Toy Tiger Documentary - Art Hafey & Olivares, Chacon, Arguello & The Golden Age of Featherweights

My favorite boxing documentary of all time about one of the most under appreciated of all modern fighters, the nearly forgotten little giant Art Hafey. Hafey had Floyd Patterson problems in the sense that he was too nice and clean living a man to ever truly be accepted by the boxing world as a whole. Something similar happened to Gene Tunney, who I know was labelled as being "colorless" in character.

Anyway, enjoy. One of my favorite fighters and favorite era's of all time in boxing. This entire documentary was a treat for me, it creates a tremendous atmosphere that almost makes you feel like you're moving through time and experiencing these old fights anew. Couldn't wait to share this one.

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A huge bump for this, in what I still stand by as being the best boxing documentary I've ever seen. I fell in love with it and will probably watch it a second time soon, which is not something I typically do.

 

One of the best parts of this documentary is how it gives generous time to even forgotten fighters like Octavio "Famoso" Gomez, a man I had no idea was such a celebrity in his home country. Nor did he know he was such a fantastic and skilled fighter before watching this.

 

The documentary makes note of how both Hafey and Famoso had multiple world champion scalps on their record but neither was ever given a singular title shot. Even worse, Hafey was actively screwed around rankings wise and denied his earned opportunities because he was an unmarketable fighter that came around just as the fracturing of the belts and boxing had begun. You can really argue Art was one of it's first victims.

Do you know off the top of your head how much footage of Gomez exists? Being a popular fighter on the West Coast at that time you'd imagine most of his stuff is taped?

 

He had a surprisingly close contest with comeback Jofre, didn't he? I've just seen the result on paper and don't know any of the actual in's and out's of the fight.

 

Bump for what I still believe is the best boxing documentary I've ever seen. It sets a mood that perfectly fits the time and makes you feel like you're back at these great large Arena fights with a rabid house full of fans.

Boxing, much like the once American cultural phenomenon that is professional wrestling, isn't quite what it used to be.