Champion s Forever.

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  1. Stevie G

    Stevie G Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Yes it would have marred a great occasion had Muhammad and Joe started brawling. I also heard that story about Joe being drunk at the dinner.
     
    Stevie G, May 16, 2025 at 9:51 AM
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  2. mr. magoo

    mr. magoo VIP Member Full Member

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    Yep. I had it too. I was a kid working in a grocery store in 1989 when that video cassette came out and the store was selling it. As soon as I got my paycheck I bought a copy . Had it for many years and watched it many times. Don’t what happened to it but I don’t even have a cassette player anymore anyway.
     
    mr. magoo, May 16, 2025 at 9:53 AM
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  3. Fergy

    Fergy Walking Dead Full Member

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    The good old days of video s, Goo.
    I vividly remember buying it, watching it.
    Then getting my bud round and watching it with him.
    He enjoyed it that much he asked could he watch it again the next night.lol
    But that was back in the day when you could very rarely get any thing on classic boxing available.
    And it was an excellent video.
     
    Fergy, May 16, 2025 at 11:49 AM
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  4. mr. magoo

    mr. magoo VIP Member Full Member

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    Absolutely. On a side note it saddens me that 4 out of the 5 participants on that documentary are deceased while the last remaining one is getting up there in age. One of the hard truths of life…
     
    mr. magoo, May 16, 2025 at 12:12 PM
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  5. he grant

    he grant Historian/Film Maker

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    Actually on Youtube with the dinner ..

    This content is protected
     
    he grant, May 16, 2025 at 12:15 PM
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  6. Rollin

    Rollin Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Very nostalgic. One of my favorite boxing docs.
     
    Rollin, May 16, 2025 at 12:20 PM
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  7. Fergy

    Fergy Walking Dead Full Member

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    It's really sad.
    To think when the documentary was made the guys were still only in their 40s !
    Crazy.
     
    Fergy, May 16, 2025 at 12:22 PM
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  8. mr. magoo

    mr. magoo VIP Member Full Member

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    You know what’s scary ? 1989 was 36 years ago. Now If you were to go back 36 years FROM 1989, that takes us to 1953 !!!!!
     
    mr. magoo, May 16, 2025 at 12:33 PM
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  9. Fergy

    Fergy Walking Dead Full Member

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    Now that is bloody scary, shows how much time has past and how fast it's going..

    I need a sit down.lol
     
    Fergy, May 16, 2025 at 10:05 PM
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  10. Pugguy

    Pugguy Ingo, The Thinking Man’s GOAT Full Member

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    Remember the BOXERS series put out by Marshall Cavendish?

    You could buy them periodically from your local news agent and a brief magazine came along with them also . Relatively cheap at the time.

    I think the first 2 that I bought were the profiles on Jack Johnson and Joe Louis containing a lot more footage than I had seen to date.

    I remember my news agent also put out a series of replica WW2 military watches for each country in question. I ummed and ahhed on those but didn’t jump on them - the watches looked pretty cool though.
     
    Pugguy, May 16, 2025 at 10:25 PM
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  11. Pugguy

    Pugguy Ingo, The Thinking Man’s GOAT Full Member

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    Funny. When we were kids, 20-30 years prior seemed like eons ago. Even by the mid 70s, the end of WW2 was only 30 years prior - but as kids it seemed like it was 100 years ago!
     
    Pugguy, May 16, 2025 at 10:31 PM
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  12. Fergy

    Fergy Walking Dead Full Member

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    So right pugs.
    I was born only 25 year's after ww2 , now to me I can remember 2000 like it was yesterday, but ww2 to me as a kid... ancient history!
     
    Fergy, May 16, 2025 at 10:35 PM
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  13. Fergy

    Fergy Walking Dead Full Member

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    I remember that series coming out.
    I bought them when and where I could get the chance, I wish I'd had the complete collection.
     
    Fergy, May 16, 2025 at 10:37 PM
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  14. Pugguy

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    Just a bit of tangent - I’ve been watching the series Liberation D Day to Berlin. The amazing enhancements to the old footage make the war look far less antique and far more recent and relatable in visual terms.
     
    Pugguy, May 16, 2025 at 11:11 PM
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  15. ETM

    ETM I thought I did enough to win. Full Member

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    That video is priceless. Have you watched the out takes at the end? Where Joe is arguing about the judges after drinking all day. He stands up and they all werent sure if he was serious. Norton was heckling Frazier the entire time.
     
    ETM, May 16, 2025 at 11:13 PM
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