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Jan 21, 2015
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Hey Folks

This is a gem. Not your average boxing documentary.

Follows the line of most memorable Boxing HW champions, and flavors it with TONS of fascinating history, not just about boxing but about lots more too. Tons of authentic fight footage, perfectly chosen HLs, tons of behind the scenes extras, geopolitical/cultural context, and all kinds of fascinating details you probably never heard about.


I'm about 3/4 of the way through and losing my mind. It's that well done;

 

SongExotic2

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Jan 16, 2015
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Hey Folks

This is a gem. Not your average boxing documentary.

Follows the line of most memorable Boxing HW champions, and flavors it with TONS of fascinating history, not just about boxing but about lots more too. Tons of authentic fight footage, perfectly chosen HLs, tons of behind the scenes extras, geopolitical/cultural context, and all kinds of fascinating details you probably never heard about.


I'm about 3/4 of the way through and losing my mind. It's that well done;

Does it feature Bucky Boyd?
 
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Joe Louis was champ for 11 YEARS?? Defended 25 TIMES.

granted a few of those years was in the war but still.
 
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Crazy fight @ 3:00 where Dempsey won the title.

How did that guy keep getting up?? There are like 10 shots in that short HL of the fight that would have put 99% of today's fighters away. But he kept getting up.

Add to that that he accused Dempsey of having plaster of paris in his gloves lol

Some other fights in there are also weird this way. Absolutely crushing blows but they keep getting up?
 

Filthy

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i remember this doc.

they don't give Larry Holmes the respect he deserves.
greatest HW of all time.
 
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Ali vs Foreman aka Rumble in the Jungle is the greatest fight in combat sports history.

Prove me wrong.

Second is Saku vs Royce
:D
 

Filthy

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Ali vs Foreman aka Rumble in the Jungle is the greatest fight in combat sports history.

Prove me wrong.

Second is Saku vs Royce
:D
the first Ali v Frazier...cultural importance and boxing importance.
and 100% Don King free.
 
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the first Ali v Frazier...cultural importance and boxing importance.
and 100% Don King free.
which Ali Frazier? first one?

I'd like to hear that argument vs Rumble in the Jungle. Ali vs Foreman to me is some mythical shit lol
 

Filthy

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which Ali Frazier? first one?

I'd like to hear that argument vs Rumble in the Jungle. Ali vs Foreman to me is some mythical shit lol
ali frazier One was cultural battle between the "uncle tom" and the "militant negro"

before the fight, Joe Frazier knelt in the shower to pray. When he came out, his son asked him what he prayed for.

Joe got down on one knee, looked his son in the eye and said

"I prayed for the strength to kill that man, because he's not righteous."
 
Jan 21, 2015
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ali frazier One was cultural battle between the "uncle tom" and the "militant negro"

before the fight, Joe Frazier knelt in the shower to pray. When he came out, his son asked him what he prayed for.

Joe got down on one knee, looked his son in the eye and said

"I prayed for the strength to kill that man, because he's not righteous."

Thanks! I will check that documentary

Racial / Uncle Tom subtext seems a bleak context to frame a contender for greatest fight in history to me though.
 
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