Showing posts with label Boxing - Reviews. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Boxing - Reviews. Show all posts

Monday, July 05, 2010

Jack Johnson - 100 Years On

While watching the last edition of ESPN’s Friday Night Fights I was reminded of a very historic event.

Saturday, September 06, 2008

DeAgostini's Boxers: Jake LaMotta - DVD Review

This edition of The Two Sheds Review sees us taking another look at the rich history of professional boxing, with the help of DeAgostini’s Boxers DVD collection. This time we’re going to look at five fights from one of the most controversial fighters of the 20th century, and the subject of an Oscar-winning film - Jake LaMotta.

Sunday, June 29, 2008

Frank Warren Presents Best of Boxing - DVD Review

It’s time for The Two Sheds Review to take a look at the world of professional boxing again, and what better place to do it than here in good old Britain, and with the help of one of the world’s biggest promoters.

Saturday, May 31, 2008

Ricky Hatton: From Manchester to Vegas - DVD Review

A few weeks ago, in the run-up to Ricky Hatton’s homecoming fight against Juan Lazcarno, I was browsing through the DVD cheap chart in Woolworths (always a good place to look for a bargain, as I’ve recently got two Hardy Boys and one C.M. Punk DVDs), and I came across the DVD I’m about to review.

Wednesday, February 27, 2008

Amir Khan: A Work In Progress - DVD Review

If someone had given me a DVD featuring the story of a boxer who had had just seven professional fights, I probably wouldn’t have watched it. But the DVD I’m about to review here is different, because it focuses on the early career on one of British boxing’s brightest prospects.

Sunday, February 03, 2008

DeAgostini's Boxers: Muhammad Ali - DVD Review

A couple of years ago I reviewed the first few issues of DeAgostini’s “Boxers” DVD magazine series. It had originally been my intention to review the issues as they came out, but my plans changed a little as time went on.

Wednesday, January 16, 2008

101 Knockouts In 101 Minutes - DVD Review

So I was in HMV in Norwich during my lunch break, browsing through the sports section, wondering why there never seems to be as many professional boxing DVDs as there are wrestling or mixed martial arts DVDs. Then, I saw it. For under a fiver, 101 Greatest Knockouts In 101 Minutes. This should certainly be interesting.