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 […]
14May12
Superbout: Hagler v Leonard
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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
14May12
Fat City: Poster Gallery
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 lowlights – of boxing in film and literature – […]
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Tagged Boxing, Fight Card, Jeff Bridges, John Huston, King of the Outback Launch, Stacy Keach
Tagged Boxing, Fight Card, Jeff Bridges, John Huston, King of the Outback Launch, Stacy Keach
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
13May12
Living in America – James Brown
Uploaded by; Drako2012 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 lowlights – of boxing in film […]
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Tagged Boxing, Dolph Lundgren, Fight Card, Godfather of Soul, James Brown, King of the Outback Launch, Rocky
Tagged Boxing, Dolph Lundgren, Fight Card, Godfather of Soul, James Brown, King of the Outback Launch, Rocky
12May12
The Boxer – Simon and Garfunkel
From 2009 – Maddison Square Garden Uploaded by Zarastro1040 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, King of the Outback Launch, Simon and Garfunkel
Tagged Boxing, Fight Card, King of the Outback Launch, Simon and Garfunkel
10May12
The Power of One (1992)
Director: John G. Avildsen Starring: Stephen Dorff, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Morgan Freeman, John Gielgud, Fay Masterson, Marius Weyers, Tracy Brooks Swope, John Osborne, Daniel Craig, Dominic Walker, Alois Mayo, Ian Roberts, Maria Marais Music: Hans Zimmer Based on the novel by Bryce Courtenay Since I began writing King of the Outback, my entry in the Fight […]
10May12
Survivor – Eye of the Tiger
Uploaded by: SurvivorVEVO 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 lowlights – of boxing in film […]
9May12
The Power of One
Author: Bruce Courtenay Publisher: William Heinemann Ltd Published: 1989 I have a dreadful, dreadful confession to make. Until The Power of One, I had never read a Bryce Courtenay novel. Why this is so unusual, and so embarrassing is that everybody who had recommended Courtenay to me, were woman. I even had Courtenay books given […]
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 […]
