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By Thomas Gerbasi - In many ways it doesn’t seem like it was more than 14 years ago, but in others – like when the wife says something to me and I don’t hear her - Thunderbox feels like it was just yesterday.
For those who don’t remember, Thunderbox was the baby of promoter Cedric Kushner, an attempt to marry the worlds of music and boxing and mix in a tournament format. It was a noble attempt, but it was – in a word – bad. And in another, LOUD. As in your laptop is shaking loud.
The winners of that first night’s tournament in September of 2000, were four of the heavyweight division’s usual suspects from that era – Ray Austin, Cisse Salif, Charles Hatcher, and Ron Brown. Jameel McCline and Al Cole were also on the card, but the real stars were the performers of the night, Wyclef Jean and the Black Eyed Peas.
Did I mention that it was loud?
Give credit to Kushner for trying to bring a younger crowd and a different demographic to the fights, and the same can be said for HBO’s series from around that time, KO Nation, but it just didn’t work, with attendance and television ratings likely to back up my thoughts. [Click Here To Read More]
For those who don’t remember, Thunderbox was the baby of promoter Cedric Kushner, an attempt to marry the worlds of music and boxing and mix in a tournament format. It was a noble attempt, but it was – in a word – bad. And in another, LOUD. As in your laptop is shaking loud.
The winners of that first night’s tournament in September of 2000, were four of the heavyweight division’s usual suspects from that era – Ray Austin, Cisse Salif, Charles Hatcher, and Ron Brown. Jameel McCline and Al Cole were also on the card, but the real stars were the performers of the night, Wyclef Jean and the Black Eyed Peas.
Did I mention that it was loud?
Give credit to Kushner for trying to bring a younger crowd and a different demographic to the fights, and the same can be said for HBO’s series from around that time, KO Nation, but it just didn’t work, with attendance and television ratings likely to back up my thoughts. [Click Here To Read More]
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