Four Kings Docuseries Prime Video (Bruno, Benn, Eubank, Lewis)

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  1. KermitTheFrog

    KermitTheFrog The people doing the banning are idiots Full Member

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    Should be good, released today on Amazon Prime Video.

    Unprecedented access into the lives of four of Britain's best boxers: Frank Bruno, Nigel Benn, Chris Eubank and Lennox Lewis. The series explores how the men overcame racial prejudice whilst breaking down barriers for black British athletes, as they transitioned into the mainstream media. The heated rivalries between the boxers turned nasty as half a billion people tuned in to see them settle their differences in the ring in the biggest week in British boxing history. An intimate insight into the boxers' lives reveal how they battled their own demons, throughout their careers and in retirement, and their struggles with mental health issues and the cost of the sacrifices made in order to create a legacy and pave the way and for those who follow in their footsteps.
     
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  2. Soi Six

    Soi Six daddy, daddy cool, daddy, daddy cool banned Full Member

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    There’s only so many times we need documentaries and interviews with the same old boxers. Load of waffle.
     
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  3. Sonny1

    Sonny1 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Looking forward to this, thanks for the reminder.
     
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  4. moydjayweather

    moydjayweather Member Full Member

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    Watched 2 episodes. Really good so far
     
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  5. robo

    robo Active Member Full Member

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    Looking forward to this. Going to start watching tomorrow
     
  6. Beale

    Beale Boxing Addict banned Full Member

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    I will watch this during the international break.

    Thanks for the heads up.
     
  7. KermitTheFrog

    KermitTheFrog The people doing the banning are idiots Full Member

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    There’s a lot of archive footage that I bet hasn’t been since it was first broadcast. They’ve done a really good job with this.
     
  8. Throwback

    Throwback "Somebody wake up Hicks" Full Member

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    Clear to see that Bruno still fosters hate towards Lewis for his comments during their pomp

    If only Lewis had been a bit more...... sympathetic, or even apologised to Frank I could warm to him a bit more.....


    But he didn't.


    Great doco though
     
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  9. sniffmybadger

    sniffmybadger Relationships are not my forte Full Member

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    I added it to my watch list this weekend, was going to hear what people said about it before getting stuck in.
     
  10. rski

    rski Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Decent first episode. makes you realise the characters that were around back then. this was a good time to be around as a boxing fan. Lewis was doing quite well at first saying he looked up to Frank, but then basically said he didn't want to be a loser like him :lol:
     
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  11. Sonny1

    Sonny1 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    It was a great time looking back and I was a kid so loved it. I think Lewis was just being truthful and tbf he was Olympic champ and had already just destroyed the US future champion in Bowe. I know timescales are slightly out, but he most likely thought Bowe would have comfortably beaten Frank even before he beat Holyfield for the title and didn’t see him as a big threat to himself.
     
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  12. like a boss

    like a boss Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Will watch this when I get a chance.

    Wish they had come up with an original title for it though.
     
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  13. Noel857

    Noel857 I Am Duran Full Member

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    Just watching the third episode and struggling to keep it together seeing the damage done to Gerald McClennan. This sport is brutal
     
  14. Beale

    Beale Boxing Addict banned Full Member

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    Looking forward in 20 years to watching the Four Queens Whyte, Joshua, Bellew and Haye.
     
  15. Throwback

    Throwback "Somebody wake up Hicks" Full Member

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    Zero sympathy.

    Absolutely none

    Nil