even to top British heavyweight fighters. Saying that i would have hated to have a street fight with the man. And yes he led an interesting life and I have read all the books. Hard man yes, but even local area top boxer, no.

    • @samrowbotham8914
      @samrowbotham8914 5 лет назад

      @@pauljenkins3435 I knew him I am from Hoxton as is all my family.

    • @pauljenkins3435
      @pauljenkins3435 5 лет назад +3

      @@samrowbotham8914 am just amazed at how many people think any big tough local hard man could take on and beat a professional boxer. In a street fight it may be different.

    • @samrowbotham8914
      @samrowbotham8914 5 лет назад +4

      @@pauljenkins3435 Then they get hit by a pro fighter.

  • @bigrowston
    @bigrowston 5 лет назад +6

    need to turn the bass up and move the microphone in the next room

  • @baconeggsandtomatoes
    @baconeggsandtomatoes 4 года назад +6

    In space no one can hear you interview Frank Warren....

  • @ifiwas195
    @ifiwas195 Год назад +51

    Lenny lost many fights. He was simply a big man who learned the basics of boxing.
    Back then it was one known tough guy against another. When you actually speak to people who were close to these guys like Frank Warren you really understand that Lenny and Roy were nothing more than a couple of fellas you’d see with a reputation in your local pub for being able to handle themselves. That’s it!
    The way people have blown their reputations up is laughable.

    • @darthpepe2994
      @darthpepe2994 Год назад +6

      .... and yet you wouldn't step in the ring with either of them, would you? They were who they were because they won the vast majority of fights they had, they were better than the vast majority of men.... how do they NOT deserve their reputations exactly? Because they didn't do it in a mainstream, regulated way on your television screen? Because they didn't hype their fights up for months/years on end getting their sport confused with WWE for maximum fan anticipation? Do professional boxers get shipped in from another planet or something and just happen to know how to sell themselves while you blissfully ignore the multi-million dollar/pound corporate machines behind them who know how to toy with your emotions when it comes to hype?

    • @ifiwas195
      @ifiwas195 Год назад +15

      @@darthpepe2994 you’ve gone off on a tangent about professional boxing and wrestling, two things I don’t watch simply because one is corrupt and the other is fake. I imagine both of them would have done well in wrestling because neither of them would have made it as pro boxers.
      Lenny and Roy were tough men, I have no doubt of that. They were men who didn’t give a shit in certain situations but they did care about who they faced on the street, and don’t believe they were anything more than pub brawlers. Lenny wasn’t a professional fighter in any way. That was proven when he went in the ring with professional fighters and got hammered. Cliff fields knocked him out twice, he got KO’d by George “pappy” Langley, lost to Shaw and it’s well known he refused fights with Bartley Gorman and Lew Yates. I could reel off more names that beat Lenny but what’s the point. I actually think Lenny would have beaten Gorman simply through size alone. He was double the size of him but Lew Yates would have destroyed Lenny. Lew was a professional standard heavyweight, McLean wasn’t. And let’s not forget Jonny Waldron who smashed Lenny to bits twice.
      Their reputations got blown right out of proportion in the 70’s because of the London gangster scene at that time. The Krays had put that scene into the celebrity limelight in the 60’s and everyone grasped it with both hands. Joey Pile saw a way of making serious money by staging fights (something the travelling community had been doing for years) and the public lapped it up. The 70,s and 80’s were ablaze with stories of bare knuckle fights in every town and city in the country but two names kept cropping up simply because it was London.
      I even saw people comparing Lenny to Mike Tyson and asking the question “A prime Lenny vs a prime Tyson 🤦🏻‍♂️😂😂😂 how delusional people can get.
      McLean and Shaw were nothing more than two debt collecting hard men who were made out to be supermen. Who would have gone unheard of if it wasn’t for Joey Pile and his money making schemes and the public blowing their reputations right out of proportion.

    • @bigdawg1021
      @bigdawg1021 Год назад +2

      WELL SAID

    • @bigdawg1021
      @bigdawg1021 Год назад

      @@darthpepe2994 your corny as fuck

    • @zebbedi
      @zebbedi Год назад +1

      @@ifiwas195 Very well said.

  • @smokingjoe8039
    @smokingjoe8039 5 лет назад +92

    I always got the impression lenny was a bully after reading his book and Roy shaws. Lenny seemed to revel in intimidation that put me off but with shaw I got the impression he wouldn't go out of his way for trouble but if u asked for it he gave u it with interest.

    • @deanwilson7031
      @deanwilson7031 5 лет назад +16

      smoking joe Roy shaw was a bully to mate

    • @mikefranky
      @mikefranky 4 года назад +18

      They were all bullies when you read their books they make out they were saints they were just nasty young thugs in their day
      Down my way there’s a guy from Merthyr by the name of Malcolm price he’s got a book out making out he was a good guy but in reality he was a bully

    • @i_know_youre_right_but
      @i_know_youre_right_but 4 года назад +1

      mikefranky my old man was from Merthyr and he mentioned Malcolm Price and he reckons he was a massive bully also.. Been to Merthyr to visit my Nan when I was 17, not a nice place at all

    • @themac9766
      @themac9766 4 года назад

      @@mikefranky i used to spar with his son over dowlais nice fella.. heard pricey was a bit of a piss head and a bully people like that use intimidation.better off going off heavy on them works everytime

    • @johnogroats3318
      @johnogroats3318 4 года назад +8

      All the people like them that bang on about how much they hate bullies are bullies. They see it in themselves and try distance from it.

  • @jeroendesterke9739
    @jeroendesterke9739 Год назад +11

    I met many guys when I worked at Gatwick Airport who saw Lenny fight and they all said that he lost far more fights than he ever let on. Lenny was a good story teller and although I would have run a mile from him, he wasn't invincible.
    I read 'The Guvnor" - he made out he was a sort of Robin Hood but in short he was nothing else than a criminal who took advantage of people who showed him their good side. In particular the fella his wife was working for and who trusted them both. Lenny repaid him by stealing from his stock and selling it on.
    Myths and legends - and Lenny was part of his own folklore.

    • @BarrieFitzgerald-ch2rw
      @BarrieFitzgerald-ch2rw 8 месяцев назад

      He was exactly like Robin Hood exacts he stole from rich and gave to himself

  • @ReservoirPunk
    @ReservoirPunk 5 лет назад +6

    Was this filmed inside of a Pringles can?

  • @barneycraig6955
    @barneycraig6955 4 года назад +14

    Sounds like you're wearing a wire trying to fit Frank up.

    • @tyronekhan848
      @tyronekhan848 3 года назад

      Looks like he should be wearing a bra

  • @Doughty010
    @Doughty010 9 месяцев назад

    Awesome interview with frank 😢 shame the audio quality was not that good.

  • @roryking1
    @roryking1 5 лет назад +2

    franks a real og and glad hes so honest about lenny

  • @slurpingticklepestchristsc5433
    @slurpingticklepestchristsc5433 5 лет назад +10

    That reminds me: Toys R Us are having a sale on some kids' microphones.

  • @db292
    @db292 5 лет назад +15

    Great sound on this vid 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

  • @funkytransport
    @funkytransport 2 года назад

    great audio.. well done.

  • @tsteed97
    @tsteed97 5 лет назад +31

    Next time do it scuba diving for a better sound.

  • @paulmycock7855
    @paulmycock7855 5 лет назад +5

    frank was very lucky a certain fireman didn't put his lights out for good , still breathin frank

  • @matthewwilliams8311
    @matthewwilliams8311 4 года назад

    Any chance for subtitles as the poor audio makes its very hard to hear

  • @andrewboniface8606
    @andrewboniface8606 4 года назад

    best wishes for the new year & on & on & on & on, thanks for the boxing n' 'avin a larf>>>>abon>>>>

  • @c.glivingstone9832
    @c.glivingstone9832 2 года назад +3

    The self proclaimed 'hard men', or those who pose as such...are mostly hot air. One of the toughest blokes I ever knew was a humorous, friendly, quiet chap. Dogs loved him!

    • @Isabelthompson99
      @Isabelthompson99 2 года назад +4

      I fully agree with you, I'm a former pro MMA fighter and the hardest most dangerous guys I ever met looked like nothing and certainly didn't act hard because they didn't need to, I remember once a doorman at a fight venue was being a prick "suprise suprise" and wouldn't let this fighter in, the doorman was a big guy and was trying to intimidate him which didn't work at all and when he tried to put hands on him he was on the floor in a flash with his elbow almost being broken, the doorman was screaming like a little bitch it was hilarious, so the old saying is true never judge a book by its cover

  • @shanedowley2877
    @shanedowley2877 2 года назад +18

    Read his book, it was a good read,he was full of himself, claimed to be undefeated, came across as a real bully alright, some good stories in it, worth a read

  • @billynomate3699
    @billynomate3699 5 лет назад +2

    Thank the lord for the adverts,i'm not going deaf after all

  • @Wabsy1
    @Wabsy1 5 лет назад +1

    Did you make your own mic 😕

  • @noelmcloughlin4684
    @noelmcloughlin4684 3 года назад +14

    I Met Lenny back in the 70s when I used to deliver his newspapers. A bully ? Not to me, he gave me a fiver at Xmas , a lot of money when your pay was 1.25 a week .

    • @vmax1399
      @vmax1399 2 года назад +3

      Apparently if he took a shine to you it was a really good bloke to know we had a lad that used to work in a place that knew him very well and he was a sort of guy that would get picked on Lenny made sure that he didn't get picked he thought the world of Lenny pretty handy to have your own gorilla in toe lol

    • @totall2952
      @totall2952 2 года назад

      Class lol lol

  • @celticspirit2890
    @celticspirit2890 5 лет назад +34

    Frank is 100% correct. Lenny was a tough man, brilliant street fighter but yes, a bully and a liberty taker. Also bad with money.

    • @i_know_youre_right_but
      @i_know_youre_right_but 5 лет назад +2

      Celtic Spirit “also bad with money” like 99% of the UK then bruv hahaha

    • @celticspirit2890
      @celticspirit2890 5 лет назад +10

      @@i_know_youre_right_but correct. Finance is the one thing they don't teach in schools. If people understood finance they would understand debt. Debt is how 1st world governments control the masses.
      But Lenny was particularly bad. he was short sighted. He would take a 20k advance on a book or film and run off with the money and just knock them. But the book or film would have made him 40k. That sort of bad with money.

    • @mickharrison9004
      @mickharrison9004 4 года назад

      @C Klan McLean said in his years of being a doorman, he had thousands of fights, sounds rite.

    • @DogsWallop
      @DogsWallop 2 года назад

      @@celticspirit2890 and how do you know

  • @hurley31
    @hurley31 5 лет назад +1

    Did you ask Frank to do his Bane impression for the interview?

  • @mattthetaffy6702
    @mattthetaffy6702 5 лет назад +7

    Sound quality is awful

  • @gavinjohnson8951
    @gavinjohnson8951 5 лет назад +13

    I didn't know Frank was a relation. It kinda says something when your own family call you a bully

  • @thehomefront1905
    @thehomefront1905 4 года назад +36

    Respect to Frank for telling it how was, most people would be way to scared to speak the truth.

    • @jimtheburrito4080
      @jimtheburrito4080 2 года назад +11

      He’s fucking dead

    • @jimmybalantyne5545
      @jimmybalantyne5545 2 года назад +2

      @@jimtheburrito4080 Believe me mate, there's no way in a million years that Frank Warren was intimidated by Lenny.

    • @calmingcrist4515
      @calmingcrist4515 2 года назад

      Please tell me why he should be respected, the man is fucking dead!

    • @thehomefront1905
      @thehomefront1905 2 года назад

      @@calmingcrist4515 Don't worry about it Harry

    • @calmingcrist4515
      @calmingcrist4515 2 года назад

      @@thehomefront1905
      The linguistic grammar and etymology of your words leaves me somewhat perplexed as my name isn't Harry

  • @drewlad3626
    @drewlad3626 5 лет назад +1

    Nice, an interview with frank warren under the sea

  • @Adam-wl8wn
    @Adam-wl8wn 4 года назад +1

    Where was the microphone, next door?

  • @zulfiqarkyiani4812
    @zulfiqarkyiani4812 3 года назад +5

    Calling Lenny a bully i think the kids picked on him thinking the bigger he is the harder he will fall might not of worked that way

  • @michaelmoran9399
    @michaelmoran9399 4 года назад +36

    Henry cooper would have battered McLean seven days a week twice on a Sunday if he could really fight he would have been in the ring with Bugner or Bruno

    • @lollykins12
      @lollykins12 3 года назад +5

      I don't think anyone is saying any different. In a boxing ring Mclean was average at best......its on the cobbles where he was a champ

    • @andrewliscombe2579
      @andrewliscombe2579 2 года назад +1

      McLean couldn't get a boxing license as he had convictions,he was unbeatable in an all in fight but not the best boxer

    • @matthewheseltine3018
      @matthewheseltine3018 2 года назад

      The majority of boxers would of beaten him under boxing rules. But bare knuckle anything goes he would of destroyed anyone.

    • @michaelmarron8441
      @michaelmarron8441 2 года назад +1

      @@matthewheseltine3018 Joe Bugner would have starched Lenny McClean within one punch

    • @matthewheseltine3018
      @matthewheseltine3018 2 года назад

      @@michaelmarron8441 😂😂😂

  • @v1mt0
    @v1mt0 3 года назад

    It’s a great vid....but why store the mic up your jacksy?

  • @anastasiaburke6206
    @anastasiaburke6206 4 года назад

    Meet Frank and Ernie is side kick 2 great men Frank knows everybody from the right side of the fence or the left side good luck with everything you do Frank take care stay safe

  • @wayneashby942
    @wayneashby942 5 лет назад +5

    Was the microphone in a glass of water when this interview was done?

  • @ronniekray469
    @ronniekray469 5 лет назад +11

    He couldn’t bully cliff fields tho

    • @leerobinson2911
      @leerobinson2911 4 года назад

      They knew cliffy fields would knock them all into next week,,

    • @danmccauley80
      @danmccauley80 3 года назад

      Or Kevin paddock

  • @macmcc4651
    @macmcc4651 2 года назад

    The flex is making me feel old. LPS 👍🏻

  • @CoulterTravel
    @CoulterTravel 5 лет назад

    What’s up with the sound?!

  • @robpage7169
    @robpage7169 5 лет назад +7

    Your content isn't worth waiting for TWO ads. 😴😴

  • @BAAAKSEEEN
    @BAAAKSEEEN 4 года назад +3

    Ill bring my snorkels and flippers for the next one.

  • @mrcelticreggae1874
    @mrcelticreggae1874 4 года назад

    I seen joe Pyle jr working with Frank last year together at a show and thought wow Joe Sr would be smiling down, but it's good to see relationships lasting decades upon decades even though frank just said there was a big row back in the day lol

  • @gedb6099
    @gedb6099 4 года назад

    Did you record this on a 3210

  • @dave8204
    @dave8204 5 лет назад +16

    A shame about the awful sound quality as that was a great interview. Lenny was battered mercilessly by his Dad as a young boy,which probably explains the bullying.As is common the books about him portray some kind of Robin Hood character,truth is he was nasty,horrible bastard when the mood took him.Interesting stuff though.

    • @LOYALLUTON
      @LOYALLUTON 5 лет назад +1

      It was his stepdad mate

    • @dave8204
      @dave8204 5 лет назад +1

      Thanks for clearing that up mate.

  • @zerg9523
    @zerg9523 3 года назад +3

    I don’t know what they said sir, but they’ve loaded two torpedo bays and opened outer bay doors sir...

  • @rockywaters9592
    @rockywaters9592 Год назад +1

    Floyd Mayweather Jr mastered the art of the Frank Warren shoulder roll.

  • @danieldeepdown
    @danieldeepdown 5 лет назад

    Cor lovely sound on this one

  • @johnnyutah999
    @johnnyutah999 4 года назад +30

    At last someone who tells the truth on McLean

  • @branco6942
    @branco6942 3 года назад +4

    Mike Tyson came from the streets of New York sorry Lenny worshippers but with all due respect Mike in his prime Lenny in his prime ? Mike all day long!!! he would have Lenny for breakfast , Tyson was not a boxer like Ali!! he was a slugger with perfect technique and very powerful and fast.

  • @mummyd1990
    @mummyd1990 Год назад +2

    Why do people slag people off when they are dead?....???Maybe you should of called Lenny a bully when he was alive and then you could of had a decent response from Lenny Rip.

  • @zamiadams4343
    @zamiadams4343 2 года назад

    Thanks Frank, real history.

  • @davidmz8971
    @davidmz8971 5 лет назад +9

    Seconds in to this and I was out

  • @dukeofpreston3228
    @dukeofpreston3228 5 лет назад +5

    Rob Brydons man in a box is more audible

  • @maximusmaxwell4392
    @maximusmaxwell4392 5 лет назад +1

    so hearn has the sought after footage of mclean shaw 1

  • @eddiemcgrath8536
    @eddiemcgrath8536 4 года назад

    was the sound recorded with a potato?

  • @darthpepe2994
    @darthpepe2994 4 года назад +20

    Heard lots of people call Lenny a bully, but if you read into his life and the horrendous abuse he suffered from his step-father it's not surprising why he would have reacted violently to the slightest provocation. Not that it's excusable of course, but I'm just saying he wasn't a normal person and it's quite sad how he ended up that way

    • @stinkwater123
      @stinkwater123 3 года назад +7

      Our paths are set from childhood, and that's were so much damage can be done. as parents we have to be so careful and to show them the right path

    • @mummyd1990
      @mummyd1990 Год назад +1

      Exactly.

    • @carson3811
      @carson3811 Год назад

      Crazy the size difference and Roy Shaw was in his 40s Lenny in his 20s twice his size and Roy still beat him but there was other guys like Paul Sykes who before he was a mess with alcohol and had spent his prime years in prison.. he used to spar Joe Frazier and Joe Frazier said he was the only guy when he was in the UK that could give him a good spar and hurt Joe with his left hook.. Joe Frazier is on record it's on RUclips talking about Paul Sykes and saying he's going to be a force in the heavyweight division the guy that beat Ali that's legit praise there.. and Roy Shaw said he wouldn't have fought Paul Sykes he was to big and to strong and a technical boxer.. Roy Shaw was a middleweight.. but Sykes ended up spending most of his life in prison and died a alcoholic.. and there was men more dangerous than him.. can't remember the guy's name but he beat Lenny McLean twice was a natural heavyweight Shaw also said he wouldn't have fought him he was to big.. he sparked Lenny out with a jab I'm sure.. and rumour has it he was supposed to throw that fight but hit Lenny with a jab flush knocked him out

    • @darthpepe2994
      @darthpepe2994 Год назад

      @@carson3811 very interesting comment, but mine was about people calling Lenny a bully which I felt deserved some retrospect

    • @waynedycer322
      @waynedycer322 Год назад

      Alot of people call men bullys wen they dont mind give out a slap the ones that say it are just gutless

  • @bio-plasmictoad5311
    @bio-plasmictoad5311 5 лет назад +4

    Pritty much any hardman street fighter that has been were also bullys, not much of a surprise. They don't get a reputation by being nice.

  • @johnconlon6732
    @johnconlon6732 5 лет назад

    Its like someone putting a blurry photo on facebook you just think why did you bother ffs

  • @mister_M.
    @mister_M. 2 года назад +1

    Lenny and frank are related btw. Lenny was his cousin

  • @edof4827
    @edof4827 3 года назад +18

    I have heard the stories read the books seen plenty of podcasts videos. The truth is Lenny McLean was useless in the ring..His biggest victories were against Roy Shaw who was way past his best overweight and.naturally a middleweight. He beat Lenny the first time by everyone's account he.beat him easily. Roy Shaw said the real Governor was Cliff Fields who beat Lenny twice easily. Lenny was supposed to fight Paul Sykes but Paul got injured which was lucky for Lenny. They replaced Sykes with a middleweight who went on to give Lenny a hiding. If he had of faced Paul Sykes he would of been smashed to pieces. Paul Sykes was a genuine heavyweight who could have a fight. Certainly better than any fighter Lenny McLean had ever fought. Lenny McLean lost six times in the boxing ring how comes none of them videos have ever surfaced?? Because Joe Pyle snr lived Lenny and seen to it the videos of him being ko'd and.beaten up never left the venue. Lenny McLean was a donkey useless

    • @stevebb2915
      @stevebb2915 Год назад +2

      johnny waldron beat him twice, kevin paddock (a light heavy from southampton) KO'd him, cliff fields beat him twice and roy shaw once. Also, if you read judas pig, you realise his story about being shot outside a club was bullshit.he was shot in the arse by a sparring partner he took liberties with.

    • @shubr66
      @shubr66 Год назад

      I know a bit about this too but good to read both the comments here , that Paul Sykes was a real case ha ha

    • @karlleddy8312
      @karlleddy8312 Год назад

      Barry Dalton it was who shot him. Lenny couldn't do anything about it, he had to just accept it. Can't remember what they called him in Judas Pig and Lenny gives him a different name. But in real life it was Barry Dalton.

  • @CW-ke8rk
    @CW-ke8rk 5 лет назад +11

    It’s well documented in the east end that Lenny was a bully and Roy Shaw was a gentleman, but Lenny became a gentleman later in life just before he died. You never took a liberty with either guy thought or else you would get hurt.

  • @kevincummins5435
    @kevincummins5435 2 года назад +2

    Cliff Fields 6 ft 7 Gentleman ,trained in his scrap yard ...Knocked Lenny out Twice ..yes Twice

  • @Richard61200
    @Richard61200 5 лет назад

    A man from islington who done very well !

  • @adamday2067
    @adamday2067 2 года назад +3

    Bullies are generally insecure people who like to pick on weak people who they know they can beat

  • @danielnicholls9080
    @danielnicholls9080 5 лет назад +4

    Was lenny a doorman at the gas club wardour street in late 90s early 2000

    • @themostfeared8633
      @themostfeared8633 5 лет назад +1

      Daniel yes he was why?

    • @arthurmorgan7086
      @arthurmorgan7086 5 лет назад +4

      Daniel Nicholls probably not. He died in 98

    • @GBB81671
      @GBB81671 5 лет назад

      Died before lock stock was released in 1998 and was seriously for some time before that....plus he'd gotten into the acting quite big by then also so no way was he still working doors

    • @hibeeshibees1755
      @hibeeshibees1755 5 лет назад

      @@themostfeared8633 ur talking shite. Why?

    • @allcounties7059
      @allcounties7059 5 лет назад +1

      Big len on the door at Camden pali .

  • @joshmillarich4916
    @joshmillarich4916 5 лет назад

    The sound is awful. You can barely hear Frank he is whispering. Does he have a mic ?

  • @CraigMansfield
    @CraigMansfield 6 месяцев назад

    And there's Lenny saying "I give him ten out of ten".

  • @drpepper4020
    @drpepper4020 5 лет назад +8

    Paul Sykes would of beat Lenny that fight was close to happening

    • @ultraextreme8228
      @ultraextreme8228 5 лет назад

      Paul Sykes was some character!

    • @drpepper4020
      @drpepper4020 5 лет назад +3

      @@ultraextreme8228 yeah i know lol.......it's sharks

    • @JonSmith-cx7gr
      @JonSmith-cx7gr 5 лет назад

      @@drpepper4020 Sharks? You punch em on the bloody ear 'ole. Its the only language they understand.

    • @drpepper4020
      @drpepper4020 5 лет назад +1

      @@JonSmith-cx7gr I had these pumps on when a did it

    • @vmax1399
      @vmax1399 2 года назад

      Was that be the same Paul Sykes turned his back on Gardener in the middle of a pro boxing match (don't usually criticise boxers its a tough game at any level but that degree of cowardice was the worst l have ever seen)and used to do work for Jimmy Savile and was alledged to be a prison bummer now deceased. E were right ard though ee by bum.