Documentaries worth watching...

[brilo33]

Legendary Nights - The Tale of Gatti Ward

[lillywhite14]

The Jack Johnson doc is quality.

The Tupac/Tyson one I found annoying. Some annoying lyricist with a lisp "spitting rhymes" all the way through it, celebrating a crack dealing, rapist. Do one.

[Emmseegee]

The Tapia documentary is a great watch, tragic story but worth a watch to even those who know the story.
Find it on youtube if possible though as the constant ad's on that dailymotion are a pain in the hoop.

[Haglers Barber]

Agree that the ESPN one on Larry Holmes v Ali is great. Also any legendary nights (HBO). Best one in my opinion Chavez v Meldrick Taylor,v poignant.

[jaymitch81]

Legendary Nights - The Tale of Gatti Ward

Just watched this whilst the Mrs pissed about with Eastenders.

Easily the best boxing docu I have seen. Had to keep myself together during certain parts of it.

[Boxerbeetle]

Just saw on IMDB there's a new boxing documentary due out soon called 'Champs' featuring Tyson, Holyfield & B-Hop. No idea what it'll be like, apparently 50 Cent and Mary J Blige are also in it so I don't have particularly high hopes, but will keep half an eye on it.

[BOXINGBARMY1]

A programme called "Losers Limited" made by Central television about 20 years ago.
I can vaguely remember it.
About Paul Wesley and Nobby Nobbs in Birmingham.
I wish someone had it and could show it, been years since i first saw it.

[Sklar]

A link to 'Box On' has been posted in Boxers of the Past. It's worth a watch to see a young Frankie W blazing his trail.

[Carbo]

I would second Bright Lights Dark Shadows, which is wonderful and instructive.

Beyond that, there's an HBO series fronted by Jim Lampley which I think is called Legendary Nights. They're all superb, but I enjoyed most the ones about the fight between Chavez and Taylor, which is heartbreaking (and which, without wanting to reopen a long running and ancient BoxRec Forum debate, I still view as a Richard Steele perpetrated travesty), and Foreman and Moorer, specifically for just how sullen and introverted Moorer comes across. Teddy Atlas comes out of that very well, too.

Anyway, they're all worth watching, if you can get them, firstly because all the fights are wonderful source material -- drama, heroism and tragedy of a near Shakespearean order -- and seconly, becuase they've got all the HBO, glossy, high production values.

[reggaereggae]

Just saw on IMDB there's a new boxing documentary due out soon called 'Champs' featuring Tyson, Holyfield & B-Hop. No idea what it'll be like, apparently 50 Cent and Mary J Blige are also in it so I don't have particularly high hopes, but will keep half an eye on it.

That sounds like it'll be awful unfortunately!

[Boxerbeetle]

Just saw on IMDB there's a new boxing documentary due out soon called 'Champs' featuring Tyson, Holyfield & B-Hop. No idea what it'll be like, apparently 50 Cent and Mary J Blige are also in it so I don't have particularly high hopes, but will keep half an eye on it.

That sounds like it'll be awful unfortunately!

Yeah that's what I thought at first, but who knows, maybe 50 Cent will give the inside story of his fallout with Mayweather...Fvck knows what Mary J Blige is doing on it tho.

[jaymitch81]

Thought i'd bump this up to see if anyone wants to recommend any others, any new ones come out?

Just finished off the list by watching the Hilton brothers one. That is some f****d up family right there.

Cheers for all the recommendations.

Jay

[palooka]

Bitter Lake was a good one, about Afghanistan.

[Nightmare Roy]

Maravilla is worth a watch it's about how the WBC did everything they could to protect Chavez JR from Martinez.

"Welcome to the sewer "is very good

I watched Klitscho on Amazon prime yesterday that's pretty good too.

[Old bones Ian]

I beat Mike Tyson
Short docu on Kevin Mcbride, 6 years after beating Tyson, it leads up to his fight with Adamek and Wach

https://vimeo.com/57383151

[Old bones Ian]

Wreckless Willie

Docu about journeyman Willie Chapman

https://vimeo.com/3215995

[Nightmare Roy]

Cheers Ian, enjoyed bot of those, shows what a shitty business boxing really is though. :(

[bripez]

Have a look for Maravilla - a documentary about Sergio Martinez.

It was really good and insightful - although made thoroughly depressing viewing with regards to the behind the scenes business of boxing.

He couldn't get a fight and moved to Spain for years fighting for a few quid, and taking fights in Britain etc.

He also states that he boxed Antonio Margarito for $1,000 yes one thousand dollars (one !) - that is less than 700 quid - it was the only way he could get a fight and some exposure.

[handsofstone]

Have a look for Maravilla - a documentary about Sergio Martinez.

It was really good and insightful - although made thoroughly depressing viewing with regards to the behind the scenes business of boxing.

He couldn't get a fight and moved to Spain for years fighting for a few quid, and taking fights in Britain etc.

He also states that he boxed Antonio Margarito for $1,000 yes one thousand dollars (one !) - that is less than 700 quid - it was the only way he could get a fight and some exposure.

I watched it on Netflix a few months ago and thoroughly enjoyed it ,Martinez is a class act in and out of the ring,Lou DiBella having a go at the WBC was brilliant

[stu 27]

Watched the "champs" one yesterday,thought it was a good, incitefull watch

[mickey1975]

There was one called "The Purse" years ago. All about The Cartel, Wazza and Mendy. I had it on VHS, can't find it now, though.

[handsofstone]

Just finished watching the Wilfredo Gomez docu that the OP posted(cheers jay). Really good,I'd seen some of Gomez's fights on YouTube but didn't know much about the man

[Shirow]

'After the last round'

you can find it on youtube. Its about the effects long careers can have. Dementia pugilistica and other kinds of damage... Its sad, but powerful stuff.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=waJTKs_Uv-8

I watched this a few weeks ago. Very good but it really makes you question if you should be supporting boxing...

Here's that Naseem 'Little Prince, Big Fight' Doc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fL7JNQg5eU0

"So Manny are you happy with what you saw in there?"
"..........Not very, no"

[stujones]

30 for 30 - Ali and Larry. Fascintating but sad at the same time.

[chinarich]

"I am Ali" is on Netflix at the moment, well worth a watch...