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He was known as the Dark Destroyer in his boxing prime, but now Nigel Benn is concentrating on building people up, not knocking them down – though he hasn’t turned his back on the sport.

Benn, an army veteran who served in Northern Ireland during the Troubles, was one of the most successful British boxers ever. He became the WBC and WBO super middleweight champion, with a record of 42 wins from 48 fights, including two knockouts.

However, 20 years ago a fight against American boxer Gerald McClellan ended disastrously. Benn won the fight – described by boxing journalist Hugh Mcilvanney as “relentless, mutually destructive aggression…one of the most brutal fights any of us at ringside had witnessed” – but McClellan was left with brain damage and confined to a wheelchair. Benn subsequently raised large amounts of money to help pay for his care.

He left boxing not long afterwards and went through a troubled period in his life, famously describing himself as “Satan’s right hand man”. He drank, took drugs, suffered from depression and attempted suicide one night in his car. The death of his older brother, who died in unexplained circumstances when Benn was only eight, was a continuing shadow over his life.

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