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When the fighters came out for the 14th round, Mancini charged forward and hit Kim with a right. Kim reeled back, Mancini missed with a left, and then Mancini hit Kim with another hard right hand. Kim went flying into the ropes, his head hitting the canvas. Kim managed to rise unsteadily to his feet, but referee Richard Green stopped the fight ...
Sun Kil Moon's 2003 album Ghosts of the Great Highway includes the track "Duk Koo Kim" which references the fight between Mancini and Kim. In 2013, a documentary about Mancini was released called The Good Son: The Life of Ray Boom Boom Mancini. In 2015, Mancini spoke to Retro Report about the repercussions of his fight with Duk Koo Kim, "Blood ...
Later, he was the referee in Ray Mancini's first-round knockout of Arturo Frias, a win that gave Mancini the WBA lightweight championship. On November 13, 1982, Green was assigned to work Mancini's second defense of that title, a match against Korean contender Duk-Koo Kim that was televised across the nation by CBS. The fight ended when Green ...
A second tribute album, Hurry Home Early: The Songs of Warren Zevon ("hurry home early" is from the song "Boom Boom Mancini", on the album Sentimental Hygiene) was released by Wampus Multimedia on July 8, 2005. On February 14, 2006, VH1 Classic premiered a music video from a new compilation, Reconsider Me: The Love Songs. The video, titled "She ...
The Good Son: The Life of Ray "Boom Boom" Mancini is a 2013 American documentary about the life of boxer Ray Mancini. [2] [3] [4] References
Good Sports ("Boom Boom Boom") – Al Green; Good Times ("Good Times") – composed by Dave Grusin, Alan and Marilyn Bergman; performed by Jim Gilstrap and Blinky Wiiliams; Good Witch – Jack Lenz; The Goodies ("The Goodies Theme) – Bill Oddie and Michael Gibbs; Goodnight Sweetheart – Ray Noble, Jimmy Campbell and Reg Connelly, performed ...
Lenny "Boom Boom" Mancini (12 July 1919 - 29 November 2003) was an American professional boxer. He was the father of Ray Mancini , a former world champion boxer. A native of Youngstown, Ohio , Mancini began his professional career in 1937, trained by Hall of Fame trainer Ray Arcel .
The Ray Mancini vs. Bobby Chacon, or, alternatively, Bobby Chacon vs. Ray Mancini fight was a boxing contest which was held on January 14, 1984, in Reno, Nevada. It was for Mancini's WBA's world Lightweight title. Mancini won the fight, to retain his title, by a third-round technical knockout. [1]