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A promoter (Elliott Gould) pits a man against a boxing kangaroo. Movie Movie: 1978 Comedy Spoof of old boxing films, with palooka Harry Hamlin managed by George C. Scott. The Champ: 1979 Drama Remake of '30s melodrama about a child who worships a has-been boxer . The Main Event: 1979 Comedy
January 14 - Paul Pender knocks out Terry Downes in the 7th round to retain the world middleweight title in Boston. March 4 – Sugar Ray Robinson's last world title attempt, as he and Gene Fullmer close their rivalry with Fullmer retaining the National Boxing Association's world Middleweight title with a fifteen-round unanimous decision at Las Vegas.
This is a list of notable male boxers. For a list of female boxers, see List of female boxers A. Ricky Anderson ...
Larry Holmes, Joe Frazier, Michael Spinks and Marvis Frazier. Boxing in the 1980s was filled with important fights, events and personalities that shaped the sport. [1] Boxing in the 1980s was shaped by many different situations, such as the continuous corporate battles between the different world sanctioning organizations, the void left by Muhammad Ali as the sport's ambassador and consequent ...
Pages in category "American boxing films" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 243 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
In 1990, he was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame. [18] In 2002, Archie Moore was inducted into the St. Louis Walk of Fame. [19] In 2006, Moore was inducted into the California Boxing Hall of Fame. The Ring ranked Moore #4 on its "Best Punchers of all time" list in 2003 and #14 on its list of the "80 Best Fighters of the Last ...
Don Flamenco, Spanish boxer and bullfighter in the video game Punch-Out!! Grampa Simpson, in The Simpsons episode "Million Dollar Abie" Lydia González, in 2002 Spanish drama film Talk to her by Pedro Almodovar; Paco Pedro, regarded as the world's greatest matador and seducer, has appeared in three short films to date
Caine and his partner, Daniel Patrick O'Shannon "Fitz" Fitzpatrick, travel to a small town near the prison: Diggstown, a city obsessed with boxing. Someone named John Gillon owns almost all of Diggstown. He is the former manager of Diggstown's once-famous boxer Charles Macom Diggs, the man for whom the town is named.