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In January 1949, Stanley Kubrick, then working as a staff photographer for Look magazine, featured Cartier in an eight-page photo essay about boxing, called "Prizefighter". [1] Kubrick was a boxing enthusiast and two years later, he made his debut 16-minute film, Day of the Fight (1951), featuring Cartier and his twin brother Vincent.
Lucien "Sonny" Banks (June 29, 1940 – May 13, 1965) was a mid-20th Century American boxer who is primarily remembered for being the first boxer to ever knock down Cassius Clay (later "Muhammad Ali") in a professional match.
He turned professional in 1979. After 25 straight wins to start his professional career, he lost his first fight, a 12-round split-decision to Donald Curry in 1982. Starling had a rematch with Curry in 1984, challenging for the WBA and IBF welterweight titles. Starling lost by a 15-round decision.
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Price of Glory: 2000 Drama A trainer (Jimmy Smits) teaches three of his sons how to fight. Ali: 2001 Biographical A dramatization of Muhammad Ali's success and controversy, with Will Smith. Carman: The Champion: 2001 Action A former boxing champion is blackmailed back into the ring. Undisputed: 2002 Drama Heavyweight champ fights a fellow ...
As a consequence of the enjoyable experience and the media exposure that followed, he decided to launch a career as an actor. [23] He participated in a number of movies, such as Fists of Steel , [ 24 ] and television series, before deciding to launch a boxing comeback at the age of 48, in 1997.
USA Tuesday Night Fights (also known as Friday Night Boxing, Wednesday Night Fights, and Thursday Night Fights) is a television boxing show. It aired from October 1, 1982 to August 25, 1998 on the USA Network; at one time it was the longest-running boxing show on television.
Jeremy Williams is known in the boxing world as one of the most feared knockout artists in the Heavyweight division of his time, with two of his 35 knockouts coming before 30 seconds of the first round—he KO'd Arthur Weathers in 8 seconds on March 19, 1996 (the fastest KO in California boxing history) and KO'd Louis Monaco 28 seconds into ...