Re: Post your favourite Boxing Documentary
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Spicoli
Thanks to a friend who is newish to the sport I finally caught The Fight of Their lives focusing on Benn v McClellan. Man that was a rough watch right after re watching the fight. I never realized how Manny Steward felt in the aftermath and never appreciated how quickly it was all over for Benn the next year. Really re reveals Don King to be a complete swindler. Gerald only cleared 250K for that one ???. Regardless of what his ways were or were not outside of the ring there's something humanly wrong with the how McClellan and more so family goes into the books as an afterthought.
Manny Steward also felt the need to take his full trainer/manager fee from that purse, leaving McClellan with $50,000.
That's insane, 50k. May have been 25 years ago..jesus we're old..but that's terrible money for 'where' McClellan was at in career going in! I thought they split prior or was he still contractually obligated for future cuts? I honestly didn't realize how shat the people training and approach to that fight was prior to seeing doc. Still though, Benn would sort it out either way.
Re: Post your favourite Boxing Documentary
Quote:
Originally Posted by
Spicoli
Quote:
Originally Posted by
Fenster
Quote:
Originally Posted by
Spicoli
Thanks to a friend who is newish to the sport I finally caught The Fight of Their lives focusing on Benn v McClellan. Man that was a rough watch right after re watching the fight. I never realized how Manny Steward felt in the aftermath and never appreciated how quickly it was all over for Benn the next year. Really re reveals Don King to be a complete swindler. Gerald only cleared 250K for that one ???. Regardless of what his ways were or were not outside of the ring there's something humanly wrong with the how McClellan and more so family goes into the books as an afterthought.
Manny Steward also felt the need to take his full trainer/manager fee from that purse, leaving McClellan with $50,000.
That's insane, 50k. May have been 25 years ago..jesus we're old..but that's terrible money for 'where' McClellan was at in career going in! I thought they split prior or was he still contractually obligated for future cuts? I honestly didn't realize how shat the people training and approach to that fight was prior to seeing doc. Still though, Benn would sort it out either way.
I have huge respect for Manny but it takes the shine off his "concern" knowing the subsequent truth. Ruthless business. Yeah the figures look insane compared with today, Benn "only" got 750k, 12k live gate, 13 million UK TV, Showtime in the states.
Anyone pulling those numbers these days would be guaranteed millions (both fighters).
