Best/worst boxing 'Promo' names for an event

[dookus]

Yeah I just wasn’t sure if a boxer somehow manages to pick up the “big three” belts and keep them, would he be recognised / announced as undisputed champion from then on.

The IBF belt seemed to slot into the mix quite easily thanks to Larry Holmes, but I’m not sure the WBO strap has ever been as coveted despite some outstanding belt holders in its history.

Yeah, agreed. I don't know at what point it became necessary to have all 4 to be "undisputed". Certainly wasn't the case twenty years ago

https://www.ringtv.com/531581-lennox-lewis-no-dispute-undisputed-heavyweight-champion-world

[Ruthless-RKO]

There’s one in Aus .

Called “Battle at the Reef”

In Townsville so makes sense.

[Ruthless-RKO]

Some recent ones

Running Towards Adversity
Reignited
Ring of Fire
The Last Dance
Fatal Fury (multiple)
The Last Crescendo
IV Crown Showdown

[Delta Jay]

How cringe.

Think that was kind of the point. I particularly enjoyed the following bit, complete with Drederick's Tysonesque lisp:

Reporter #2:
Drederick, ah, what do you think of Homer Simpson?

Drederick Tatum:
I think he's a good man. I like him. I got nothing against him, but I'm definitely gonna make orphans of his children.

Reporter #3:
Uh, you know, they do have a mother, Champ?

Drederick Tatum:
Yes, but I would imagine that she would die of grief.

Prime Simpson's man....makes Marciano look like a poodle

Didn't Taytum also say he had "possible regrets" about pushing his mother down the stairs or something

I’m a mad Simpsons head mate, they skewer everyone equally and that means they eventually skewer the things you like, such as when Homer met Joe Frazier:

“Homer, I know how you feel. You lost your couch, I lost the heavyweight championship”

“Pfft, heavyweight championship, there’s like three of those. That couch was one of a kind.”

[Delta Jay]

Also, in the 2004 comedy boxing film The Calcium Kid, Omid Djalili’s character is a dodgy promoter and says “you’ve heard of the Rumble in the Jungle? Well THIS IS. The Melee on the Tele.”

Haven’t seen that in ages might try and find it tonight

[deadpan]

Herol Graham - Vinny Pazienza - The Taming Of The Devil.
Google the laboriously literal poster, it was an abomination.
Sadly I lack the skill to post it here.

[Ruthless-RKO]

[dookus]

[margaret thatcher]

lmao if that is real it's even worse than the infamous kevin mitchell hammer time poster

[gilgamesh]

Why is Pazienza holding the severed heads of 2 women in that poster?

[jameswilson]

Forget severed heads. Why is Bomber Graham bollock naked?

[deadpan]

lmao if that is real it's even worse than the infamous kevin mitchell hammer time poster

It wss real! And a full page ad in Boxing Monthly.
Some things you can't unsee.

[deadpan]

lmao if that is real it's even worse than the infamous kevin mitchell hammer time poster

It wss real! And a full page ad in Boxing Monthly.
Some things you can't unsee.

[Ruthless-RKO]

Pretty sure there was a best and worst poster thread somewhere. Surprised this never came up. Haha

[Riddick Bowie]

I think this is Don King's gift to the boxing world. The Rumble in the Jungle was the first one to my knowledge and he also coined the Thrilla in Manila and Drama in Bahama. No one has ever topped those.

Say what you want about the man but he's a marketing genius and always had a flair for the dramatic.