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• [Boxing at Fuller Park]

  Black, Chicago, Communities, Sports

  Ben Hollis interviews boxers training at Fuller Park in Chicago at 46th and Princeton. Continue reading →

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  [Once a Star raw : Floyd Patterson #9]

  Once A Star, Sports

  This tape features raw footage of an interview with boxing legend Floyd Patterson (1935-2006) for the television series “Once A Star,” in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Patterson is asked about some of his more famous fights with Ingemar Johansson and Cassius Clay a.k.a. Muhammad Ali, his love for the sport, and his eventual retirement. Continue reading →

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  [Once a Star raw : Floyd Patterson #10]

  Once A Star, Sports, Tom Weinberg

  This tape features raw footage of an interview with boxing legend Floyd Patterson (1935-2006) at a boxing arena in Atlantic City. Taped for the 1985 television series “Once A Star.” Patterson talks about his legendary boxing career and his schooling in Brooklyn, New York. Continue reading →

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  [Once a Star raw : Floyd Patterson #11]

  Once A Star, Sports, Tom Weinberg

  This tape features raw footage of an interview with boxing legend Floyd Patterson (1935-2006) taped for the 1985 television series “Once A Star.” Patterson talks about keeping in shape after retirement and having bigger hands than Muhammad Ali. Shot in Atlantic City, NJ. Continue reading →

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  [Once a Star raw : Floyd Patterson #12]

  Once A Star, Sports

  This tape features raw footage of boxing legend Floyd Patterson (1935-2006) and his son Tracy prepping before a fight in Atlantic City. Shot for the 1985 television series “Once A Star.” Continue reading →

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  [Once a Star raw : Floyd Patterson #14]

  Once A Star, Sports

  This tape features raw footage of boxing legend Floyd Patterson (1935-2006) and his son Tracy Patterson during a fight in Atlantic City. Shot for the television special “Once A Star.” Continue reading →

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  [Once a Star raw: Floyd Patterson #13]

  Once A Star, Sports

  This tape features of a boxing match in Atlantic City, shot for the 1986 series “Once a Star.” One of the fighters is Tracy Harris Patterson, son of boxing legend Floyd Patterson (1935-2006), who is also Tracy’s coach. Continue reading →

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  [Chicago Slices raw: Johnny Lira]

  Chicago, Chicago Slices, GDDF, NHPRC-2, Sports

  JOHNNY LIRA, former World Champion of professional boxing and current event promoter and boxing manager of DAVID DAVIS who is hearing impaired; interviews and shots of practice in gym. Continue reading →