Customer Comments

BOXING AT IT'S BEST, January 7, 2000
Reviewer: A viewer from PHILADELPHIA PA
A must have for any boxing fan.It shows both fights in their entirety.In the exciting first fight leonard is behind in the scorecards after 12 rounds,then rallys to knock hearns down in the 13th and then finishes him off in the 14th.The 2nd fight was also great but was declared a draw even though hearns knocked leonard down twice in the fight.Hearns should have gotten the decision,although if the fight would have been a 15 rounder like the first one,leonard would have knocked him out again because hearns was hanging on in the 12th round while leonard was throwing bombs and nailing hearns with a lot of shots.

OVER 2 HOURS WITH TWO OF THE BEST FIGHTERS OF ALL TIME, October 27, 1999
Reviewer: jeffrey bednar from KANEOHE,HAWAII
MAKE NO MISTAKE BOXING DOESN'T GET MUCH BETTER THAN THIS! BOTH LEONARD VS. HEARNS FIGHTS IN THEIR ENTIRETY.BUY IT!BORROW IT!JUST GET IT.FIGHT FANS REJOICE THESE ARE TWO CLASSIC CONFRONTATIONS.I COLLECT FIGHTS ON VIDEO(I HAVE NEARLY 1000)AND THESE TWO FIGHTS ARE DEFINATELY TWO OF MY FAVORITE.

Customer Comments

The Greatest, April 15, 2001
Reviewer: predator_302 from Canada
This is definatly, by far, the best fight ive ever seen in my whole life, packed with toe to toe action the whole fight. This is a fight everybody will love and for fans of the sweet science and Ali, this is an absolute must have, its more than worth the money. After seeing tons of fights and being a soon to be fighter myself, i know a good fight, and this is a great fight in every sence of the word.

Loved every second of it and if I could Id give it 50 stars.

Good fight footage and interesting interviews, December 25, 2000
Reviewer: Peter Kasin from California
Some of the other videos in the Boxing's Best series are flawed by not enough fight footage, too much time spent on uninteresting interviews, and not enough insight into the lives of the subjects. This one, though, is a somewhat different story. Although just under an hour long, you get some good footage of several bouts that led up to, and including, his dramatic knockout of Jersey Joe Walcott to gain the title, some footage of every one of his title defenses, and interviews with family members and others who knew him, who give some insight into his character and personality. This documentary reveals him to have been a truly modest and decent man. In the ring, despite a height and reach disadvantage against most of his opponents, he had a powerful punch in either hand, good boxing skills, and an iron will. He just refused to lose. A fairly good documentary on one of the greatest heavyweights ever. Hopefully a better documentary about him will emerge at some point, but until then, this one is good for its price.

Boxing's Best: Rocky Marciano, October 15, 2000
Reviewer: Frank Cassano from Toronto, Canada
This video is a must for Marciano fans. Included, in addition to highlights of his classic fights, is rare footage of seldom-seen bouts against Harry Matthews, Rex Layne, and Lee Savold. Rocky is also revealed in several interesting interviews, clips, and plenty of photos.

The Super Fight (1969), May 1, 2000
Reviewer: A viewer from England
My father watched this fight back in 69 and has not seen it since, either on tv or video. I'm also an avid boxing fan and would also be appreciative if you are able to provide me with information relating to video footage of this particular fight. In my opinion, there is still no fighter out there that has matched this fighter's brute strength and combined boxing skills. He is, the ultimate ambassador of boxing.

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An interesting biography, but it could have been better, January 3, 2000
Reviewer: Steve from Midwest USA
As an amateur boxing historian, I love watching old films of legends like Jack Dempsey. For that reason I find the HBO series "Boxing's Best" very interesting to watch, because it has plenty of unique clips of these legends. However, my biggest complaint is that the series does not show enough fight clips. In my opinion, too much time is spent with host Barry Tompkins and his special guests. I'd rather see more of Dempsey's classic bouts than listening to some sportswriter's memories. This is especially true since each episode of "Boxing's Best" only lasts about 55 minutes. However, since videos of Dempsey, Johnson and Louis are almost impossible to find anywhere else, I guess you have to be somewhat grateful to the producers for releasing this series to home video.

Boxing at it's most savage!, July 3, 1999
Reviewer: Gatti Ntc@aol.com from Tampa, Florida
This has got to be the best boxing video on the market as of yet

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IF YOU'RE A JOE LOUIS FAN, YOU'LL LIKE THIS VIDEO., September 5, 2000
Reviewer: A viewer from South Easton, MA United States
This video contains exciting knock-out scenes from many of Joe's memorable fights, and it brings back the thrill of watching the greatest of all heavyweight champions at the peak of his fighting prowess. My only criticisms are, it didn't show enough of the fights that it featured, and it should have featured more of Joe's fights. In other words, I would gladly have paid twice the price for a video that covered Joe Louis' career in greater depth. Nevertheless, it is well worth the money, and it belongs in the video library of every Joe Louis fan.

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