A couple of questions

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  1. Jack

    Jack Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    1) Who owns the rights to the names and likeness of deceased boxers? Lets say if EA wanted to stick Jack Dempsey in their next game, who would they pay for the right to do so? His grandchilderen or some other family member? Are there any other boxers like Ali, whose name and image was bought?

    2) Who owns old fights? Obviously HBO/Showtime and other networks own rights now, and I'm sure the promoters have the same rights to that footage. How about, say, Tex Rickard's fighters? Are they owned by fans? There doesn't seem to be any company making use of their archive, which is a shame. Who do DeAgostini, for example, pay to use that fantastic footage? I take it they don't own it, right?

    It's a shame this side of boxing is controlled so poorly. There are millions and millions to be made, and brilliant films for fans to buy, but it seems like no-ones bothered with it.
     
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  2. TBooze

    TBooze Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Jim Jacobs/Bill Clayton probably had the biggest collection of fight films, they sold up to ESPN some years ago.
     
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  3. Bad_Intentions

    Bad_Intentions Boxing Addict Full Member

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    if ea wants to add a deceased boxer they need to pay the boxer's son or grandson to do it. and if the boxer is alive, then they need to pay the boxer.
     
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  4. Jack Dempsey

    Jack Dempsey Legend Full Member

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    CMG Worldwide own the rights to Jack Dempsey and are responsible for use of his name/likeness in any commercial fashion
     
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  5. janitor

    janitor VIP Member Full Member

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    Often a promotional company will buy up the name from the relatives. I beleive Joe Louis's descendants have sold his name.
     
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  6. janitor

    janitor VIP Member Full Member

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    I beleive the only Ali oponent who owns the rights to his fight with Ali is Earnie Shavers.
     
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  7. King Dan

    King Dan Golovkin Full Member

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    Dempsey was used in the first Knockout Kings, 1997 maybe.
     
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  8. Jack Dempsey

    Jack Dempsey Legend Full Member

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    Yeah he's in KK 2001
     
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  9. Bad_Intentions

    Bad_Intentions Boxing Addict Full Member

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    are you serious? :yikes
     
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  10. Bad_Intentions

    Bad_Intentions Boxing Addict Full Member

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    wow. they really messed joe louis..

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    Bad_Intentions Boxing Addict Full Member

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    :rofl
     
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  12. Jack Dempsey

    Jack Dempsey Legend Full Member

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    Yeah he doesn't look like that though.

    He has white shorts and brown shoes if memory serves, his fantasy match-up opponent was Frazier
     
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  13. Smokin'Joe100

    Smokin'Joe100 Guest

    This looks like a genetic crossbreed between Patterson and Louis who has took a major LSD overdose.
     
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  14. jonesjrp4p1

    jonesjrp4p1 16 yr old prodigy Full Member

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    it made took so much time but if they put tons of fighters from each class in a game it would be so awesome
     
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  15. Icemmann

    Icemmann Breakin it down. Full Member

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    The knockout kings series if pretty funny. I remember playing against a buddy in the open brawl moed with no weght restrictions and he had Butterbean, I had Arron Pryor.

    Butterbean put Pryor down twice, then got sparked by the hawk.
     
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