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BOXING FANS WELCOME TO THE BoxingVideoFightFinder.com!! THE
BoxingVideoFightFinder.com WEB SITE OFFERS NOT
ONLY A WIDE VARIETY OF BOXING FIGHTS FROM ALL ERAS BUT ALSO
A VARIETY OF BOXING FOOTAGE FROM AROUND THE
WORLD! INSIDE THIS
SITE YOU WILL FIND A "SPREAD SHEET" STYLE DATABASE OFFERING YOU
SEVERAL OPTIONS CONCERNING YOUR FIGHT SEARCHES. OPTIONS WHICH INCLUDE
A FIGHT DATA LINK OFFERING SIMPLE
SEARCHES BY "NAME" OR "KEYWORD" TO MORE
ADVANCED "CROSS-REFERENCING" SEARCHES
BY "FIGHTS", "DATES", "LOCATIONS"
etc.. ALSO
A SECONDARY LINK TITLED OTHER
FIGHT CONTENT OFFERS VARIOUS BOXING FOOTAGE SUCH AS, AMATEUR
BOXING SHOWS, VARIOUS INTERVIEWS, TV SPECIALS, TALK
SHOWS, BOXING MOVIES, PRE/POST BOUT FOOTAGE FOR MANY BOXERS, BOXING
PERSONALITIES AND MUCH MORE! CONCERNING
"BOXING MOVIES", THE BoxingVideoFightFinder.com DATABASE ALSO HAS WHAT WE FEEL IS ONE THE MOST EXTENSIVE "BOXING
MOVIE" COLLECTIONS ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD!!! THERE
HAVE BEEN AND CONTINUES TO BE MORE MOVIES MADE THROUGHOUT THE
WORLD/FILM INDUSTRY ABOUT "BOXING" OR THAT HAVE A "BOXING THEME" IN THEM, THAN ANY OTHER
SPORT IN THE HISTORY OF FILM MAKING!!! OFFERING
THE MOST BOXING FOOTAGE VARIETY, THIS WEB SITE IS TRULY THE
MOST UNIQUE, USER FRIENDLY, MULTI-SEARCHABLE,
BOXING DVD FOOTAGE WEB SITE FOUND ANYWHERE ON THE INTERNET! DIRECTIONS ON HOW TO BEST USE THIS DATABASE:
IMPORTANT::::::::: YOU MUST FIRST REMEMBER WHEN ENTERING YOUR SUBJECT "NAME" OR "WORD" IN THE SEARCH BOX THAT IT MUST BE CORRECTLY SPELLED (BoxingVideoFightFinder.com USES BoxRec.com CONCERNING THE PROPER SPELLING OF BOXER'S NAMES). YOU MAY ALSO WANT TO USE THE "ALL WORDS" OPTION WHENEVER YOU ARE HAVING TROUBLE LOCATING YOUR SUBJECT MATTER WITHIN THE SITE. FIGHT DATA TO BEGIN
WITH, WHEN CLICKING ON THE FIGHT DATA LINK,
FOUND TO THE "LEFT" OF THIS SCREEN, YOU WILL IMMEDIATELY
SEE A SPREAD SHEET DATABASE DISPLAYING INDIVIDUAL/RANDOM FIGHTS IN
"NUMERICAL" ORDER WITH SEVERAL BLUE INFORMATION FIELDS ABOVE! THE
VARIOUS FIELDS OFFER INFORMATION ON SEVERAL ASPECTS OF A
FIGHT, ESSENTIALLY BEGINNING WITH THE (NAMES) OF THE 2 BOXERS WHO
FOUGHT, THEN SHOWING HOW MANY "TIMES" (BOUT) THEY
FOUGHT ONE ANOTHER, THE (WEIGHT CLASS) THEY FOUGHT IN AND OTHER FIGHT INFORMATION SUCH
AS WHETHER OR NOT THEY FOUGHT FOR A (TITLE), THE (RESULT),THE
(ROUND), ETC... BY
CLICKING ON THE BLUE VIEW TAB FOUND
ON THE FAR "LEFT" OF EACH FIGHT
NUMERICALLY LISTED, YOU WILL ALSO BE ABLE TO SEE THE FIGHT
APPEAR IN A "VERTICAL" VIEW WINDOW. THIS VIEW MAY BE EASIER
FOR THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO MAY NOT HAVE AT LEAST A 19" WIDE COMPUTER
MONITOR TO COMPLETELY VIEW DATABASE IN THE INITIAL
WIDESCREEN MODE! ALSO
WHEN CLICKING ON THE VIEW TAB YOU WILL NOTICE THAT IT
WILL REVEAL TWO OTHER INFORMATION FIELDS NOT SEEN ON THE
MAIN WIDE SCREEN SPREAD SHEET, TITLED (NOTES) AND (QUALITY). THE
(NOTES) FIELD WILL SOMETIMES OFFER INSIGHT INTO A PARTICULAR FIGHT AND A
"COMMENT" FROM BoxingVideoFightFinder.com ON ANY UNUSUAL OR EXCEPTIONAL HAPPENINGS THAT MAY BE OF INTEREST TO
BOXING FANS. THE (NOTES) FIELD MAY ALSO SIMPLY REVEAL A
"PERSONAL" NOTE LEFT BY THE EDITOR. THE
(NOTES) FIELD MAY ALSO INDICATE THAT A PARTICULAR FIGHT IS PART OF 2
OR MORE DVD's THAT ARE IN THE BoxingVideoFightFinder.com DATABASE. THIS "TAGGING/LETTER ID" INFORMATION IS
MAINLY INTENDED TO BE USED BY THE EDITOR WHEN SEARCHING FOR MULTIPLE
RELATED DVD's IN THE DATABASE! THE
(QUALITY) FIELD RATES FOOTAGE ON A 1 THRU 4 STAR RATING SYSTEM. *
= POOR
** = GOOD
*** = VERY GOOD
**** = EXCELLENT. THE 4****
AND 3*** STAR RATINGS ARE HIGHLY RECOMMENDED. A 2** STAR RATING
IS ACCEPTABLE. 1 *STAR RATINGS ARE ONLY RECOMMENDED WHEN THE
ORIGINAL FOOTAGE IS RARE OR CANNOT BE FOUND ANYWHERE ELSE IN
BETTER QUALITY! IF
YOU WOULD LIKE TO VIEW THE DATABASE IN "ALPHABETICAL" ORDER RATHER
THAN THE DEFAULT "NUMERICAL" ORDER THAT IT
IS INITIALLY DISPLAYED IN, SIMPLY CLICK ON THE
"ASTRIX" TAB IN PARENTHESIS (*) IN THE BLUE INFORMATION FIELD NEXT TO THE
FIGHTER 1 (*) FIELD AND "PRESTO" THE BOXERS NAMES WILL BE SHOWN
IN "ALPHABETICAL" ORDER ACCORDING TO THEIR
"FIRST" NAMES! BoxingVideoFightFinder.com ALSO UNDERSTANDS THAT VIEWING A LIST IN
"ALPHABETICAL" ORDER USING BOXERS "FIRST" NAMES
IS NOT THE MOST OPTIMAL FORMAT. UNFORTUNATELY THE STRUCTURE OF THIS
DATABASE IS NOT SET UP TO ALLOW A FULL LIST VIEW IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER BEGINNING
WITH "LAST" NAME. REGARDLESS,
THE BEAUTY OF THIS SITE IS THAT, BY SIMPLY TYPING THE
"FULL" NAME OR AT LEAST THE "LAST" NAME OF
THE "BOXER" OR "SUBJECT MATTER" YOU ARE SEARCHING FOR
IN THE SEARCH BOX ENGINE FOR EITHER FIGHT DATA OR OTHER FIGHT CONTENT, YOU
WILL IMMEDIATELY BE SHOWN ALL FIGHTS OR
INFORMATION THAT IS AVAILABLE IN THIS DATABASE. THUS NEGATING
THE NEED TO SEE THE ENTIRE DATABASE IN "TRUE" ALPHABETICAL ORDER
USING "LAST" NAMES! YOU
CAN ALSO CLICK ON "ASTRIX" (*) TABS LOCATED IN THE OTHER BLUE TITLED INFORMATION FIELDS AND THEY TOO
WILL ALIGN INTO A SPECIFIC ORDER. FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN CLICKING ON THE
(DATE) (*) FIELD TAB IT WILL DISPLAY FIGHT DATES BEGINNING
WITH THE OLDEST DATE FOUND IN THE BoxingVideoFightFinder.com DATABASE UP THROUGH TO THE MOST RECENT FIGHT DATE. IMPORTANT:
ONCE YOU HAVE FOUND WHAT YOU ARE LOOKING FOR WHEN CLICKING ON ANY OF
THE BLUE INFORMATION FIELD (*)
TABS TO VIEW A PARTICULAR INFORMATION FIELD IN A CERTAIN ORDER,
TO "RESET" AND VIEW THE SPREAD
SHEET BACK TO ITS ORIGINAL DEFAULT SETTING, SIMPLY CLICK ON
THE FIRST BLUE ID FIELD AND THIS WILL
AUTOMATICALLY "RESET" THE ENTIRE SPREAD SHEET BACK TO ITS
ORIGINAL "NUMERICAL" ORDER! YOU WILL ALSO NOTICE A SEARCH BOX ABOVE THE SPREAD SHEET THAT ALLOWS YOU TO SIMPLY TYPE IN THE "NAME" OF A BOXER OR "SUBJECT" MATTER. IN CHOOSING EITHER THE EXACT PHRASE, ALL WORDS OR ANY WORDS TABS, THE BoxingVideoFightFinder.com DATABASE WILL THEN ALSO DISPLAY EVERYTHING THAT HAS BEEN LOGGED FOR THAT "BOXER" OR "SUBJECT" MATTER! NOTE:(INFORMATION WILL ONLY BE PULLED FROM THE SPECIFIC LINK YOU ARE CURRENTLY SEARCHING IN) I.E. EITHER FIGHT DATA OR OTHER FIGHT CONTENT. SO IF YOU ARE SEARCHING IN THE FIGHT DATA LINK FOR "ROBERTO DURAN" THE DATABASE WILL ONLY SHOW ALL INFORMATION ON ROBERTO DURAN FOUND WITHIN THAT SPECIFIC LINK. YOU WILL ALSO NOTICE THAT WHEN A PAGE APPEARS HI - LITING FIGHTS WITH ROBERTO DURAN YOU WILL ALSO SEE SEVERAL NON HI - LITED RECORDS MIXED IN ON THE SAME PAGE. BY CLICKING ON THE VIEW TAB FOR THESE RECORDS YOU WILL SEE MORE CONTENT FOR ROBERTO DURAN LISTED IN THE NOTES FIELD. YOU WILL NEED TO OPEN THE OTHER FIGHT CONTENT LINK TO SEARCH FOR ALL "ROBERTO DURAN" FOOTAGE SEPARATELY. AFTER YOU
HAVE TYPED A BOXERS "NAME" OR
YOUR "SUBJECT" MATTER IN THE SEARCH BOX
AND HAVE VIEWED ALL THE INFORMATION AVAILABLE, SIMPLY CLICK ON THE
"SHOW ALL" LINK NEXT TO THE SEARCH BOX AND THIS WILL
TAKE YOU BACK TO THE ORIGINAL DATABASE "START" POINT. THE
ADVANCED SEARCH TAB ALLOWS YOU TO FIND FIGHTS AND OTHER
FOOTAGE THROUGH VARIOUS "KEY WORDS" OR "DATES". FOR
EXAMPLE, YOU MAY BE SEARCHING FOR ALL FIGHTS FOUGHT IN "FLORIDA". TO DO THIS, SIMPLY CLICK ON THE ADVANCED SEARCH LINK
AND TYPE "FLORIDA" INTO THE SEARCH "LOCATION" BOX AND CLICK
SEARCH! OR
MAYBE YOU ARE SEARCHING FOR ALL "MIDDLEWEIGHT" FIGHTS FOUGHT IN
"1984". AGAIN JUST CLICK ON THE ADVANCED
SEARCH LINK AND ADD THE "KEY WORD"(middleweight) AND
THE "YEAR"(1984) IN THE APPROPRIATE SEARCH BOX'S AND CLICK
SEARCH! ALL SEARCH RESULTS THAT APPEAR WILL ALSO HAVE A CONVENIENT YELLOW HI-LITE COLOR AROUND THEM! OTHER FIGHT CONTENT WHEN CHOOSING THE OTHER FIGHT CONTENT LINK
ALSO FOUND TO THE "LEFT" OF THIS SCREEN, YOU WILL FIND VARIOUS
DVD's OFFERING BOXING RELATED INTERVIEWS, PRE/POST FIGHT FOOTAGE,
MOVIES, SPECIALS, DOCUMENTARIES, BOXING NEWS FOOTAGE, TV SHOWS AND MORE! THE
OTHER FIGHT CONTENT FOOTAGE IS A REAL
"MELTING POT" OF BOXING VIDEO COVERING
VIRTUALLY "ANYTHING BOXING" RELATED. FROM BOXERS
AND BOXING PERSONALITIES IN BOTH BOXING AND NON BOXING RELATED MOVIES,
TV SHOWS, INCLUDING DRAMAS, COMEDY'S,SUSPENSE THRILLERS, VARIETY SHOWS, etc., TO COMMERCIALS,
TALK SHOWS AND ACTORS PORTRAYING BOXERS AND BOXERS PORTRAYING ACTORS IN VARIOUS MEDIA! ALSO
INCLUDED IS, PRE/POST BOUT FOOTAGE FROM VARIOUS FIGHTS, AND AMATEUR
BOXING SHOWS....MANY OF WHICH WERE VIDEO TAPED PERSONALLY BY BoxingVideoFightFinder.com! 95% OF WHAT YOU WILL FIND IN
THE OTHER FIGHT CONTENT AREA
OF THE BoxingVideoFightFinder.com DATABASE
WILL BE BOXING RELATED. HOWEVER, THERE WILL ALSO BE
SOME "NON-BOXING" RELATED FOOTAGE THAT SIMPLY ENDED UP
IN THE DATABASE OVER THE YEARS AND WAS NEVER EXPUNGED. SOME
EXAMPLES,"O.J. SIMPSON TRIAL" FOOTAGE, "HBO NON BOXING SPECIALS",
"BODYBUILDING" FOOTAGE, "ESPN STRONGEST MAN IN THE
WORLD" FOOTAGE AND OTHER "NON BOXING" FOOTAGE CAN BE FOUND! THE
OTHER FIGHT CONTENT LINK ALSO DISPLAYS
A (NOTES) INFORMATION FIELD BUT YOU DON'T NECESSARILY NEED TO CLICK ON THE
BLUE VIEW TAB TO READ WHAT IS IN THE (NOTES) FIELD AS IT
IS ALREADY VISIBLE FROM THE MAIN SCREEN VIEWING PAGE! ALSO
CONCERNING THE OTHER FIGHT CONTENT LINK, YOU WILL NOTICE THAT BoxingVideoFightFinder.com WILL
OCCASIONALLY MENTION "CLIPS" . "CLIPS"
DENOTE THAT THE FOOTAGE AVAILABLE, REGARDLESS OF WHAT IS, WILL BE
"5 MINUTES OR LESS" IN DURATION. ALL FOOTAGE "OVER 5 MINUTES IN
LENGTH" WILL BE NOTED ACCORDINGLY AND AS ACCURATELY AS POSSIBLE. ALSO
CONCERNING THE "MOVIE/TELEVISION CATEGORY'S" ABOUT (90%) OF THE MOVIES IN
THE BoxingVideoFightFinder.com DATABASE
ARE "BOXING RELATED". THE
OTHER (10%) ARE "NON-BOXING" MOVIES THAT MAY OR MAY
NOT INCLUDE PROFESSIONAL BOXERS AND OR OTHER ACTUAL BOXING
PERSONALITIES i.e.(WRITERS, ANNOUNCERS, PROMOTERS, TRAINERS, REFEREES
etc.) IN ACTUAL NON BOXING OR BOXING RELATED ROLES. SOME
"NON-BOXING" MOVIES MAY ALSO SIMPLY SHOW A "BRIEF BOXING
SCENE" BUT NOT A SIGNIFICANT ENOUGH SCENE TO CATEGORIZE THE
MOVIE AS A "BOXING" MOVIE. THUS
YOU WILL SOMETIMES SEE THE PHRASE "NON-BOXING" CONNECTED TO
CERTAIN MOVIES. ONE EXAMPLE
OF THIS IS EX-HEAVYWEIGHT RANDALL 'TEX' COBB, WHO CAN
ALSO BE FOUND AS AN ACTOR IN MANY NON-BOXING RELATED MOVIES/TELEVISION ROLES. AS
FOR THE "BOXING RELATED" MOVIES/TELEVISION, THEY WILL INCLUDE THE
"NAMES" OF ACTUAL BOXERS AND OR BOXING PERSONALITIES THAT CAN BE
SEEN IN THE MOVIE/TV SHOW EITHER IN THE "DESCRIPTION" OR "NOTES"
FIELD. HOWEVER
THERE WILL ALSO BE SOME "BOXING RELATED" MOVIES/TELEVISION TITLES THAT WON'T
INCLUDE ANY ACTUAL PROFESSIONAL BOXERS OR "REAL" BOXING PERSONALITIES
THUS YOU WILL ONLY SEE TRADITIONAL "ACTORS" NAMES MENTIONED
IN THE "DESCRIPTION" OR "NOTES" FIELD. ONE EXAMPLE OF THIS
IS THE 1947 FIVE STAR***** BOXING CLASSIC
"CHAMPION" STARRING ACTOR KURT DOUGLAS. *TOM
KENNEDY A HEAVYWEIGHT WHO FOUGHT FROM
1911-1916 THEN TURNED TO ACTING HOLDS THE "ALL-TIME" RECORD
(364) FOR MOST MOVIE/TV APPEARANCES FOR ANY BOXER, PLAYING VIRTUALLY EVERY CHARACTOR IMAGINABLE DURING HIS RECORD BREAKING RUN WITH HIS LAST
MOVIE/TV ROLE BEING IN 1965... ALSO THE YEAR HE DIED. **VICTOR
MCLAGLEN A BRITISH HEAVYWEIGHT WHO FOUGHT
FROM 1908-1920, AND WHO WENT 6Rds "UNOFFICIALLY" WITH THE GREAT JACK
JOHNSON, THEN TURNED TO ACTING, COMES IN
"SECOND" PLACE WITH (107) MOVIE/TV ROLES TO HIS CREDIT. MCLAGLEN MADE THE TRANSITION TO ACTING
MORE SUCCESSFULLY THAN ANY OTHER PROFESSIONAL BOXER WHO HAS EVER BECOME AN
ACTOR! THUS
FOR MCLAGLEN's WORK IN THE MOVIE THE INFORMER (1935) HE WON THE BEST
ACTOR OSCAR! VICTOR MCLAGLEN MAY BE BEST REMEMBERED BY THE MASS's, WHEN HE STARRED ALONGSIDE MEGA-STARS JOHN WAYNE AND MAUREEN
O'HARA, FOR HIS CLASSIC PORTRAYAL OF A TOUGH, OVER BEARING 1950's
IRISH LAND OWNER WHO BATTLES WAYNE IN SOME BARE KNUCKLE FIST-A-CUFFS IN
THE BEAUTIFUL (FILMED ON LOCATION IN IRELAND) 1952 MOVIE CLASSIC, "THE
QUITE MAN". MCLAGLEN WAS ALSO NOMINATED FOR BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR. VICTOR
MCLAGLEN's LAST ROLE WAS IN 1958, HE PASSED AWAY IN 1959. OTHER
NOTABLE BOXERS TURNED ACTORS WERE MAXIE 'SLAPSIE' ROSENBLOOM A LT. HEAVYWEIGHT FROM THE
1930's WITH (53) MOVIE/TV ROLES TO HIS CREDIT BEFORE PASSING IN 1976. ALSO
1930's HEAVYWEIGHT's BUDDY BAER WITH (19) MOVIE/TV ROLES TO HIS CREDIT BEFORE PASSING
AWAY IN 1986 AND MAX BAER (BUDDY's OLDER BROTHER) WHO HAD A MORE
SUCCESSFUL BOXING CAREER THAN HIS YOUNGER BROTHER BUT ONLY HAD (13)
MOVIE/TV ROLES TO HIS CREDIT BEFORE PASSING AWAY IN 1959. HALL
OF FAME HEAVYWEIGHT JACK DEMPSEY (AKA THE "MANASSA MAULER" -
CAREER 1914-1927) ALSO STAYED BUSY AFTER RETIRING FROM BOXING AND
ACTED IN (19) MOVIE/TV ROLES WHILE ALSO OPENING HIS FAMOUS DEMPSEY'S
RESTAURANT ON BROADWAY IN NEW YORK CITY, DEMPSEY PASSED AWAY IN 1983. PRIMO
CARNARA ITALIAN
HEAVYWEIGHT "GIANT" (LITERALLY AT 6,6' tall and
weighing 284lbs) ALSO PARLAYED HIS SOLID BOXING CAREER OF THE 1930's
INTO SUCCESSFUL MOVIE ROLES HAVING MADE (18) MOVIE/TV ROLES TO HIS CREDIT
BEFORE PASSING AWAY IN 1967. AS
OF 2009 POPULAR ACTOR TONY DANZA WHO HAD A VERY BRIEF PROFESSIONAL BOXING CAREER THEN
TURNED TO ACTING, HAS ACTED IN MORE MOVIE/TV ROLES IN BOTH BOXER
AND NON BOXER ROLES THAN ANY OTHER "LIVING" CURRENT OR
EX-PROFESSIONAL BOXER WITH APPROXIMATELY (25) MOVIES PRESENTLY TO HIS
CREDIT. COLORFUL EX-HEAVYWEIGHT FROM THE 1970's-80's RANDALL 'TEX' COBB IS CURRENTLY IN "2ND" PLACE WITH (22) MOVIE/TV ROLES AND EX-WELTERWEIGHT CHAMP CARLOS PALOMINO IS A CLOSE "3RD" WITH (20) MOVIE/TV ROLES. EX-LIGHTWEIGHT CHAMP RAY 'BOOM BOOM' MANCINI BRINGS UP THE REAR WITH (12) MOVIE/TV ROLES! AUSTRALIAN BORN ACTOR JOE KIRKWOOD JR. WHO ACTED FROM 1946-1960 HOLDS THE RECORD FOR AN ACTOR WHO HAS BEEN PORTRAYED IN MORE MOVIE/TV ROLES AS A "BOXER" THAN ANY OTHER THESPIAN WITH A RECORD (37) MOVIE/TELEVISION ROLES. MOST NOTABLY APPEARING IN THE FAMOUS TV BOXING SERIES "JOE PALOOKA". BRITISH AMATEUR BOXER TURNED ACTOR REGINALD DENNY COMES IN RIGHT BEHIND KIRKWOOD APPEARING IN SOMEWHERE AROUND (20) BOXING MOVIES/TV ROLES ALONG WITH DOZENS OF OTHER NON BOXING ROLES IN FILMS THROUGHOUT HIS CAREER, WHICH SPANNED AN AMAZING 51YRS FROM 1915-1966.
UNFORTUNATELY
NONE OF THE ABOVE HAVE EVER GARNERED A GOLDEN GLOBE OR OSCAR AWARD! (..ha ha)
OTHER
NOTABLE, "HONORABLE" MENTIONS (with less than 10 movie/tv roles to their
credit) ARE, ROCKY GRAZIANO, JAKE LAMOTTA, TONY GALENTO, MARK BRELAND,
ROCKY MARCIANO, MIKE TYSON, ARCHIE MOORE, WILLIE PASTRANO, MUHAMMAD ALI, SONNY
LISTON, JOE LOUIS, JERSEY JOE WALCOTT, JOE FRAZIER, MARVIN HAGLER, ROY JONES
Jr.,VITO ANTUOFERMO,GEORGE FOREMAN, LENNOX LEWIS, TOMMY MORRISON, MAX
SCHMELING, KEN NORTON, SHANNON BRIGGS, FERNANDO VARGAS, JAMES J. CORBET, JOHN
L. SULLIVAN, BOB FITZSIMMONS, ROBERTO DURAN, JACK SHARKEY, LARRY HOLMES,
GEORGES CARPENTIER, MANNY PACQUIAO, DUANE BOBICK, COLEY WALLACE, RAY LEONARD, RAY ROBINSON, JEREMY WILLIAMS, AL COLE, GEORGE CHUVALO, ROBIN REID, GARY STRETCH, DUANE BOBICK, JERRY QUARRY, BRUCE STRAUSS, MICHAEL SPINKS, LEON SPINKS, MICKY WARD, DICK EKLUND. IT
SHOULD BE NOTED THAT MANY BOXERS, INCLUDING SOME OF THE ABOVE
AFOREMENTIONED, HAVE ALSO MADE APPEARANCES AS
"THEMSELVES" OR AS AN "ACTOR" IN
MANY TELEVISION SERIES OVER THE DECADES. SEVERAL
OF THOSE TELEVISION APPEARANCES FOR VARIOUS BOXERS AND ALSO BOXING
PERSONALITIES SUCH AS (Michael Buffer, Bert Sugar, Jimmy Lennon Jr., Angelo
Dundee, Teddy Atlas, Lou Duva, Don King, Lou Moret, Mills Lane, Arthur
Mercante...just
to name a few) CAN ALSO BE FOUND IN THE BoxingVideoFightFinder.com DATABASE. FOOTNOTE: IN A UNIQUE TWIST, MICKEY ROURKE INITIALLY AN ACTOR, (WITH NO FORMAL BOXING
EXPERIENCE) WHO FIRST HAD A SUCCESSFUL ACTING CAREER FROM
1979 TO 1991, DECIDED TO THEN JUGGLE 2 CAREERS AND
ALSO BEGAN TO BOX AS A PROFESSIONAL Lt. HEAVYWEIGHT. ROURKE COMPILED A RESPECTABLE 6-0-2
RECORD FROM 1991 THRU 1994 (WITH THE ACCOMPLISHED TRAINER FREDDIE
ROACH IN HIS
CORNER) WHILE SIMULTANEOUSLY MAKING (4) MOVIES DURING HIS BOXING CAREER. ROURKE HAS SINCE GONE BACK TO
ACTING FULL-TIME AND AS OF 2009 HAS (53) MOVIES TO HIS CREDIT,
INCLUDING A FIRST TIME OSCAR NOMINATION IN 2009 FOR YET ANOTHER SPORT,
PROFESSIONAL WRESTLING, WITH THE MOVIE BEING APTLY TITLED THE
WRESTLER. ROURKE WAS PRAISED FOR PORTRAYING
A BELIEVABLE "DOWN ON HIS LUCK, AGING, PROFESSIONAL
WRESTLER" AND WAS CREDITED FOR NOT ONLY TRANSFORMING HIS PHYSIQUE
INTO THAT OF A MUSCULAR WRESTLER AT THE ACTUAL AGE OF 53, BUT
ALSO PERSONALLY DOING MANY OF OF HIS CHARACTERS WRESTLING
STUNTS IN THE MOVIE! MICKEY
ROURKE ALSO
STARRED IN A BOXING MOVIE "PRIOR" TO HIS BOXING CAREER IN
1988 TITLED "HOMEBOY", GIVING A VERY SOLID
PERFORMANCE. THIS MOVIE CAN ALSO BE FOUND IN THE BoxingVideoFightFinder.com DATABASE. ACTUAL
BOXERS AND BOXING PERSONALITIES CAN ALSO BE FOUND IN THE BoxingVideoFightFinder.com IN VARIOUS TV SHOW
ROLES. PLEASE
NOTE: MOVIES ARE FOR TRADE ONLY! THE LOGIN LINK IS RESERVED FOR THE EDITOR!
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Concerning
the time length with “interviews”, "fight
rounds" "news" and other "pre/post press
conference" footage etc. the following descriptions may be used: 1)
A “Clip” of footage means the length of time could be anywhere between 15 sec. to 5
min. Any footage above 5 minutes will be shown as exactly that, i.e.
6min...8min...20min...35min...1hr etc. 2)
A “Hi-Lite” or "Partial" round means it is simply not a complete 3min. of
footage. You may basically only see the “best” (hi-lite) action of a
3-minute round.....or simply (partial) action in any given round. Hi-Lite or
Partial rounds are not uncommon and unfortunately "some" fights
mainly from the 30's, 40's, 50's are only available in these formats! 3)
A "Select" round means you will only get
the complete rounds noted. Again, unfortunately "some"
fights mainly from the 30's,40's,50's are only available in
select rounds but this does not exclude some modern fights from the 70's, 80's,
90's, and beyond.
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(QUALITY RATING SYSTEM) **** (Excellent) -- The fight footage is a “first generation” VHS or DVD copy. Original recording speed is in the (SP) “Standard Play” mode or possibly better i.e. the (HQ) High Quality mode though (HQ) recordings are rare. There are virtually no defects, the picture is "clean/sharp", the audio is "clear/crisp". Many fights currently being recorded using a DVR (Digital Video Recorder) will also fall under this rating.
*** (Very Good) -- The fight footage is a probable “first generation” copy but may be a “second generation” copy. Original recording speed is in (SP) “Standard Play” mode or possibly (LP) “Long Play” mode. There may be occasional minor brief defects in “picture” or “audio” i.e. TV reception may be "slightly" hazy but still very viewable.
Overall
quality is Very Good. -RECOMMENDED-
** (Good) -- The fight footage is probably a “second generation” copy or a "first generation" copy that has a good picture BUT in some rare cases may also have a permanent "tracking line" running through either the top/middle or bottem of picture. Original recording speed is in either the (SP) “Standard Play” mode, (LP) “Long Play” mode or possibly (EP/SLP) “Extra Play / Super Long Play” mode. Any of the following defects may or may not briefly occur during playback, i.e. "vcr language" briefly appearing, "program channel" momentarily changed, brief "loss of picture" or "sound", quality of original source (vhs tape or 8mm/16mm film transfer etc.) used to record program may have been "degraded" due to age etc. or of low quality, “tracking lines” may appear at times, TV reception may be “hazy” but viewable,“drop-outs / white outs" in picture may occur. Picture may be "slightly" blurry but viewable. MOST FIGHTS AVAILABLE FROM THE 1920's thru TO THE 1960's WILL HAVE A RATING OF "GOOD" SIMPLY BECAUSE OF THE INFERIOR AUDIO/VIDEO TECHNOLOGY AVAILABLE DURING THOSE ERAS AND THE ARCHAIN ORIGINAL TRANSFER METHODS FROM FILM REELS TO VIDEO BUT THEY ARE ALL STILL WORTH COLLECTING AND VIEWING!!! Overall quality is Good. -RECOMMENDED- * (Poor) -- The fight footage is a “second/multiple generation” copy, picture is definitely blurry. Original recording speed is most likely in either the (LP) or (EP/SLP) modes. The quality is basically much worse than **(Good) and any fights with a *(Poor) quality are not recommended unless you are a “die-hard” fan and the footage is "very rare" or can only be found in this condition. Unfortunately there are fights which are only available in poor condition. Overall quality is Poor. -NOT RECOMMENDED- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *BoxingVideoFightFinder.com IS PROBABLY THE "ONLY" SITE THAT OFFERS A DETAILED "QUALITY RATING SYSTEM" FOR OUR FIGHT FOOTAGE, AS WE SIMPLY BELIEVE IN OFFERING YOU THE "BEST" POSSIBLE QUALITY/CHOICE FROM OUR COLLECTION WHEN SELECTING YOUR FIGHTS! IN OTHER WORDS, WHY BUY A COPY OF "MUHAMMAD ALI vs JOE FRAZIER III" FROM A COLLECTOR WHO OWNS A "GOOD" OR "POOR" COPY OF THE FIGHT, IF WE HAVE AN "EXCELLENT" COPY OF THE SAME FIGHT?? SOME FIGHTS MAY ALSO INCLUDE TV COMMERCIALS, ALL TIME STAMPS ARE "APPROXIMATE" - -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
BOXING WEIGHT CLASS's *MODERN DAY* *ORIGINAL* -*Heavyweight 191+ lbs. Cruiserweight- 176-190 lbs. Heavyweight- 176-UP *Lt. Heavyweight- 169-175 lbs. Lt. Heavyweight- 161-175lbs. Super Middleweight- 161-168 lbs. Middleweight- 148-160lbs. *Middleweight- 155-160 lbs. Welterweight- 136-147lbs. Jr. Middle- 148-154 lbs. Lightweight- 127-135lbs. *Welterweight- 141-147 lbs. Featherweight- 119-126lbs. Jr. Welterweight- 136-140 lbs. Bantamweight- 113-118lbs. *Lightweight- 131-135 lbs. Flyweight- 0-112lbs. Jr. Lightweight- 127-130 lbs. *Featherweight- 123-126 lbs. Jr. Featherweight- 119-122 lbs. *Bantamweight- 116-118 lbs. Jr. Bantamweight- 113-115 lbs. *Flyweight- 109-112 lbs. Jr. Flyweight- 106-108 lbs. *Straweight- 0-105 lbs. ( or Mini-Flyweight )
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ THE BoxingVideoFightFinder.com DATABASE IS CONTINUALLY BEING UPDATED WITH NEW ACQUISITIONS AND TRIES TO INCLUDE AS MUCH PERTINENT AND ACCURATE INFORMATION AS POSSIBLE FOR YOU, THE DIE-HARD BOXING FAN! IN AN ATTEMPT TO ALSO "FILL IN THE BLANKS" BoxingVideoFightFinder.com CONTINUES TO ADD MORE INFORMATION SUCH AS FIGHT "SITE" LOCATIONS, "DATES" AND TELEVISION "BROADCAST SOURCES" WHEN TIME PERMITS. BoxingVideoFightFinder.com ALSO WELCOMES ANY FEEDBACK CONCERNING POSSIBLE "OMISSIONS AND ERRORS" FOUND IN OUR DATABASE! THANKS FOR CHECKING OUT BoxingVideoFightFinder.com AND GOOD LUCK IN YOUR BOXING FOOTAGE SEARCH!!! NO RIGHTS GIVEN OR IMPLIED, DVD's ARE SOLD OR TRADED FOR RECREATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY!
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