1988. Amid cries of conflict of interest, grown-up rich kid, real estate mogul, and future President of an increasingly dystopian United States, Donald Trump, announced that he was now “business and boxing adviser” for heavyweight champ Mike Tyson. ''Mike Tyson has asked me and I have agreed, to serve jointly, with regard to future decisions about Mike Tyson's career,” Trump … [Read more...]
Old School: Part Two
By Ted Sares A pier six mind-set involving an inclination to engage in brutal street-like brawls was a part of the old-school mix. The Basilio-DeMarco wars were the sin quo non of Old School, but for a pure, visual definition, the best I can do is recommend the Monroe Brooks-Bruce Curry fight in 1978 in which the fighters fought with both skill and savagery and let it all … [Read more...]
Remembering Lewis-Tyson: The Fight that Signaled the End of an Era
Adapted from the book: The Last Great Heavyweights-From Ali and Frazier to Lewis and Tyson By Ollie Odebunmi January 22, 2002. The Press Conference at the Manhattan Hudson Theatre The lights dim on stage, and the black-clad, squat, powerful figure of Mike Tyson, saunters out and steps onto the left-hand podium. Lewis emerges to the right of the … [Read more...]
Historical Fight Night: Larry Holmes vs. Muhammad Ali
by Fox Doucette Happy first anniversary to Historical Fight Night, which first ran as a one-off spinoff pilot to replace the old What If series before moving into its new home as a weekly series after ESPN's Friday Night Fights went off the air. The first episode of the series ran on May 29, 2015...tomorrow marks a year and over 100 fights since it began (and, as with all … [Read more...]
THE BEST CAMEOS BY BOXERS IN MOVIES
THE BEST CAMEOS BY BOXERS IN MOVIES Hollywood has always had an affinity for boxing films. Boxers have appeared in cameo roles as themselves, as other boxers, and other roles as bit parts. Even some boxers like Randall “Tex” Cobb found himself a second career in Hollywood as a character actor. Here are some of the more notable cameos by your favorite boxers including Sugar … [Read more...]