[Boxing at Fuller Park]
Ben Hollis interviews boxers training at Fuller Park in Chicago at 46th and Princeton. Continue reading
Black, Chicago, Communities, Sports
Ben Hollis interviews boxers training at Fuller Park in Chicago at 46th and Princeton. Continue reading →
Chicago, Chicago Slices, GDDF, NHPRC-2
HAMLIN PARK GYM: Tom Weinberg interviews Coach BILL HEGLIN and amateur boxers: DAVID DIAZ, National Golden Gloves Jr. Welterweight Champion; FRES OQUENDO, 1993 National Golden Gloves Heavyweight Champion; and IVAN PIACCO, 11-year old State Jr.Olympic Champion. Tour of old Riverview park site along the Chicago River. Continue reading →
American Way, Chicago, Chicago Slices, Communities, Latinx
Episode 9313 of the show featuring everyday Chicagoans. Continue reading →
American Way, Chicago, Chicago Politics, Roots of Video
Three documentaries by Chicago videomakers from the 1970s: “Jane Byrne Election Night” by Scott Jacobs, “Golden Gloves” by Tom Weinberg and Scott Jacobs, and “Election Day (Chicago Style) by Scott Jacobs and Valjean McLenighan. Continue reading →
A thirteen part series of award-winning independently produced documentaries. Continue reading →
This tape is footage from the final rounds of a 1978 bout between World Boxing Champion Muhammad Ali and challenger Leon Spinks in Las Vegas. At 36-years-old, Ali battles to regain his World Heavyweight title against the young Spinks. Continue reading →
Once A Star, Sports, Tom Weinberg
This tape features raw footage of an interview with boxing legend Floyd Patterson (1935-2006) in Atlantic City. Shot for the 1985 TV series “Once A Star.” Also included is a short interview with boxing manager and trainer Lou Duva (1922-2017). Continue reading →
This tape features raw footage of boxing legend Floyd Patterson (1935-2006) in Atlantic City, shot for the 1985 TV series “Once A Star.” Patterson, his son Tracy, and many other fighters, including Evander Holyfield, go through an orientation meeting in preparation for fighting in the state of New Jersey. Continue reading →