BOXING
Muhammad Ali on Parkinson - A series of 3 interviews given by Muhammad Ali to British chat show host Michael Parkinson. The first interview is 1971, the 2nd in 1974 and the 3rd in 1981. The 1971 interview is filmed shortly after his loss to Joe Frazier and is missing 12 minutes in the middle of the show but does include his thoughts on growing up, religion and Vietnam. The 1974 interview is filmed shortly after his 1st fight against George Foreman and includes the famous religious rant about black oppression. The 1981 interview was filmed shortly after his loss to Larry Holmes. Ali is noticeably slower in movement and speech but is still sharp of mind. He shares the show with British comedian Freddie Starr. The interviews are UK-TV Gold re-broadcasts. The 1971 show is 48 mins long, the 1974 show is 1 hour long and the 1981 show is 1 hour 8 minutes long (8, 1 Disc, BBC, PAL)
1963
Heavyweight Fight - Cassius Clay v Henry Cooper - Henry Cooper sensationally knocks down Clay at the end of the 4th round, but Clay recovers to stop Cooper on a cut in the 5th round. On the same disc as the 1966 Cooper/Ali fight (8, 17 minutes ESPN Classic re-broadcast - Black and white, 1 Disc, BBC - Carpenter, PAL)
1964
World Heavyweight Championship - Cassius Clay v Sonny Liston - Clay stuns the champion with his aggressive style and forces the champ to retire in the 7th (2 versions : 9, 50 minutes ESPN Big Fights, 1 Disc, TNT - Ellis/Louis, PAL / 9, 45 minutes ESPN Classic re-broadcast with UK commentary, BBC - Carpenter, PAL)
1966
World Heavyweight Championship - Muhammad Ali v Henry Cooper - In the re-match of the 1964 fight, Ali keeps Cooper at bay and ends the fight on a TKO in the 7th round, again from a bad cut. On the same disc as the 1963 Cooper/Clay fight (8, 25 minutes ESPN Classic re-broadcast - Black and White, 1 Disc, BBC - Carpenter, PAL)
1974
World Heavyweight Championship - Muhammad Ali v George Foreman - In "The Rumble in the Jungle" Ali took the early heavy pressure from the awesome Foreman and then sucker punched him in the 10th to win the fight (2 versions : 8, re-broadcast, 1 Disc, HBO - Sheridan/Brown/Frazier/Frost, PAL / 9, 50 minutes ESPN Classic re-broadcast, 1 Disc, BBC - Carpenter, PAL)
1985
World Middleweight Championship - Thomas Hearns v Marvin Hagler - In a much anticipated match-up, Marvin Hagler overcame the odds to beat the big-hitting Thomas Hearns and re-claim the World Middleweight Championship. In a brutal opening round, both fighters went at it and Hearns unknowingly broke his hand. In the 2nd round, the fight settled down but in an explosive 3rd round, Hagler battered Hearns with a big right and the referee stopped the fight on a TKO. The Fight is recognised as one of the greatest of all time. Disc also includes HBO "Legendary nights" documentary on the fight (Fight coverage : 9, 1 Disc, Closed Circuit TV - Michaels/Bernstein, NTSC / HBO feature : 10, 30 minutes, HBO, NTSC)
World Featherweight Championship - Barry McGuigan v Eusebio Pedroza - In front of a crowd of nearly 26,000 at Queen's Park Rangers Loftus Road Stadium in London, McGuigan claimed his 1st ever World Title by beating Panamanian legend Pedroza. McGuigan had the better of the fight and knocked down Pedroza in the 7th but Pedroza held on to take the fight the full 15 rounds. McGuigan had done enough though, and won the fight unanimously on points (8, Copied from Internet, 1 Disc, BBC - Carpenter, PAL)
1990
World Middleweight Championship - Chris Eubank v Nigel Benn - In their 1st meeting, both fighters put on a show of hard hitting and toughness in a bid to be World Champion. In the end it was the challenger, Eubank, who claimed the crown with a TKO in the 9th round (10, ESPN UK re-broadcast, 1 Disc, ITV - Brennar/McGuigan/McCrory, PAL)
World Heavyweight Championship - Mike Tyson v James "Buster" Douglas - In one of the biggest upsets in Boxing history, 42-1 underdog Buster Douglas beat the undisputed heavyweight champion of the world with a 10th round knock-out. The loss was Tyson's 1st professional defeat and his 1st ever knock-out (10, ESPN Classic re-broadcast, 40 minutes, ESPN Classic - Sheridan, PAL)
1993
World Heavyweight Championship - Frank Bruno v Lennox Lewis - Bruno punches a great fight and is in control upto the 7th round where Lewis catches him with a devastating punch which puts Frank out on his feet (8, 1 Disc, SKY - Darke/McCrory, PAL)
World Super Middleweight - Chris Eubank v Nigel Benn - In a re-match of the classic 1st fight, Benn and Eubank aimed to settle the feud. Eubank pushed Benn out of the ring in the 6th round and Benn had a point deducted for persistently throwing low punches and this point proved crucial as the judges declared the fight a draw (8, 1 Disc, ITV - Gutteridge/Watt, PAL)
World Heavyweight Championship - Riddick Bowe v Evander Holyfield - In a rematch of the classic 1st fight, Holyfield set about trying to regain his title. Bowe started strong but ran out of puff and looked ready to crash out when "Fan Man" para-glided into the ring. The 20 minute break while order was restored allowed Bowe to recover and put up a good fight to the end. But the damage was done as Holyfield regained the crown on points (8, 34 minute hi-lites, 1 Disc, ITV - Gutteridge/Watt, PAL)
1995
World Super Bantam-weight Championship - Prince Naseem Hamed v Enrique Angeles - Hamed ends the fight with a knock-out in the 2nd round. On the same disc as the 1995 Hamed v Perez and 1995 Hamed v Robinson fights (8, 1 Disc, SKY, PAL)
World Super Bantam-weight Championship - Prince Naseem Hamed v Juan Polo Perez - Hamed ends the fight with a TKO in the 2nd round. On the same disc as the 1995 Hamed v Angeles and 1995 Hamed v Robinson fights (8, 1 Disc, SKY, PAL)
World Featherweight Championship - Prince Naseem Hamed v Steve Robinson - Hamed upsets the champ with a TKO in the 8th round. Robinson was out-fought and went down on a big left hook in the 8th to give Hamed the title. On the same disc as the 1995 Hamed v Angeles and 1995 Hamed v Perez fights (8, 1 Disc, SKY, PAL)
World Super Middleweight Championship - Nigel Benn v Gerald McClellan - Benn faced off against the big hitting star from the USA, but fought a brilliant fight despite a 1st round knock-down. Benn ended the fight with a knock-down of his own in the 10th, after which McClellan collapsed and was taken to hospital with a blood clot on the brain. The injury ended his career (8, 1 Disc, ITV - Gutteridge/Watt, PAL)
1996
World Heavyweight Championship - Mike Tyson v Evander Holyfield - In the 1st match-up between the two, Tyson and Holyfield battled each other hard. Tyson had the early rounds but Holyfield fought back late and stopped the Champ in the 10th round (8, 1 Disc, SKY - Gutteridge/Watt, PAL)
2002
Light Welterweight - Mickey Ward v Arturo Gatti - In the 1st match-up between the two, no punches were pulled as both fighters went all out for the knock-out. Both fighters had their moments on top but the fight wasn't settled and Mickey Ward won on a points decision (8, 1 Disc, SKY - Rosenthal, PAL)
2005
Amatuer fight - Lightweight bout - Amir Khan v Mario Kindelan - Khan avenged his Olympic final defeat by beating Kindelan 19-13 in both fighters last Amatuer bouts (9, 1 Disc, BBC - Rosenthal/Hatton, PAL)
Light Welterweight Championship - Ricky Hatton v Kostya Tszyu - Hatton upset the odds by beating Tszyu on a TKO in the 12th round. It was Tszyu's 1st loss in 8 years (9,1 Disc, SKY - Darke/Watt, PAL)
2008
Commonwealth Lightweight Title - Amir Khan v Michael Gomez - Amir Khan defended his title by winning a hard-hitting fight with a TKO in the 5th round. Both fighters had knock-downs and both fighters suffered heavy body blows (10, 1 Disc, ITV - Rawling/McKenzie, PAL)
Light Heavyweight Title - Joe Calzaghe v Roy Jones Jr - Welsh champion Joe Calzaghe defended his unbeaten record with a points win over Roy Jones Jr in Madison Square Garden. Jones Jr put down Calzaghe in the 1st round but Calzaghe regrouped and started to dominate. Jones Jr then suffered a badly cut eye in the 7th round that effectively ended his challenge. Neither fighter could find the KO punch so the result went to a points decision that was won by Calzaghe (10, 1 Disc, Setanta - Croft/Woodhall, PAL)
2009
WBA Heavyweight Championship - David Haye v Nikolay Valuev - Challenger David Haye stunned the boxing world with a huge upset win over the champion from the Russian Federation, winning on a points decision. Haye was physically over-matched, conceding a foot in height and 90 pounds in weight. Haye dominated the fight, though, and despite breaking his hand in the 3rd round, he used quick feet and good combinations to keep Valuev off-balance and won the fight on points. As a result of the win, Haye became the first Briton since 2003 to become World Heavyweight Champion (10, Next day Re-Broadcast, 1 Disc, SKY - Darke/Watt, PAL)
2011
British Heavyweight Championship - Tyson Fury v Dereck Chisora - In the battle of 2 un-beatens with identical 14-0 records, it was Fury that claimed the British Heavyweight title with a convincing points decision. Fury used a good jab and plenty of combination punches to keep Chisora at bay and his better work-rate sealed the points win. The title was the 1st for Fury (10, 1 Disc, CH5 - Farrar/Bernstein, PAL)
Commonwealth Heavyweight championship - Tyson Fury v Neven Pajkic - In the first defense of his title, Fury overcame an early knockdown to retain his title and stay unbeaten. Fury took a big punch from Canadian Pajkic in the 2nd round and went down but regrouped to batter Pajkic in the 3rd round before the referee controversially stopped the fight. Coverage also includes the professional debut of middleweight Chris Eubank Jr in the undercard. Eubank Jr wins on a TKO in the 4th round (10, 1 Disc, CH5 - Farrar/McAuley, PAL)
2012
Irish Heavyweight Championship - Tyson Fury v Martin Rogan - Fury defeated the home-town fighter Rogan on a 5th round TKO to win the Irish title. Fury switched to a Southpaw attack for the whole fight and, after a slow start, took control with a knock-down in the 3rd round before winning the fight on a hard body shot in the 5th round that forced Rogan's corner to throw in the towel (10, 1 Disc, CH5 - Farrar/Bernstein, PAL)
2013
IBF Heavyweight Title Eliminator - Tyson Fury v Steve Cunningham - In his first fight in America, at Madison Square Garden, Tyson Fury recovered from a Round 2 knockdown to win on a knockout in the 7th round. The win kept Fury unbeaten at 21-0 (10, 1 Disc, Channel 5 - Farrar/Woodhall, PAL)
2015
World Heavyweight Title - Tyson Fury v Vladimir Klitschko - At the Esprit Arena in Düsseldorf, Germany, British boxer Tyson Fury fulfilled his destiny with a points decision to become the undisputed Heavyweight Champion of the World. The loss was Klitschko's 1st loss since 2004 (22 fights unbeaten) (10, Next day re-broadcast, 1 Disc, SKY - Smith/McCrory/Froch, PAL)
2016
World Heavyweight Title - Anthony Joshua v Dominic Breazeale - Anthony Joshua defended and retained his IBF World Heavyweight title with a hard-fought win over American Dominic Breazeale at the O2 Arena in London. Both fighters were unbeaten at the time. Joshua unloaded on Breazeale in the 7th round with a barrage of heavy punches and the referee stopped the fight with a TKO (10, 2017 Re-Broadcast - 45 minutes, 1 Disc, SKY - Halling/Watt/Haye, PAL)
2017
Anthony Joshua : The Road to Klitschko - A behind-the-scenes documentary following British boxer Anthony Joshua for the 2 years prior to his career-defining fight against the legendary Ukranian Heavyweight, Vladimir Klitschko. Includes interviews and fight action (10, 1 hour, 1 Disc, BBC, PAL)
World Heavyweight Title - Anthony Joshua v Vladimir Klitschko - British boxer Anthony Joshua extended his unbeaten streak to 19 fights with an 11th round stoppage of Ukranian Vladimir Klitschko at Wembley Stadium. With the win, Joshua retained his IBF title and claimed the vacant WBA and IBO heavyweight titles. In a hard fought fight, Joshua knocked down Klitschko in the 5th round only for Klitschko to recover and knock down Joshua in the 6th round. Both fighters went toe-to-toe until the 11th round, where Joshua caught Klitschko in the opening exchanges then put him down twice more before the referee stopped the fight (10, 1 Disc, SKY - Smith/Froch/Wilder, PAL)
Anthony Joshua : Fight of my Life - British boxer Anthony Joshua looks back at his 2017 fight against Vladimir Klitschko at Wembley Stadium. He narrates his feelings while the fight was playing out, overlaid on to action from the fight itself (10, 35 minutes, 1 Disc, BBC, PAL)
2018
Joshua v Klitschko : Return to Wembley - Anthony Joshua and Wladimir Klitschko meet again at the site of their epic 2017 World Heavyweight title fight to talk about the fight and what happened before and after the encounter. Includes extended highlights of the fight as well as both fighters looking forward to Joshua's future opponents (9, 42 minutes, 1 Disc, BBC, PAL)
WBC Heavyweight title - Deontay Wilder v Tyson Fury - At the Staples Center in Los Angeles, both fighters battled to a hard-fought and controversial draw, with both fighters also retaining their unbeaten records. After 12 rounds the judges scored the fight 115–111 for Wilder, 114–112 for Fury and 113–113. Fury dominated the 12 round fight, but paid for knock-downs suffered in the 9th and 12th rounds, with the last knockdown especially bad as he took a heavy combination that seemingly put him out. But Fury beat the count and stayed out of harms way the rest of the way to end the fight standing up. Also includes 21 minute documentary "Round 12 : Fury's Resurrection", a review of the fight and the sensational 12th round (9, Next-day rebroadcast and complete, 1 hour 19 minutes, 1 Disc, BT Sport - Rawlings/Jones, PAL)
2020
WBC Heavyweight title - Deontay Wilder v Tyson Fury - The eagerly anticipated re-match at the MGM Grand Arena in Las Vegas didn't disappoint, as Tyson Fury sensationally dominated Wilder through 7 rounds to claim the WBC Heavyweight title and inflicted on Wilder his first career loss. Fury came out on the attack and over-powered Wilder in the opening 3 rounds, finally putting Wilder on the canvas in the 3rd and 5th rounds. Wilder never recovered and in the 7th round, Wilder's team threw in the towel with Wilder out on his feet and Fury celebrated the emotional victory (9, Next-day rebroadcast and complete, 46 minutes Hi-Lites, 1 Disc, BT Sport - Rawlings/Jones/Haye, PAL)
2021
WBC Heavyweight title - Deontay Wilder v Tyson Fury - At the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Tyson Fury beat Deontay Wilder with a knockout in the 11th round to win the 3rd fight between the two, and retain his WBC heavyweight title. Fury had to overcome 2 knockdowns in the 4th round before dominating Wilder as the fight wore on, and an exhausted Wilder finally succumbed to a devastating punch in the 11th round (9, Next-day rebroadcast with edited intermissions but the fight is complete, 1 hour 15 minutes Hi-Lites, 1 Disc, BT Sport - Rawling/Haye/Woodhall, PAL)
2022
WBC Heavyweight title - Tyson Fury v Dillian Whyte - At Wembley Stadium, in front of the largest crowd ever to watch a boxing match in Europe (94,000), Tyson Fury defended his title with a 6th round knockout of fellow Britain, Dillian Whyte. Fury dominated the fight with his reach and in the final seconds of round 6, caught Whyte with a devastating uppercut that put Whyte on the canvas. Despite making it to his feet, the referee correctly stopped the fight and Fury claimed the win (9, Next day re-broadcast, 50 minutes, 1 Disc, BT Sport - Fletcher/Woodall/Bunce, PAL)