Muhammad Ali: When We Were Kings

When We Were Kings documents the build up, promotion, political and racial issues surrounding the 1974 fight between Muhammad Ali and George Foreman, the film won the Academy Award For Best Documentary in 1996. In this boxing documentary we see how Ali used the fight and it's location in Zaire (which is now the Democratic Republic of the Congo) to connect with his African roots and highlight racism against African-Americans.

The fight that would be known as "The Rumble in the Jungle" was Ali's chance to win back the world title he was stripped of when he refused draft into the US Army it was also the first major fight promoted by Don King. Controversy came with the option to stage the fight in a country ruled by Mobutu Sese Seko who had looked to use the fight to further his political standing despite his records of corruption, nepotism, and embezzlement.

Watch the full documentary now on Documentary Fans Release Date: 1996 Duration: 1 Hour 24 Minutes.

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Tyson: The Baddest Man on the Planet

Mike Tyson brought the power and excitement back to boxing and his antics out of the ring were a dream for the press. His first 19 opponents were beaten by knockout, 12 of them in the first round. He set record after record in the sport during his career but perhaps it was the sheer craziness of Tyson that attracted the public to see what he would do next and he rarely let them down. In this 2008 documentary we follow the rise of Mike Tyson and the people around him. Through his youth in Brooklyn, New York were he was often finding himself in trouble to Boxing in the Junior Olympic Games. He started his professional boxing career aged just 18 and would become the youngest fighter to hold all the major belts just two years later. Outside of the ring Tyson struggled, struggling to control his anger he often surrounding himself with the wrong people. His Jail time for rape and biting of Evander Holyfield in a fight two years after his release are what many remember him for.

Watch the documentary now on Documentary Fans Release Date: 2008 Duration: 1H 21M.

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Bare Knuckle Boxing

Bare Knuckle Boxing has been around for hundreds of years, in it's current form as an underground sport. It's a tough guy sport usually associated with Tattoo laden Irish travelers and skin head British hard men, but some want bare knuckle boxing to go main stream. Andy Topliffe is one such person and he strongly believes there is a place for Bare Knuckle Boxing in the mainstream. Andy has founded a fledgling promotion company with ambitions to take contact sport out of the underground, kicking off with a highly anticipated Britain Versus America Bare Knuckle contest. In the film Clive Martin of vice meets with Andy Topliffe and some of the most revered Bare Knuckle fighters in scenes that resemble something from Fight Club meets Snatch.

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