Boxing 6 DVD Box SET 2011 / The ultimate countdown of the Ten Greatest HeavyWeights of all time plus Tyson Raw & Uncut / Muhammad Ali's Rumble in the Jungle & Thrilla in Manila

UPC 5055298029689 / GRD2968

REGION 2 PAL DVD

MADE IN THE UK

AUDIO: English  

Total Runtime: 11 HOURS (6 discs)

English Summary:

Boxing documentary which counts down the ten greatest heavyweights in the world. This History Channel collection includes detailed expert analysis of each individual boxer, alongside five hours of fighting action. The countdown includes boxing greats like Mike Tyson, Rocky Marciano, 'Smokin' Joe Frazier, the 'Brown Bomber' Joe Louis and, of course, the legendary Muhammad Ali. 

Box Set Contents:

Disc 1

The 10 Greatest Heavy Weights of all time - Larry Holmes - Joe Frazier - George Foreman

Disc 2

The 10 Greatest Heavy Weights of all time - Ezzard Charles - Rocky Marciano, Gene Tunney, Jack Johnson

Disc 3

The 10 Greatest Heavy Weights of all time - Jack Dempsey, Muhammad Ali, Joe Louis

Disc 4

Rumble in the Jungle - Muhammad Ali vs. George Foreman - Kinshasa Zaire 1974

Thrilla in Manila - Muhammad Ali vs. Joe Frazier Manila, Philippines 1975

Disc 5

Tyson Raw & Uncut Volume 1

Disc 6

Tyson Raw & Uncut Volume 2

Michael Gerard Tyson (born June 30, 1966) is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1985 to 2005. He reigned as the undisputed world heavyweight champion and holds the record as the youngest boxer to win a heavyweight title, at 20 years, four months, and 22 days old.

Tyson won his first 19 professional fights by knockout, 12 of them in the first round. He won the WBC title in 1986 after stopping Trevor Berbick in the second round, and added the WBA and IBF titles after defeating James Smith and Tony Tucker in 1987. This made Tyson the first heavyweight boxer to simultaneously hold the WBA, WBC and IBF titles, and the only heavyweight to successively unify them. Tyson became the lineal champion in 1988 when he knocked out Michael Spinks in 91 seconds of the first round. He successfully defended his titles nine times, which included victories over Larry Holmes and Frank Bruno. In 1990, Tyson lost the titles to underdog Buster Douglas, who knocked him out in the tenth round. Attempting to regain the titles, Tyson defeated Donovan Ruddock twice in 1991, but pulled out of a fight with then-undisputed heavyweight champion Evander Holyfield (who had defeated Douglas later in 1990) due to a rib injury.

Rocco Francis Marchegiano, best known as Rocky Marciano, was an American professional boxer who competed from 1947 to 1955, and held the world heavyweight title from 1952 to 1956. He is the only heavyweight champion to have finished his career undefeated.

Muhammad Ali (/ɑːˈliː/; born Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr.; January 17, 1942 – June 3, 2016) was an American professional boxer, activist, and philanthropist. Nicknamed "The Greatest", he is widely regarded as one of the most significant and celebrated sports figures of the 20th century and as one of the greatest boxers of all time.

Ali was born and raised in Louisville, Kentucky, and began training as an amateur boxer at age 12. At 18, he won a gold medal in the light heavyweight division at the 1960 Summer Olympics, and turned professional later that year. He converted to Islam and became a Muslim after 1961, and eventually took the name Muhammad Ali. He won the world heavyweight championship from Sonny Liston in a major upset at age 22 in 1964. In 1966, Ali refused to be drafted into the military, citing his religious beliefs and opposition to the Vietnam War. He was arrested, found guilty of draft evasion, and stripped of his boxing titles. He appealed the decision to the Supreme Court, which overturned his conviction in 1971, but he had not fought for nearly four years and lost a period of peak performance as an athlete. His actions as a conscientious objector to the war made him an icon for the larger counterculture generation, and he was a high-profile figure of racial pride for African Americans during the civil rights movement. As a Muslim, Ali was initially affiliated with Elijah Muhammad's Nation of Islam (NOI). He later disavowed the NOI, adhering to Sunni Islam, and supporting racial integration like his former mentor Malcolm X.