The Fighter (1952)

About this episode

In this episode, Andrew Rihn joins Steve Hunt to discuss the 1952 film The Fighter and its connections to boxing history.

In this episode, Andrew Rihn joins me to discuss The Fighter, from 1952. His book of prose poems about the career of Mike Tyson is available from Amazon You can follow him on Twitter You can also find all of my writing at my website which is Steve Hunt Boxing You can order my book, Heavyweight Title Fights of the 1980s, from Amazon You can also follow me on Twitter or Instagram I hope you enjoy the show. You can contact me via my website. I'd love to hear from you.

People in this episode

Host: Steve Hunt

Guest: Andrew Rihn

Topics covered

• boxing
• film review
• Mike Tyson
• 1950s cinema
• sports history

Keywords

• The Fighter
• 1952 film
• boxing movies
• Mike Tyson
• film review

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Amazon, Steve Hunt Boxing

Books & works: The Fighter, Heavyweight Title Fights of the 1980s

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