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Boxing icon Maloney in sex change shock
The man who helped Lennox Lewis become the undisputed heavyweight boxing champion of the world is becoming a woman.
Frank Maloney is one of the biggest names in the sport, who as a promoter and manager, guided some of boxing's biggest names.
While his retirement last year was mainly believed to be for health reasons, it's now emerged that it was to begin his new life as a woman, called Kellie. She is currently preparing for a sex change operation.
Frank Maloney managed Lennox Lewis to his 1997 world title. (Getty)
The pair worked together for more than a decade. (Getty)
Lewis arguably remains Maloney's greatest signing. (Getty)
Maloney dropped his sex-change bombshell in an interview overnight. (Getty)
The 61-year-old told the Sunday Mirror that he "can't keep living in the shadows". (Getty)
"Living with the burden any longer would have killed me," she said. (Getty)
She said she felt trapped in the wrong body ever since she was a child. (Getty)
She has been undergoing hormone therapy over the past two years. (Getty)
