The Good Son: The Life of Ray "Boom Boom" Mancini

[Brian in Mesa]

The Good Son: The Life of Ray "Boom Boom" Mancini

Release Date: August 9, 2013 (limited)
Studio: SnagFilms
Director: Jessie James Miller
Screenwriter: N/A
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: N/A
Website: N/A

Starring: Ray 'Boom Boom' Mancini, Sugar Ray Leonard, Jiwan Kim, Mickey Rourke, Ed O'Neill

Plot Summary: "The Good Son" tells the story of Ray ‘Boom Boom’ Mancini, who wasn't merely the lightweight boxing champ – he was a national sports hero, personifying blue-collar toughness and tight ethnic family ties. His vow to win the championship for his father, the original "Boom Boom," captivated the country. On the cusp of breakout celebrity, Ray fought Korean challenger Duk Koo Kim in an epic bout that left Kim in a fatal coma, and changed Mancini's life and boxing itself. Now, 30 years later, Ray Mancini faces Kim's fiancée and the son he never knew.

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[Brian in Mesa]

I really want to see this.

 

[NJCardFan]

Ray never recovered from the Kim fight and that's understandable. Fight rules changed as well. Ray did nothing wrong though. That fight should have been stopped by Kim's corner 3 rounds before.

 

[Mulli]

Sweet!

 

[cardncubfan]

Loved watching him box.

 

[Finito]

Looks interesting. Ray was a tough TV fighter never really elite but fight fans love him because he always have you everything he had and his all action style made him fun to watch. He belongs in the class of guys like Micky ward, Arturo gatti, Danny Lopez all them guys.

This fight is pretty much the reason fights are 12 rounds note and not 15. The referee and the corner should of been looking out for this kid

 

[ajcardfan]

I can remember watching this fight on TV. It was back in the day of "Wide World of Sports" it was on a Saturday and when you could watch good fights for free. It was incredibly action packed and this unknown Korean stood toe-to-toe with Boom Boom and it was very courageous. He just didn't take it, he tagged Mancini with a lot of great punches too. It was an epic fight that became a real tragedy.