TWO of the largest British fights of the Nineteen Nineties are to be the topic of a brand new documentary on Amazon Prime.
‘4 Kings’ will air on Friday, September 27 and appears at Lennox Lewis vs. Frank Bruno and the Chris Eubank-Nigel Benn rematch.
In an eight-day interval between October 1, 1993 and October 9, 1993 Britain was the centre of the boxing world with Cardiff Arms Park in Wales and Outdated Trafford in Manchester taking part in host to the occasions which featured 4 completely different personalities.
The 2-minute trailer for the four-part documentary was printed on-line yesterday and begins with Eubank, Lewis, Benn and Bruno all taking their seats able to share their recollections.
“If I’m world champion then how can I not be loopy, as a result of a standard thoughts can’t do it,” says Eubank.
The Amazon press launch says that 4 Kings ‘Gives unprecedented entry to the boxers and their households, chronicling their highs and lows as they navigated fame, fortune, jealousy, and bitter rivalries and battled one another for his or her place on the throne.’
Lennox Lewis was defending his WBC Heavyweight title for a second time when he and Bruno crossed paths in Cardiff. Bruno was a British sporting treasure who was liked by the general public whereas Lewis had but to really feel the love of the nation he was born in however spoke with a North American accent having moved to Canada when he was 12.
Lewis vs. Bruno was the primary time, nevertheless, that two British born boxer fought for one of many 4 world titles within the trendy period. Bruno, who by no means possessed the newbie pedigree of his rival, was the almost man of British boxing having already challenged for a world title on two events however misplaced to Tim Witherspoon and Mike Tyson.
Chris Eubank (left) trades blows with Nigel Benn. Necessary Credit score: Holly Stein /Allsport
Eubank and Benn shared a fiercer rivalry having first fought each other on the Resorts World Area, Birmingham in November 1990. The consequence went Eubank’s manner by ninth spherical stoppage in a memorable encounter however their disdain for each other had barely registered.
The ‘4 Kings’ documentary additionally explores the impact of psychological well being struggles of their lives and the affect it had on them inside and out of doors the ring. Lewis, Bruno, Eubank and Benn every have their very own legacy and the following technology of boxing followers will find out about them due to their reputations and achievements.
Boxing is a sport wealthy in historical past, tales, characters and drama which lends itself nicely to documentaries. If the trailer is something to go by then ‘4 Kings’ could possibly be one other piece of important viewing to go alongside ‘The Kings’, ‘Tapia’, ‘Legendary Nights’, ‘Kings of the Ring’, ‘When We Had been Kings’ and others.
Relive a legendary period of British boxing by way of the eyes of those that have been sporting the gloves 🥊
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