McClellan trained with Emmanuel Steward at the famous Kronk Gym in Detroit and Tucson, Arizona, which also produced Thomas “The Hit Man” Hearns. McClellan’s name came up a few times in the broadcast because of his ties to several involved. This past weekend was a big one for boxing because of the Saturday night fight between undefeated heavyweight champions Deontay Wilder of the United States and Tyson Fury of Great Britain for the WBC title. Paepke said his goal is to get McClellan at least one treatment by the end of the year. These treatments cost $10,000 each so it can be a tough sell to funders.” There are cases where an athlete showed improvement in one or two treatments. “The challenge with someone like Gerald is that his case is so advanced,” said Paepke, who suffered a traumatic brain injury 10 years ago when he fell at a San Diego Padres game and hit his head on a concrete step. “There are a lot of encouraging studies, including some out of Japan that showed stem cell treatments have stopped or, in a couple of cases, reversed the progression of Alzheimer’s disease,” Paepke said. Paepke said his goal is to begin helping boxers, including McClellan, get the treatments. To date, the APBA has helped 20 baseball players receive stem cell treatments. Paepke started the nonprofit five years ago to raise money for baseball players who had suffered brain injuries to get experimental stem cell treatments.
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Recently, she’s been talking with Ryan Paepke, founder of the Arizona-based Association of Professional Ballplayers Association. Lisa McClellan said Gerald’s condition improved considerably after he had his colon removed and he’s been having hyperbaric oxygen treatments.
I help with the annual fundraiser and with finding fighters like Gerald who need help.” “Matt really is like family now,” Lisa McClellan said. Most of that money is raised in an annual fundraiser in New York in September. Ring 10 helps those 20 fighters - which includes both big names such as Tyrell Biggs and Wilfredo Benitez and lesser known fighters such as Prichard Colon - on a budget of between $30,000 and $40,000. It could be food cards or temporary housing. “Gerald is one of the first fighters we reached out to when I started this 10 years ago and he’s one of the ones we do the most with.
“We’re helping 20 fighters every year, some more than others,” Farrago said. The biggest help, though, has come from former fighter Matt Farrago, who runs a nonprofit out of New York called Ring 10. Trainer John Scully will get champion boxers to sign gloves, auction them off and then give a portion of the proceeds to McClellan. Photographer Teddy Blackburn created a photo book of McClellan in 2005 with all the proceeds going to his care and the WBC makes an annual contribution. Hall of Fame boxer Roy Jones has helped financially over the years. Over time, though, people have stepped in to help and Gerald’s fight is becoming part of a larger effort to take care of boxers who left their health in the ring.
The time and effort spent on Gerald cost her a marriage. You just have to speak at a certain pace for him to be able to understand you.” He is aware of everything that’s going on. He didn’t have any and now he can remember things from the day before. “The big thing was his short-term memory. “His brain is functioning a lot better,” Lisa said by telephone. She’s happy to say he’s actually doing well. She’s now spent nearly half her life caring for Gerald. It changed everything for Lisa McClellan as well.
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