Comments Thread For: A Long Day's Journey Into 'Nights' Bingeing Through HBO's Legendary Documentaries

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By Lyle Fitzsimmons - Legendary Nights. Though the current generation of boxing fans might not feel an instant connection, chances are good that anyone with a couple more decades under their belt already has an image in their head. In layman's terms, it was the title for a series of half-hour documentaries produced by HBO that dived deep into the run-up and aftermath...
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1) Jones-Toney - Disappointing fight but backstory is great given Toney weight struggles and Jones overall dominance. Big personalities. That fight tells the stories of their careers. Also a story that hasn't been told.
2) Barrera-Hamed - Ultimate story of hype train being derailed. Hamed deciding to retire afterwards is interesting.
3) De La Hoya-Vargas - Good story given their real bad blood, PEDs, and why Oscar finally performed well in a big moment.

But HBO boxing is over...

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2) Barrera-Hamed - Ultimate story of hype train being derailed. Hamed deciding to retire afterwards is interesting.

Never really saw Hamed as a hype train, he was seriously good, but had flaws, often being off balance and going down easily as it only took an incidental contact to put him down. He was a showman for sure, but had enough talent to back it up. His downfall was ultimately his commitment. Barrera trained for that fight like the pro he was, Hamed didn't. Hamed got tired of the long camps and time away from family and it showed in the fight where Barrera was 100% and Hamed wasn't.

I vaguely remember him trying to move to a more orthodox style too, which didn't suit him, also hand injuries that he got tired of dealing with. At the end of the day he just didn't want to deal with the sort of commitment required and walked away from the sport.

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F-HBO and F-that loser Peter Nelson who destroyed the boxing brand. Barstool is teaching that moron a lesson. HBO should fire that empty suit immediately!