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- Title
Exhibiting Ali's Super Fight s: The Contested Politics and Brief History of Closed-Circuit Boxing Broadcasts.
- Authors
Vogan, Travis
- Abstract
This article considers the cultural politics of closed-circuit prizefighting broadcasts—a seldom examined part of media history—by examining Muhammad Ali and The Super Fight (1970), a film based on a computerized simulation of a match between Ali and retired former heavyweight champion Rocky Marciano. It demonstrates how public, closed-circuit telecast exhibitions informed Ali's divisive identity, and, in turn, how Ali impacted the culture, industry, and metamorphosis of closed-circuit sports TV.
- Subjects
SUPER Fight, The (Book); ALI, Muhammad, 1942-2016; COMPUTER simulation; MARCIANO, Rocky, 1923-1969; BOXING on television; CRIMINAL convictions
- Publication
Film History, 2018, Vol 30, Issue 3, p1
- ISSN
0892-2160
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2979/filmhistory.30.3.01