Editing Gerald McClellan (section)

==Fundraising==
McClellan has been the honoree at numerous banquets and award ceremonies, and fellow boxing world champion [[Roy Jones Jr.]], often pointed out as a rival middleweight champion during 1993–94 (indeed, McClellan actually beat Jones as an amateur), set up a foundation to help McClellan.{{citation needed|date=December 2013}}

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.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.itv.com/itvplayer/video/?Filter%3D293512 |title=Video - ITV Player |access-date=2011-12-10 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111208003254/http://www.itv.com/itvplayer/video/?Filter=293512 |archive-date=2011-12-08 }}</ref>

In May 2012, the [[World Boxing Council]] publicly appealed for donations to a trust fund set up in McClellan's name in order to help his sister Lisa maintain his 24-hour care.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.worldboxingnews.net/2012/05/wbc-make-gerald-mcclellan-appeal.html |title=The WBC make Gerald McClellan appeal |access-date=2012-07-27 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120707052319/http://www.worldboxingnews.net/2012/05/wbc-make-gerald-mcclellan-appeal.html |archive-date=2012-07-07 }}</ref> In July 2017, McClellan took a turn for the worse, and underwent surgery to repair a malfunctioning colon. McClellan now uses a colostomy bag, and incurs colostomy supply expenses of about 500 dollars a month.<ref>{{cite web |last1=McGrath |first1=Dan |title='Boxing totally turned its back' on battered Gerald McClellan |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/breaking/ct-boxing-brain-damaged-gerald-mcclellan-spt-0825-20170824-story.html |website=Chicago Tribune |access-date=February 25, 2022 |date=August 24, 2017}}</ref> Former world light middleweight champion [[Terry Norris (boxer)|Terry Norris]], whose Final 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."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.secondsout.com/news/main-news/mcclellans-plight-continues---please-donate |title=McClellan's Plight Continues - Please Donate |website=SecondsOut |date=2012-04-09 |access-date=2016-12-27 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2016-09-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160914140301/http://www.secondsout.com/news/main-news/mcclellans-plight-continues---please-donate }}</ref> Ring 10, a nonprofit organization that helps impoverished former fighters, provides McClellan with monthly food credit and raises funds to assist with payment of other necessities.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.worldboxing101.com/2012/06/26/ring-10-veterans-boxing-foundation-a-beta-bomb-of-brotherhood-part-1-our-suffering-champions/ |title=Ring 10 Veterans Boxing Foundation: a Beta Bomb of Brotherhood – Part 1, Our Suffering Champions |website=Worldboxing101.com |access-date=2016-12-27 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161013053556/http://www.worldboxing101.com/2012/06/26/ring-10-veterans-boxing-foundation-a-beta-bomb-of-brotherhood-part-1-our-suffering-champions/ |archive-date=2016-10-13 }}</ref>