Knuckle - traveller prizefighting documentary

deisedelight

hey guys
anyone know where can i view this online or how anyone seen it ?
apparently HBO are going to make the documentary into a spin off series.

http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/boxing/news/story?id=6054377

Syferus

It sounds interesting and the maker apparently spent 12 years in contact with the communities, but it does seem like alot of it is ground (and characters) Primetime covered in their exposé a year or two ago.

http://filmdrunk.uproxx.com/2011/01/knuckle-is-a-documentary-about-bare-knuckle-gypsy-fights

I had a chuckle at the capalisation of 'The', though, as if 'The Travellers' was an accepted term like 'The Batman' or 'The Next Generation'.

califano

http://www.irishmirror.ie/news/irish-news/video-bareknuckle-boxer-says-ill-3606399

coronaextra

And then they wonder why they have such a bad name, really don't do themselves any favors, do they?

Sick of all this hard-man nonsense at this stage.

padders67

brilliant documentary in fairness - crazy to think it is still going on tho

FTA69

What has this got to do with boxing? I met James Quinn once over here and he seems a sound guy and all, but I wouldn't call him a boxer.

kryogen

Q. What's it got to do with boxing?
A. Probably because the sport is referred to as Bare Knuckle Boxing.

Decent documentary in fairness, saw it when it came out, mad to think how things turned out for the brother in the end tragically

FTA69

kryogen wrote: »

Q. What's it got to do with boxing?
A. Probably because the sport is referred to as Bare Knuckle Boxing.

Decent documentary in fairness, saw it when it came out, mad to think how things turned out for the brother in the end tragically

Sorry. When I say I'm a boxing fan I'm referring to amateur or professional boxing, not fellas pucking the head off each other in car parks over a family feud.

kryogen

How did boxing start would you know?

FTA69

Hurling started with belting fellas severed heads around a field with a stick. That doesn't mean decapitation-related game threads would be relevant in the GAA forum.

kryogen

Right