At least somewhat boxing-related...there's an upcoming television series about boxing coming next year to FX: http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/showtracker/2010/08/tca-press-tour-lights-out-punches-in-at-fx.html
Manny Steward doesn't seem to be training a lot of professional boxers these days, but he's still got time for some of those who aren't...an article on him training Minnesota Viking Ray Edwards. Vikes' Edwards preps for looming season in legendary Kronk Gym Read more: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2010/football/nfl/08/03/edwards.steward/#ixzz0vhKtnSaO
The latest on "Real Steel" with Hugh Jackman...apparently it will include Bernard Fernandez, Ron Borges, Chris Mannix, Tim Smith and Kevin Iole... http://www.philly.com/dailynews/sports/columnists/20100803_Bernard_Fernandez_.html
One of the more interesting stories the past few years in amateur boxing has been the development of the sport in India. Well, boxing is now coming to Bollywood, or vice versa. http://www.glamsham.com/movies/scoops/10/aug/04-randeep-hooda-takes-up-boxing-081006.asp
Shaq has challenged Jim Rome to a boxing match for charity. Considering Rome looked like he soiled himself when Jim Everett got in his face, I can't imagine he'd want to even be in the same room as Shaq. Seriously, though, who listens to Jim Rome? http://greenstreet.weei.com/sports/...-challenges-critical-tv-host-to-boxing-match/
Martin Sheen in an upcoming boxing movie, which has been reviewed by the NY Times: http://movies.nytimes.com/2010/08/06/movies/06chamaco.html
Saw an article about a documentary that aired not too long ago in Ireland about the St. Saviours Olympic Boxing Academy in Dublin that followed the lives of Dean Smith, Abdul Hussain, and Darren Sutherland, the 2008 Olympic bronze medalist who was found dead in his apartment last September. Some info for those interested... A link to the Myspace page: http://www.myspace.com/savioursfilm A review at Film Ireland: http://www.filmireland.net/reviews/saviours.htm Irish Film Board Link: http://directory.irishfilmboard.ie/films/701-saviours Trailer: <object width="640" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Kon_pNs5VXg&hl=en_US&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Kon_pNs5VXg&hl=en_US&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="640" height="385"></embed></object> An article about it in the Meath Chronicle: http://www.meathchronicle.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/07/20/3998669-rte-to-screen-sutherland-film/
Saviours is a fairly decent documentary, a bit predictable but the guys have good stories...sad though to see darren sutherland full of life after last years odd tragedy
"The Fighter", the movie about "Irish" Mickey Ward and Dickie Ecklund starring Mark Wahlberg and Christian Bale, along with Amy Adams and Melissa Leo, is in post-production and has a release date of December 10th in the US. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0964517/ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0964517/releaseinfo Country Date Russia 9 December 2010 USA 10 December 2010 Norway 25 February 2011 Clip from 24/7 of Wahlberg and Bale at Wild Card: <object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/4rFl_JPI1yk&hl=en_US&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/4rFl_JPI1yk&hl=en_US&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object> Some video of the in-ring preparation: <object width="640" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/rxWKp8uF2Aw&hl=en_US&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/rxWKp8uF2Aw&hl=en_US&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="640" height="385"></embed></object> Boxer auditions: <object width="640" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/3HICwSOUPBo&hl=en_US&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/3HICwSOUPBo&hl=en_US&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="640" height="385"></embed></object>
The documentary on Kassim Ouma will be on the Sundance Channel tonight and tomorrow. http://www.sundancechannel.com/films/500576238/ FILM: ALL FILMS Kassim the Dream 2008 87mins Color Kief Davidson, Director A former world junior-middleweight boxing champion, 30-year-old Kassim "The Dream" Ouma outwardly exudes good cheer and charm in filmmaker Kief Davidson's documentary profile. However, Kassim's dark past is unlike that of any other boxing star. At age six he was kidnapped by Ugandan rebel soldiers and forced into duty as a child soldier during a bloody civil war. Now, after a decade in exile in America, Kassim undertakes a painful six-day journey home to Uganda, where he admits that as a child he committed both torture and murder. Current Screenings: Monday, August 30 8:00 PM Tuesday, August 31 1:50 AM Tuesday, August 31 11:30 AM
Oh and Saviours was shit. The sort of spunk the Left loves to lap up. "Ah cum ovah heh from Nygerria......If ah don fiyh ah don eah" Yeah. Please. Pull the other one. It has a great big fuck-off bell attached.
Yes, somebody who wasn't aware of what had happened could interpret his sentence as meaning that. "Sad to see so-and-so so full of life after their death"...
http://www.nbcactionnews.com/dpp/sports/kc-boxing-event-features-john-mellencamp A note and video on Hud's performance in the event: http://www.brownsvilleherald.com/sports/brownsville-115789-trainer-pretty.html Enrique Alvarez vs. Hud Mellencamp Ringside tournament 2010 Full Fight: <object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/4Ya0d0X7FE0?fs=1&hl=en_US"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/4Ya0d0X7FE0?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object>
News on Hud and the off-spring of a couple boxers...Hasim Rahman and Jesse Hart: http://www.daytondailynews.com/blog...010/08/26/first_look_at_fifth_third_fiel.html
"Sunday Punch" http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/09/08/AR2010090802570.html <object width="640" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/fvRSc8zZan4?fs=1&hl=en_US"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/fvRSc8zZan4?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="640" height="385"></embed></object>
