The Fight: A Dirty Business (2010)

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This BBC documentary tells the story of how throughout the history of boxing, the sports biggest fight has been against the world of ‘organized crime‘… chronicles the story of boxer Jake ‘The Bull’ LaMotta, Sonny Liston  and others…

“”It shows how shady characters like Frankie Carbo, boxing’s “Mr Gray”, used intimidation and bribery to take control of the sport… And it shows how, in partnership with key organisations like the International Boxing Club and Madison Square Garden, the Mob used its network of underworld contacts to secure lucrative TV contracts and management deals, and to syphon off its share of fighters’ prize-winnings”… BBC

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