Assault In The Ring on HBO last night

[awdleyfuturehalloffamer]

Hopefully someone makes/finds a copy of this soon for us non-HBO people. I want to see it, but also, kind of don't. This part of the sport has slowly began killing a respect I once had for it before seeing it's sleazy underbelly.

Tbe link is posted 3 post before yours. i'm watching it now. It's the full video. i think phil posted it.

[Youngblood]

Hopefully someone makes/finds a copy of this soon for us non-HBO people. I want to see it, but also, kind of don't. This part of the sport has slowly began killing a respect I once had for it before seeing it's sleazy underbelly.

Tbe link is posted 3 post before yours. i'm watching it now. It's the full video. i think phil posted it.

D'oh. Thanks. I got rerouted to a youtube 2 min version avoiding the exe. file somehow. Got it working now.

[Spicoli]

Firstly,Panama Lewis comes off here,and in the past resembling a cheap snake oil saleman in need of a Greyhound bus backing over him...two times.He holds zero regard for the fighters he surrounds himself with,the integrity of the sport...it still has some,and concerns himself more with the cheap cracker-jack Jewelry and self pity he wallows in.I have no doubt that he cares more about seeing himself on camera and hearing his own voice basking in others glory than he does hold genuine concern for any past,present,or future boxer.....He does not deserve to be anywhere near a ring and definitely does not deserve to be in the company of contenders,journeymen,and champions.He neglected and dismissed his professional responsibility to all of them.....and he's an asshole.

[holmcall]

Firstly,Panama Lewis comes off here,and in the past resembling a cheap snake oil saleman in need of a Greyhound bus backing over him...two times.He holds zero regard for the fighters he surrounds himself with,the integrity of the sport...it still has some,and concerns himself more with the cheap cracker-jack Jewelry and self pity he wallows in.I have no doubt that he cares more about seeing himself on camera and hearing his own voice basking in others glory than he does hold genuine concern for any past,present,or future boxer.....He does not deserve to be anywhere near a ring and definitely does not deserve to be in the company of contenders,journeymen,and champions.He neglected and dismissed his professional responsibility to all of them.....and he's an asshole.

And strange as it may seem, he was always considerd a superb trainer. He didn't have to resort to the crap he did. Lewis was always sought out by boxers who needed adjustments-Tyson, Iggy (I think) others. Too bad he was/is such a scumsucker.

[HattonTheHammer]

still to this day despite various opportunitys cannot stomach myself to watch the fight.

Still remember a year or so back when a guy who claimed to know panama lewis personally posted a youtube vid trying to disguise lewis`s innocence.

Rest assured i sent him many many messages to give to that scumbag hoping and preying to god he would suffer the same punishment billy suffered that night!

Out of the whole saga the bit that still does me every time is when billy got back to his corner at the end of the 3rd and told his trainer something along the lines of "it feels like im being punched with a brick"

RIP

[BoomBoom]

Firstly,Panama Lewis comes off here,and in the past resembling a cheap snake oil saleman in need of a Greyhound bus backing over him...two times.He holds zero regard for the fighters he surrounds himself with,the integrity of the sport...it still has some,and concerns himself more with the cheap cracker-jack Jewelry and self pity he wallows in.I have no doubt that he cares more about seeing himself on camera and hearing his own voice basking in others glory than he does hold genuine concern for any past,present,or future boxer.....He does not deserve to be anywhere near a ring and definitely does not deserve to be in the company of contenders,journeymen,and champions.He neglected and dismissed his professional responsibility to all of them.....and he's an asshole.

And strange as it may seem, he was always considerd a superb trainer. He didn't have to resort to the crap he did. Lewis was always sought out by boxers who needed adjustments-Tyson, Iggy (I think) others. Too bad he was/is such a scumsucker.

I fought in Florida not too long ago and he was at the weigh ins sitting a chair away from me in his sunglasses and chains. I thought it was interesting that he was allowed to attend. I am disgusted by the guy as well and surprised to see him in a room full of fighters.

[markb018]

Just watched and don't really have much to add, everyone has pretty much nailed it. The only thing I can add is, I was giving Margarito the benefit of the doubt as I was a huge fan of his and wanted to believe him, but after seeing Collins face and what Cotto looked like. I am sorry but the similarities are just scary.

Cotto taking his first loss to Margarito which I still feel Cotto isn't the same fighter since that fight. Resto in the beginning of the doc saying how he had nothing to do with it even in the shitty state he was living it finally had to be caught in the lie by the director. I'm just thinking Margarito is pulling that same shit. The countless amounts of lives that have been ruined by this horrific act, its disgusting and for Panama to be allowed to be anywhere near a fight is despicable and someone should do something about it.

Though I feel Resto is truly sorry about what happened and feel Lewis took advantage of him to the fullest, it is hard to forgive a guy like that and totally understandable if nobody did.

[CFH]

Lewis is a worthless cunt who deserves the worst kind of fate.

[BoomBoom]

Such a heartbreaking story all around. So many lives affected. It is clear to me at least that Resto carried the weight of what happened all those years. He did his time behind bars, but more so in his heart and mind. He seems to be a good man with a good heart. I cant say the same for Panama Lewis. He used Resto and led him down a path to disaster. Resto trusted Panama so much that even when he knew he was wrong, he let him make decisions for him. I dont think that Panama ever has come to terms with what he did or if he every even thinks about what he did and the damage it caused. Resto deserves foregivness and to be free of whatver he did in the past. As for Panama, he will have his day.

[God.in.my.corner]

I'm just glad they had sub-titles.

I love the ending edit that Panama still "trains fighters outide the ring".

What the hell does that mean? Backyard brawling? He'd fit right in...

[Conrad]

http://www.megavideo.com/?v=P0EXESLG

D'oh. Thanks. I got rerouted to a youtube 2 min version avoiding the exe. file somehow. Got it working now.

Is there a way I can play this off Phil's link without downloading the exe file? If not is the exe file safe, surely it's full of adware etc?

[paddy448]

ive just watched this film and it is very sad indeed. i feel sorry for resto but he still deserves some of the blame, he could of stopped it anytime, as for panama lewis i hope when he dies hes thrown straight in hell and gang raped by the devil himself and all his cronies hitler,hussien, manson, bundy,for the rest of eternity, that scum sucking pond life deserves nothing less

[jolz]

Resto's situation is pitiful..However, the mastermind (Panama Lewis) does not deserve any mercy. He does not have any remorse..This sad story will linger for generations. Oh add Antonio Margarito on this shameful topic...(with Javier Capetillo)