Journal article
Exhibiting Ali's Super Fights: The Contested Politics and Brief History of Closed-Circuit Boxing Broadcasts
Film history (New York, N.Y.), Vol.30(3), pp.1-31
2018
DOI: 10.2979/filmhistory.30.3.01
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.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Exhibiting Ali's Super Fights: The Contested Politics and Brief History of Closed-Circuit Boxing Broadcasts
- Creators
- Travis Vogan
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Film history (New York, N.Y.), Vol.30(3), pp.1-31
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press
- DOI
- 10.2979/filmhistory.30.3.01
- ISSN
- 0892-2160
- eISSN
- 1553-3905
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 2018
- Academic Unit
- Journalism and Mass Communication; American Studies
- Record Identifier
- 9984272156002771
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