You think the UK is a little European village? Nobody in Britain really knew about the Jones controversy in South Korea and those that watched that figt probably forgot about it two mins after watching, Roy wasn`t a star when he first became a world champ and couldn`t even fill the live gate for his bout v Mequi Sosa, his star got bigger in the late 90`s.
Monzon`s world title fights were shown live on British TV, this is legendary British boxing commentator Reg Gutteridge commentating on one of Monzon`s title bouts for ITV. This content is protected
A wild card to add to the mix might be Ruben Carter with the Dylan song, the book and the film if we're going for an audience beyond the sport too.
The film opened in North American limited release on December 29, 1999. The first week's gross was $384,640 (11 screens) and the total receipts for the run were $50,668,906.
