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Robert De Niro and Sylvester Stallone in 'Grudge Match'
Via The Wrap:
The comedy is about two retired boxers who return to the ring for a final grudge match. While not yet green-lit, the movie is a "go" project at the studio expected to film early next year.
Peter Segal, whose credits include "Anger Management" and "Tommy Boy," will direct.
Pro Wrestling, Senegal Style
New York Times article on something called laamb which blends wrestling, sponsorship and Islam.
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HBO's Real Sports tomorrow night features a story on Ray Greenhalge, Micky Ward's nephew. Synopsis via HBO:
When Ray Greenhalge was born seven weeks prematurely, doctors said he would never walk or talk as a result of the debilitating muscle disorder cerebral palsy, as well as severe fluid on the brain. Now, 26 years later, he’s probably more talkative and physically active than most his age – an age many feared he wouldn’t reach. The nephew and godson of retired boxer Micky Ward, best known for his historic trilogy of fights with Arturo Gatti in 2002 and 2003, Greenhalge has a unique passion for boxing, which gives him a sense of direction. He also proves to be every bit as tough as his uncle, with whom he spars ten rounds every Saturday, as well as engaging in two- to three-hour daily gym workouts. REAL SPORTS correspondent Bernard Goldberg travels to Massachusetts to hear Greenhalge’s inspirational story.
Weak Men Pay This Boxing Coach To Tell Them They Are Terrible
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Spike TV Teams With ‘Amazing Race’ Executive Producer For MMA Reality Series
"Spike and Bellator, which is set to move to Spike next year, have tapped Bertram van Munster, co-creator/executive producer of CBS’ Emmy-winning The Amazing Race, to create a new reality series showcasing the Bellator fighters. The hourlong show will premiere in 2013."
26 Years: The Dewey Bozella Story
A powerful documentary that aired on espn last week on the journey of Dewey Bozella - a boxer wrongly convicted of a crime he didn't commit.
Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. socked with DUI charges
"L.A. City Attorney has decided to hit Chavez with 3 misdemeanor charges ... 2 for drunk driving and 1 for driving without a valid license.
If convicted on all counts, JCC could face up to a year in county jail and a $1,000 fine."
Peter Mansbridge goes one on one with Canadian boxing legend George Chuvalo
Adonis Stevenson vs. Jesus Gonzales
Mike Tyson (and Megan Fox) in a Brazilian ad for an english school
Stevan Seagal in tv commercial for Daloc home security.
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Trailer for Knuckle documentary
Real Steel featurette
Adidas punching bags ads in China subway - via
A World Champion Who Could Be a Contender in Ukraine
New York Times profiles Vitali Klitschko and his foray into Ukrainian politics.
Speaking of bare knuckle boxing matches - a new Heineken Light commercial.
Today's Cyanide & Happiness cartoon
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Sugar Ray Robinson biopic
Rachael Horovitz, the producer who originally set up the Michael Lewis book Moneyball at Columbia about overachieving Oakland A's GM Billy Beane, has found a new sports figure to hang a picture on. Horovitz has teamed withRecount screenwriter Danny Strong to option the Wil Haygood biography Sweet Thunder: The Life and Times of Sugar Ray Robinson....
Let's make use of this opportunity
A 1966 Bruce Lee letter to one of his students
Ad for RDCA Academy of Martial Arts.
Ruby Robert's letter
by Mr. Reynolds on Mar 12, 2010 1:20 PM EST
on Bad Left Hook
The Letters of Note blog has an interesting item up on a 1914 letter Bob Fitzsimmons - boxing's first three-division world champion and one of boxings hardest punchers - penned after the boxing commission refused to renew his boxing license.
Just prior to writing the following letter on his truly magnificent, befittingly boastful letterhead, the boxing commission had refused to renew his boxing license on account of his age (he was 51) and he was clearly furious. Refusing to accept the decision he appealed, but to no avail; his last fight took place that year.
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