This footage is pretty old, but, and please forgive the parochialism, but shows Australian Jimmy Carruthers fighting Vic Toweel for the World Bantam Weight Title in 1952. At the time, Carruthers was very much the underdog – and most people expected an easy win for Toweel. But, as this footage shows, somebody forget to tell [...]
17May12
Jimmy Carruthers v Vic Toweel
17May12
Boxing Posters 1
A cavalcade of boxing posters, from the MovieGoods website. May sees the launch of King of the Outback, the sixth book in the popular Fightcard series – and my literary debut (writing as Jack Tunney). Accordingly, in a month long celebration, Permission to Kill will be looking back and some of the highlights – and [...]
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Tagged Boxing, Fight Card, Film Posters, Frank Bruno, Jack Dempsey, Joe Louis, Lennox Lewis
Tagged Boxing, Fight Card, Film Posters, Frank Bruno, Jack Dempsey, Joe Louis, Lennox Lewis
14May12
Superbout: Hagler v Leonard
Billed as ‘The Superfight’, on April 6, 1987, Marvellous Marvin Hagler and Sugar Ray Leonard battled it out for the WBC Middleweight Championship, in front of 15,000 fans at a packed outdoor arena at Caesar’s Palace in Las Vegas. Among those fans were celebrities such as Frank Sinatra, Gene Hackman, Bo Derek, Joan Collins, Whoopie [...]
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Tagged Boxing, Fight Card, King of the Outback Launch, Marvelous Marvin Hagler, Sugar Ray Leonard, Superfight
Tagged Boxing, Fight Card, King of the Outback Launch, Marvelous Marvin Hagler, Sugar Ray Leonard, Superfight
13May12
Fat City (1972)
I have never seen, John Huston’s Fat City – so let’s discover it together. Well, at least some of you can. On my Mac, I can watch the whole movie – but for some reason on my PC, I can only watch a 5 minute preview. I don’t know why? I hope most of the [...]
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Tagged Boxing, Fight Card, Jeff Bridges, John Huston, King of the Outback Launch
Tagged Boxing, Fight Card, Jeff Bridges, John Huston, King of the Outback Launch
9May12
The Captive
A communique from Superseven, the world’s most famous masked superspy. This is Superseven! I am recovering from what appears to have been some sort of dream, or nightmare. Recently, I have been called upon, as a member of T.H.E.M to undertake some very stressful situations; rescuing Sandra West from evil enemy agents (as opposed to [...]
9May12
The Set Up – Poster gallery
I have never seen The Set Up, but it was directed by Robert Wise, who directed Somebody Up There Likes Me, with Paul Newman as Rocky Grazziano – which I thought was pretty damn good. It’s not quite as good as The Hustler, but still, a fine example of Newman’s early work. I have heard [...]
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Tagged Boxing, Fight Card, King of the Outback Launch, Paul Newman, Robert Ryan, Robert Wise
Tagged Boxing, Fight Card, King of the Outback Launch, Paul Newman, Robert Ryan, Robert Wise
8May12
Facing Ali (2009)
Country: United States Director: Peter McCormack Featuring: George Chuvalo, Sir Henry Cooper, George Foreman, Joe Frazier, Larry Holmes, Ron Lyle, Ken Norton, Earnie Shavers, Leon Spinks, Ernie Terrell, and Muhammad Ali Music: Schaun Tozer Based on the book by Stephen Brunt There are many documentaries about Muhammad Ali. Possibly the most famous, and arguably the [...]
7May12
Tough Enough: Image Gallery
Flashback to 1983. I can’t remember too much about Tough Enough – having seen it only once in the 1980s. However I do remember the marketing spiel, which said Tough Enough had the highest test audience approval rating in Twentieth Century Fox’s history. These days the film is pretty much forgotten, and I do not [...]
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Tagged Boxing, Dennis Quaid, Fight Card, King of the Outback Launch, Pam Grier, Warren Oates
Tagged Boxing, Dennis Quaid, Fight Card, King of the Outback Launch, Pam Grier, Warren Oates
5May12
Body and Soul
Above: The poster from the classic boxing film, Body and Soul, from 1947, starring John Garfield. Below: A snippet from the film – uploaded by: kitschgirl65 Above: The poster from the not so classic Cannon Films remake, from 1981, starring Leon Isaac Kennedy (as ‘Leon the Lover’) – but it does feature Muhammad Ali. Below: [...]
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Tagged Boxing, Fight Card, John Garfield, King of the Outback Launch, Leon Isaac Kennedy, Muhammad Ali
Tagged Boxing, Fight Card, John Garfield, King of the Outback Launch, Leon Isaac Kennedy, Muhammad Ali
1May12
King Kong Escapes (1968)
Country: Japan Director: Inoshiro Honda Starring: Rhodes Reason, Mie Hama, Linda Miller, Akira Takarada, Eisei Amamoto The nuclear submarine, Explorer, a vessel of the United Nations Research Council, under the command of Commander Carl Nelson (Rhodes Reason), is on a mission to discover oil. On route under the Java Sea, Nelson, who also happens to [...]
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Tagged Asian Cinema, Hairy Beasts, King Kong, Mie Hama, Mysterious Order of the Skeleton Suit, Rampaging Robots
Tagged Asian Cinema, Hairy Beasts, King Kong, Mie Hama, Mysterious Order of the Skeleton Suit, Rampaging Robots
