All posts tagged "Thomas hearns"
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Worldwide2 years agoLooking Back At Leonard-Hearns, 40 Years Later
It’s been 40 years. Unbelievable! On September 16, 1981, in a makeshift arena that was the parking lot of Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, Nevada, “Superfight”...
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Worldwide2 years ago
The Kings Director Mat Whitecross Shares Behind the Scenes Process, Part 2
Writer David Phillips has made no secret of his admiration for the film-work of Mat Whitecross, who directed “The Kings,” a four-part documentary series running on Showtime....
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Worldwide2 years ago
The Kings Director Mat Whitecross Shares Behind the Scenes Process, Part 1
At first, director Mat Whitecross may seem like a surprising choice for a project like Showtime’s The Kings. Whitecross admits that he is at best a...
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Worldwide2 years ago
THE KINGS Episode Three: The Will to Win
“This is a poor boy’s sport.” That’s one of the first lines you hear in voiceover from episode three of the Showtime documentary The Kings,...
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Worldwide2 years ago
The Kings Episode Two: Flesh & Blood
“It is easier to build strong children than repair broken men.”—Frederick Douglass Episode two of The Kings places a large amount of its focus on...
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Worldwide2 years ago
The Kings Episode One: Ghetto to Glory Road
The Showtime documentary series The Kings, about the grand era of the 80s when the giants of their sport, boxers Sugar Ray Leonard, Marvin Hagler, Thomas...
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Announcements2 years ago
Showtime Examines “Four Kings” Legacy With Doc Premiering June 6
NEW YORK – April 12, 2021 – In boxing, it is said that styles make fights. From 1980 through 1989, it was the style of four...
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Worldwide2 years ago
NY Fights Crew Shares How The Death of Marvin Hagler Hit Hard
Deaths of legends, of icons, those can hit harder than when people you actually know die. It’s because you have strong associations with those legends, usually...
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Worldwide2 years agoRest In Peace, Marvelous Marvin Hagler (1954-2021)
It was November of 1979, and Boston sports fans were their typically surly selves. The Red Sox last won a World Series in 1918, and this...
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Worldwide3 years agoThe Hit Man, Emanuel & Me
This month I “celebrated” the 35th anniversary of the epic battle between Marvelous Marvin Hagler and Thomas “Hit Man” Hearns, which took place in April 1985....
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Worldwide7 years ago
Leonard and Hearns Talk Thurman-Porter
NEW YORK (JUNE 20, 2016) – Sugar Ray Leonard and Thomas “Hitman” Hearns might be uniquely qualified to talk about what WBA welterweight champion Keith “One...
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Worldwide7 years ago“Detroit Brawl” Scores A Knockout
By Michael Woods Disclosure first: I worked on the show, doing blow by blow for GOFIGHTLIVE, and I consider the promoter, Dmitriy Salita, a friend… But...
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NYF Exclusive: Referee Tony Weeks Explains Romero-Barroso Finish
Terri Harper Might Be Most Undervalued World Champ
