HBO’s “The Survivor” is a powerful and horrifying sports story
HBO biopic The Survivor tells the true tale of Harry Haft, an Auschwitz survivor turned pro boxer.
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ESPN announces two-part “Blood, Sweat & Tears” series ahead of April 30 Óscar Valdez-Shakur Stevenson fight
The two-part series Blood, Sweat & Tears: Valdez vs. Stevenson will debut on ESPN2 and ESPNEWS and re-air across ESPN platforms leading up to this fight.
DAZN and Barstool Sports will offer an alternative Canelo-Bivol broadcast, called ringside by Dave Portnoy and Dan Katz
This will mark the first Barstool alternate feed for a DAZN fight.
Raul and Giovanni Márquez talk Giovanni’s ShoBox pro debut, with Raul balancing corner work and commentary
"Everybody's going to be there to support him. And he'll do his thing, and then I'll go back and get dressed up and call the rest of the fights."
Canelo Alvarez is back with DAZN for two fights, with the May 7 one DAZN’s first individual PPV broadcast
The May 7 Canelo fight against Dmitry Bivol will be DAZN's first PPV.
DAZN’s Eva Longoria-directed “La Guerra Civil,” on Oscar De La Hoya and Julio César Chávez, selected for Sundance
" La Guerra Civil transcends the traditional notion of a sports documentary and explores the intricate story of a deep rivalry between Julio César Chávez’s Mexican heritage and Oscar De La Hoya’s Mexican-American identity, with huge cultural significance."
Sylvester Stallone says he wouldn’t kill off Apollo Creed if he made ‘Rocky IV’ again
"He's gonna be so mad at me. Sorry, Carl."
Sylvester Stallone releases ‘The Making of Rocky vs. Drago’ documentary with ‘Rocky IV’ director’s cut
"Every time I go in there and I think we're done, we're not done."
DAZN SVP Rob Stecklow on sending studio show to Wilder-Fury III, other non-DAZN fights: “We want to drive you to engage.”
"We can't just talk about fights that DAZN carries. If you're a boxing fan, you want to hear [about other events]. We think of boxing as a great soap opera. There's so much around each fight, all the boxers, all the promoters, fights that are going to happen, aren't going to happen, judges' scoring cards, you name it. There's so much to discuss."
Top Rank’s Bob Arum blasted Kate Abdo: “Fuck her and fuck them. There was no faceoff.”
"They bring this woman in from the UK, and she's slanting all the press coverage to Wilder! I don't give a damn, but it's obvious that that's what she was doing."
HBO acquires ‘The Survivor,’ biopic about boxer and Holocaust survivor Harry Haft, starring Ben Foster
Barry Levinson directs the story of Haft escaping Auschwitz for the United States and eventually fighting Rocky Marciano.
‘Rocky IV’ getting one-night theatrical, digital video re-release as ‘Rocky V. Drago: The Ultimate Director’s Cut’
Just give us 40 minutes of more training montage, Sly!
After Triller exec says he’s in talks with Barack Obama for boxing commentary, Obama Foundation calls that “inaccurate”
"An Obama Foundation spokeswoman says the Foundation has not spoken with Ryan Kavanaugh and the idea that Barack Obama is in talks to commentate a boxing match is 'inaccurate.'"
