How Lenny Mclean was 'HUNTED' By Gangsters | Who had He Upset?

[@RecrRuiez]

❤ WARREN SLANEY PROTEST 26TH APRIL THIS FRIDAY OUTSIDE HMP FULLSTUON INNOCENCE PROTEST AGAINST HIS CONVICTION ❤

[@martinbills4792]

Another great story I could listen too these for hours thanks mate and keep safe

[@Danny-kt8zg]

Brilliant video . One of your best yet . Really enjoy your content.

[@mattlegg1976]

Interesting again mate . Del Croxson is interesting aswell 🥊👍

[@enquirer2.0]

Cheers Matt 🍻

[@EdwardoJoyalinski]

There's always someone who is more violent, and hard around the corner.

[@keithmarshall7084]

Bigger and better round the corner

[@derekstocker6661]

Thanks for this, quality as usual, love hearing anything about Lenny, RIP.

[@patocallaghan3648]

I hope you and yours are keeping well.top shelf stuff as always dude.best wishes to you and yours.keep up the great work fella

[@jamesgreene9265]

Great stories keep them coming

[@bulldog-lincspirits.4648]

Really enjoy listening about lenny and his life ..nice one ben fella ..sending good vibes as always ..all the best fella..💯👍💪

[@enquirer2.0]

Thankyou brother

[@bulldog-lincspirits.4648]

@@enquirer2.0 always a pleasure sir

[@bobmathews9072]

Jimmy Holmes does allude to it briefly in J.P , he says he went in to visit Lennie in the nick and “he was sitting there , all 60 inch chest of him , shitting himself as he’d done a friend of ours and was terrified someone was going to slip into him” . Sounds like Holmes was a “peacemaker” , and protected McLean as Holmes & Hunt used him occasionally for debt-collecting etc

[@enquirer2.0]

Ahh right that makes sense thankyou

[@skerriesrockart]

He was also terrified of being locked up and used to enforce discipline on behalf of the screws so he got banged up last. He lost all respect in the nick because he couldn't do his time.

[@jaywilson1921]

Brilliant upload pal 👍

[@ProfessorM-he9rl]

Thanks Ben, great post.

[@otterkarman8740]

I met Lenny in the lates eighties in a gym in Greenwich called ''slim Jim's' he kept telling me to ''punch the boxing bag harder'' he was pleased with my efforts, I was shattered at the end of it!! knackered. He was a cool dude, friendly big guy to me.

[@stephenmcghee-poet]

Excellent job, mate 👍

[@martinfretwell]

A bully who chose his victims carefully. Honestly look who he faught. Not a man to look up to.

[@s4squatch1]

The speed and accuracy that Roy Shaw was headbutting Lenny's fists in that fight was amazing.

[@enquirer2.0]

😂

[@frankzappa951]

Stop!! :)

[@k1dn1ce76]

Shaw showed one hell of a chin though! It took LOADS of on target shots before he finally dropped.

[@JimRennix74]

😂 nice yin

[@createyouremotion-cw3qw]

​@@k1dn1ce76 at the end of the day shaw and mccclean would've been ironed out by an elite pro in about a round.

[@baabaabaa-El]

Nice work Ben... Cheers mate.🥊

[@mrv1681]

Good video as usual bro but the way it is edited, it's like its skipping in parts, so some of the info is missed. Keep up the great work 💯👍🏿

[@brutusleao]

He was even more dangerous on the street than in the ring

[@Alybert-e3w]

Lenny was a absolute bully but was absolutely petrified of certain faces especially from canning town and custom house.

[@Yorkshire.outlaw]

Brilliant video as always

[@leenettywilson528]

Gr8 contents mate . Hope ur doing well and everything is going well for ya godbless you mate,👌🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🤛😉

[@RossNaylor-uq4jp]

At 6.33 lenny reminds me off the incredible hulk 😂 i think my arse would collapse with a man mountain like lenny wanting to beat you to death with his fists and head 😂😂😂😂

[@piet5756]

Another quality vid 👍🏻

[@Eddy-l1e]

If you take too many liberties there will always be someone who will put a stop to you. I have seen it first hand on a number of occasions. It never ends well. Enjoyed your narration of the stories 👏

[@henryclarke5363]

correct brother.

[@markblackburn5572]

Richie was a very serious fella originally from Glasgow was involved with Arthur Thompson, Richie was a good pal of Lenny

[@marksimmo8626]

Good upload 👌

[@henryclarke5363]

Good one ben, i mite add ,whatever people may think about holmes, alot in the book was based on true facts !

[@speckles82]

Have you ever thought about creating a video on Donnie the bull Adam’s ? He had a story worth telling . Once again mate cracking video this one , you keep putting the quality out there . Great stuff 👍

[@ShaunMartin-t8v]

A world I'm glad I never was part of but fascinating the life styles these boys had.

[@conmcgrath7174]

Talk about hand speed, in the first 30 seconds we get to see (or miss?) some amazing hands. I used to live, train and shite full contact martial arts, about half the weight or size of Lenny, I was noted for fast hands and power delivery (not just in theory?) but I would NEVER EVER want to have to 'have talks' with Lenny? My uncle was the landlord of the 'Rose and Crown', if you know, then you know. Personally, all these years later, I haven't a thing to say, schtum. Best way to be

[@michaelkelly3638]

I never understood why Lenny never set up his own door firm in the 80’s. Instead he hired himself out to different firms as an enforcer and debt collector. That cash for hire garners no friendships when trouble comes.

[@bungledandbotched1771]

Truth.

[@charlesbrown4941]

Because the people who ran the door firms were more violent than he was.

[@maratonlegendelenemirei3352]

Obviously no business brain?

[@skerriesrockart]

He wasn't very smart..plus he was a moaner and a liberty taker

[@danhall3200]

Great vid but, I can't seem to listen to your voice without getting flashbacks from "The Dana" 😂 was always full of Stokies 😂

[@enquirer2.0]

Yes mate good nick bck In the day 😅

[@AbdulGhani-vm6oq]

0:40 egg head tried to pass himself off as a tough street fighter. Turned out to be a chancer. Got caught out by the Crew that was filming his documentary. 😂😂😂😂

[@enquirer2.0]

Think he was Dutch if I remember correctly

[@kin3249]

How he caught out bud ??

[@bungledandbotched1771]

I remember he said he was a karate expert and a street fighter , tried to demolish a house with his hands then staged that fight , right muggy turnout.

[@kin3249]

@@bungledandbotched1771 he was a complete plank

[@anonymousanonymous5327]

i never understand why thugs like this bloke are held in such high regard

[@antzval67]

Man keeping trouble out the clubs protecting everyone inside.

[@Hoxton66]

Only respected by people who like villains, but lenny always put he's family first...

[@podsaveengland]

Quick one, how can the footgae of lenny in the boxing ring be to violent to show due to youtube rules, yet the actual boxing match in full is available on KZbin?

[@enquirer2.0]

You can show him in the ring not when he's stamping or butting u think

[@podsaveengland]

@@enquirer2.0 I get you now... You've got a good channel here, watched about 10 last night for the first time. Know you can't answer everyone, so much respect for the reply... Came here through Matt Legg, he mentioned you.

[@jaydebeer7251]

I grew up in Bethnal Green! And my old man had a shop on the roman rd! So obviously with lenny living just behind the market with his family we all knew him and his kids.. he was aa lovely guy but sometimes went over the top. My 17 year old mate who was not a tough guy got chined by lenny at camden palce . He was a little drunk and maybe mouthed off but lenny laid him out like he was a 18stone hooligan. Out of order to be honest!! My mates 2 uncles paid lenny a vist and he apologised and gave money to my mate. But thsts lenny he had a very very nasty side too.

[@thegovernor4346]

Fair play to the 2 uncles mate he was known as 10 men len. Was the lads uncles anybody a face like. Thanks for sharing

[@ritchiethomas7733]

Roman road I know that well brother

[@jaydebeer7251]

@@thegovernor4346 he was only that guy against people he knew to have no sway etc. But if you had a reputation and was a know fella then lenny toed the line. He knew his lane and stayed in it.

[@ClintWalker-p9c]

It dont take bottle to pull the trigger, onlt the bottle to risk the prison time, may sound like the same thing but two VERY different things

[@christophersullivan446]

Ritchie Anderson was a friend of Glasgow’s Arthur Thompson, he married Val Lenny Hamilton’s ex wife and lived in Limehouse opposite the grapes pub. So no not a fictitious name although he is dead now. He was my brothers father in law.

[@peternufc81]

Lennys size and shape was scary . Rip len what a fighter 💪

[@garynolan1331]

I remember lenny at the palace got on well with him , pay lenny respect and he would give you the same in return , seen him teaching people lesson for acting like you could go toe to toe , trouble is so many people out there are giving it the Billy big bollocks saying they could go up against lenny but lenny put them straight , a humble gentleman just trying get on in life

[@SteveEwer-kn5ej]

Dont know if anyone picked up on it ....but lenny twice got shot in the arse running away on seperate occasions . Thats humiliating

[@Hoxton66]

That was the life of a doorman, unfortunately

[@nicolacox270]

Was there any talks of Lenny fighting Bartley gorman. just wondering. Or was time era differant. And whould of Bartley Gorman been to much for lenny.( love you're channel ) .who whould of you put ya money on. love to know your thoughts. thanks

[@enquirer2.0]

Hi Nicola yes there was talk in press at one point. I think if Bartley could withstand initial onslaught he could get to lenny as he tired but hand on heart think Lenny would hve won. Thank you for kind words about channel 🙏

[@nicolacox270]

@@enquirer2.0 thanks for the update.

[@thomasshepard6030]

So Lenny didn’t know who the guy was from the east end of London who was involved with a major criminal team

[@Jace-qw7do]

He probably did but felt disrespected.

[@JimRennix74]

Another nice 1 Ben . Who's not heard about the daddy the governor king in the ring. There is no getting away Lenny was a force to say at least. I can imagine the big man maid a lot of hard guys gritt there teeth and could fight just as hard n dirty as ya want . The legendary gypsy king wasn't really wot was thought. U can see the guy hadn't the tools for Lenny. Theres guys that fight with guns no fists involved stun guns n such .Great listening again Ben. have a good night respect. Jim 👍

[@enquirer2.0]

Thankyou Jim hope Yr well mate

[@JimRennix74]

@@enquirer2.0 Not a problem Ben . Its a pleasure seeing and listening 🎧 to your legendary true storys. Thank you again Ben. Appreciate the time you take to get these short sharp talks . Yourself Matt Legg n the man old Ray Hill. Always have 1 or 3 of use on a lot because use don't talk sht mate . Jim 👍 Respect

[@bensims7501]

Very interesting! I'm always confused as to what draws me to these kind of guys as 90% of me wouldn't want to go anywhere near them. Maybe it's the 10% fantasy tough guy I have 🤓

[@Charlieandersali]

In the McLean era ~80’s and 90’s (post Krays) who were the biggest gang in London? I.e’., top dogs. As an Aussie it’s confusing to know.

[@bungledandbotched1771]

@DanLn1 All your comments are on the money, I think you have lived an interesting life.

[@jaydebeer7251]

Mumfords also from Islington are not to be messed with!!!

[@jaydebeer7251]

Adams were the last!!! No gang can control the streets anymore!! Not with the Russians! Albanians! Somalians! Even mixed gangs of European/!African/Caribbean.... And other gangs etc etc .... different world nowadays

[@bungledandbotched1771]

@@jaydebeer7251 I think you might have used an M instead of a D maybe.

[@MichaelJay-rr2vz]

Dunfords absolutely useless more like !

[@deanbembridge8640]

Very interesting 👍

[@twmlloyd5257]

Good stuff

[@AnthonyAtlee]

Take a look at ronnie colwell the ex SAS grand master martial artist who taught the world champ karate guys from liverpool back in the day what a story

[@diamond66ist]

I watched McLean knock out a young drunk kid just because the kid threw his loose change over his shoulder in line to get into the Camden Palace , the lad was wasted anyway but Big Len knocked him spark out for what ever reason ! McLean was so lucky that night , if i had not had a sore finger boy things would have got real ugly !!!!

[@Kbats733]

Love the way Mclean is mugging the bold bloke off. "Show me your hands." Wiping his nose and putting his hands all over him. Sussed him straight away.

[@justlaughatlife8461]

@newforestobservatory9322watched it on you tube recently the whole thing mate sorry but can’t remember title but it’s on there

[@Paulthompson9942]

​@newforestobservatory9322i remember it as well it was actually really good

[@AlexDuggan68]

@newforestobservatory9322 Ive been trying to find it as well. I remember watching it, and at one point someone held up a little white dog, and they had blurred the dogs face. The bald guy turned out to be an absolute chump who just wanted to be on telly.

[@dougiemuir]

Yes I watched that too!! early 1990s..he was rolling around the floor with a so called street fighter but both called it a draw😮​@newforestobservatory9322

[@dannodoggo]

I've got that doc on dvd, very strange.

[@jibkohShantiSamui]

I met lenny in the 80s he was in on a murder charge in wanno hmp. We were friends..I would read his letters to him as he could not really read and write that well.He was so funny and always joking about..winding the screws up..he was the Daddy of the Wing..R.I.P lenny ☮️❤️👊

[@billyshane3804]

People getting smart People getting BASHED !!!

[@billyshane3804]

Fantastic observation there Billy. Well played Sir !!!

[@mattlegg1976]

There is footage of Lenny showing the damage to his arse. Muscle loss and holes. It was from the Shotgun, on his doorstep I think. He then knelt in a cab to go to hospital from what I remember 👍🥊

[@enquirer2.0]

Cheers Matt. Yes mate they say Dalton blasted him in backside but he claims in his book he was shot in a club on smithfields meat market , so unless two shootings in the arse or maybe he lied about that. Kelly says in her book she was told it was the nightclub

[@bungledandbotched1771]

@@enquirer2.0 I think he got shot in the arse twice , once at home as he bolted up the stairs and at the club. I don't think they meant to iron him out though.

[@SE16Proud]

I knew every side of L.M. he was an awesome bloke.depending what goodies he.d treated himself to do..working alongside him could be rewarding or frustrating i.d never speak ill of the dead but he told me a couple of times he detested a few so called celebrity gangsters..but had 100% respect for F.Foreman .👍

[@nobbytang]

There’s no doubt in a street fight back then he was an awesome big dangerous fighter …..

[@JoeRogansForehead]

Gangsters being black guys dressed in suits holding baseball bats …LOL

[@patcom1013]

Fascinating vid this. From the start it shows Lenny in a car showroom talking to a guy with a shaved head. I've heard this was a young Bas Rutten. Anyone know if this is correct, or not?

[@CharlieMac53]

Just as well Lenny never came across Ronnie Pickering. Now that would have been one helluva ruck. 😁

[@EdwardoJoyalinski]

I feel sorry for Ronnie pickering, 😂 he must have got slaughtered by his pals , I actually seen a thing on KZbin, a couple of years ago and he actually came across as a nice guy, but it is hilarious, how many people have heard of him, Just because of one video 😂

[@CharlieMac53]

Exactly! He's now world famous in Ronnie Pickering land. 😂

[@geordiewishart1683]

Who?

[@CharlieMac53]

@@geordiewishart1683 I you really trying to tell me you've never heard of Ronnie Pickering? I suggest you do some research Geordie. He is world famous in.......... wherever he comes from. 🤔😁

[@EdwardoJoyalinski]

@@geordiewishart1683 have you been in a coma for the past 10 years 😂😂😂

[@thomasshepard6030]

So Lenny didn’t know the guy he battered was connected to a major crime family

[@jodyswallow1008]

Use of a weapon is the mark of a coward.

[@flamboyentpromotions3471]

😂smh

[@Carl-nb7lq]

@@flamboyentpromotions3471well it kind of is though isn’t it only shithouses carry a knife

[@rarecockneyguvnor4945]

I saw Lenny fight and not in the ring he was from near where i was brought up Hoxton Islington .Lenny could really have it on the street .Lenny had terrific hand speed .great Fighter Lenny. None of the Bareknuckle Gypsies could beat him even though some of them could have a row. Ray Hill could have a row too. There was one Dark Horse who could really have a fight and he used to be around all the clubs in the eighties .His name was Dave Spellen west London mixed race fella RIP Dave trust me he could really fight he smashed the Chinese Triads up near Gerard street w.1 all on his own the Chinese Triads messed with the wrong bloke

[@enquirer2.0]

I saw his name on a fight card spellen il hve look into him

[@StephenHardwick-tw5kb]

I had not seen Dave for years, had his house nos , use to go for coffee together, his nick name was psycho Dave

[@EvoGoody]

All overgrown playground kids.

[@blogspotldnxl9127]

I always liked Lenny. On my way up In Camden. He would always let me and my boys in Camden Palace on a Friday to make a pound. RIP Pops!!❤️

[@JimRennix74]

Great thub nail . Lenny McLane and his 2 french bulldogs . R.I.P Lenny. 🥊🥊👍

[@tonyking9235]

IT DONT MATTER HOW TUFF YOU ARE . NO ON3 CAN ESCAPE A 45 NO MATTER WHO YOU ARE .

[@josephfernandez3299]

Any thing on bobby reading

[@johnnyrosters]

LENNY WAS THE BEST 👊👊👊👊👊👊👊👊

[@jamiecroxson6004]

Hello fella who give ya the picture of my dad mate

[@enquirer2.0]

Hi mate enjoyed your interview with yammy. From Yammys Post bck then

[@jamiecroxson6004]

@@enquirer2.0 thank fella would b nice to speak some time if u get the time your channel is mustard would b good if u could give me some advice on how u started thanks

[@enquirer2.0]

​@jamiecroxson6004 Hi mate happy to. Email me at [e-mail]

[@bungledandbotched1771]

@@jamiecroxson6004 That was a great interview with Yammy, Hope you're well geez.

[@bungledandbotched1771]

@@enquirer2.0 Nice one Ben.

[@derryjones1029]

I wouldn't want to b the gangster who went looking for him fk that😂

[@mileab6725]

Bullies the lot of them

[@MisterNumber6]

repressed homosexuals, any excuse to touch another man

[@andrewmoonbeam321]

10:35 Is that Lenny with the Kray Twins?

[@markthorpe6847]

Every time you see gangsters on film,they all wear suits..trying to replicate the krays

[@boogboog8097]

There is video of this guy in a ring fighting very very amateur and slow.

[@beckton11]

Bill the Bomb R.I.P his Son is my Friend and was a good Boxer as a Junior I think Bill the Bomb Boxed and Sparrred with Larry Holmes when Holmes came to the uk 🇬🇧

[@coam3708]

MC got shot outside the mitre pub he up set to many people

[@RazPerignon]

Why a picture of a blak?

[@frankbrooker6569]

Who's the long fella ? Dave Hunt ?

[@trueblue3719]

Yes

[@tonylee5159]

Do u no if the long fella has a soft spot for lenny I think iv heard it from somewhere is there any truth in this 👊👊

[@charlesbrown4941]

In Judas pig the writer doesn’t seem to have much respect for him.

[@DavidRudd-gi5zc]

​@charlesbrown4941 intelligence wise he had no respect for him but he said physically hardly anyone could stand toe to toe with mclean

[@jamesharland5137]

Hunting Lenny ...imagine that for a job

[@adrianmcphillips3309]

After he hit him on the jaw and he fell down breaking he's arm under he's own wait ...He was a bloody mess 😂 how did he manage to be a bloody mess ...a broken jaw does not spill blood or a broken arm never heard so much bravado bullshit get it right or at least try 😮

[@Eastlondon-E3]

Unfortunately mate, that hole story is force Ritchie, is real there is a picture of him with Lenny and Arthur Thompson floating about Davey who you talk about was very good friends with Lenny he was at his funeral. I see Lenny at a black tie event siting on the same table as the bowers after Lenny stoped doing the door and was cracking on ££ Lenny trained at Hills gym when he fought Roy and cliff and Johnny Clark Kenny Mack yard for Walden and slim Gyms for Bradshaw a lot of the so called families you talk about had nothing but respect for him. When Davey fell with Jimmy holmes Lenny fucked him off and was going to smash him to bits that’s why Jimmy slags him off. Lenny was shot at Jhoves night club years after Barry tried to shoot him and missed that was in Roman road in the early 80s Like Lenny, said they had to shot me in the back because they couldn’t walk up to him and do it because of the gun didn’t go off he would of killed him. The reason Lenny slowed down was because he got accused of a murder he never done so he cracked on money lending and acting he was still collecting depts when he was dying of cancer never slowed up. The reason he moved to Kent was because he wanted to move out the east end and get a bigger house. That story you told is a lie by Jimmy holmes because he was bitter. Do you think I know what I am talking about mate !! If you want to progress this Chanel you need to do better research hope this helps.

[@Hoxton66]

Nice one Jamie

[@Eastlondon-E3]

@@Dunno68 on this he said not sure if Ritchie was a real person .. he’s story’s at not real ..

[@tyzon00800]

More dreaming of the old days

[@Stephen-lx9nm]

Yawn😂

[@garrywebb2058]

Funny as fk

[@thesniper437]

Gluckstead was never on Lennys level !! Bullsh!!

[@enquirer2.0]

I agree I'm told they did hve a row in green man tho I think it was called

[@diehard21000]

I remember reading gluckstead book then finding out what he had done to the young boy and chucking the book in the bin after initially enjoying it.

[@jaywilson1921]

Micky gluckstead beat Lenny In the green man pub in Hoxton