Assault In The Ring on HBO last night

[ElTerribleMorales]

the Trinidad issue was that Hopkins complained about how Trinidad's camp wrapped his hands, not that a foreign object (plaster) was put into his wraps, and they just rewrapped end of the prob, IMO it was just Hopkins getting under an already emotional Tito's skin (the whole throwing the flag issue)

[Stander]

I met that scumbag Panama Lewis at Kingsway once. What a pile of garbage. I totally agree Irish Billy Collins would have beaten him without that scam. Collins was a good fighter with a good career ahead of him. I hope lewis burns in hell. That and the Aaron Pryor nonesense

[Majesty]

Aaron Pryor without the bottle knocked out Alexis 4 rounds sooner


But this documentary was very sad just the fact that all the parties suffered for whats happened except Lewis.

[Nameless]

So... is there any links to assault in the ring or a place where we could watch it in replay?

[Youngblood]

So... is there any links to assault in the ring or a place where we could watch it in replay?

from page 3 of this thread. click it, cancel the exe. DL and it'll show up.

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

[Jimanuel Boogustus]

Aaron Pryor without the bottle knocked out Alexis 4 rounds sooner


But this documentary was very sad just the fact that all the parties suffered for whats happened except Lewis.

Have a read of this interview with Manny Steward.

Exclusive Interview with Manny Steward

He goes into some detail of the 1st and 2nd fights between Pryor and Arguello.
Manny Steward was in Pryor in the 2nd fight

[boxingbantz]

After hearing about the fight between Luis Resto and Billy Collins in one of the Margarito/Pacman threads, I decided to do a little research starting with the classic wikipedia read, then got looking at some pictures then decided to download the documentary "Assault In The Ring" which was made by HBO in 2009.

Very good documentary yet very tragic. I was always a bit sceptic of Luis Resto at the start of the film when he says he didn't know that the gloves had been tampered with. How could you not realise that your gloves were missing half of the padding and you only had to see his reaction when Billy Collins Snr shook his hands at the end of the fight and he looked over to Pamama Lewis as if to say: "oh fuck".

It's strange but, towards the end of the film, I started to feel quite sorry for Luis Resto despite the fact that he did, eventualy, admit to knowing what had happened. I don't think I should have felt sorry for him but it's quite evident from the film just how low the man had sunken - although, it has to be said, it's nothing compared to how Billy Collins turned out. Obviously admitting what happened, along with the admission of the cast being used, has lifted a big weight off of his shoulders.

As for Panana Lewis, the guy is a total wanker. The fact Zab Judah, up until 2008, let him train him still puzzles me. I'd have thought he would want nothing to do with the man with his track record. Good to see Luis Resto telling him 'fuck you' although I wouldn't have shook his hand like Luis did.

What are other people's thoughts? Wasn't sure what to believe of the claims that Billy Collins was offered fights but his father told him to turn them down due to the lawsuits that he believed he would win? Does anyone have an ounce of sympathy for Luis Resto or is it just me?

[Howlin Mad Missy]

FYI if Big H posts any sort of link in the thread.....don't open it.

[boxingbantz]

FYI if Big H posts any sort of link in the thread.....don't open it.

Please elaborate...

[Howlin Mad Missy]

FYI if Big H posts any sort of link in the thread.....don't open it.

Please elaborate...

Just his thing, the title of this thread 'n all

[CFH]

The incident and documentary were both discussed heavily in this thread a while back:

http://www.saddoboxing.com/boxingfor...ast-night.html

[Fenster]

Panana Lewis has trained Tyson, Botha and many other world-class fighters since then.

This boxing business is an utter disgrace.

[boxingbantz]

The incident and documentary were both discussed heavily in this thread a while back:

http://www.saddoboxing.com/boxingfor...ast-night.html

Didn't realise pal. I'll check out that thread.

[CFH]

The incident and documentary were both discussed heavily in this thread a while back:

http://www.saddoboxing.com/boxingfor...ast-night.html

Didn't realise pal. I'll check out that thread.

I can merge the threads if you want. I just thought you'd find that thread interesting.

[boxingbantz]

The incident and documentary were both discussed heavily in this thread a while back:

http://www.saddoboxing.com/boxingfor...ast-night.html

Didn't realise pal. I'll check out that thread.

I can merge the threads if you want. I just thought you'd find that thread interesting.

Yes please mate, merge the thread.

Just read through the whole thread. Very interesting read. I agree with a couple of the posters though - you only have to look at Collins face and Cotto's face to see the scary similarities.