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Champions Forever - The Latin Legends

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This DVD included 6 champions who are Alexis Arguello, Roberto Duran, Julio Cesar Chavez, Kid Gavilan, Salvador Sanchez and Carlos Ortiz. However, this DVD only showed a fraction of their career highlights.

Few seconds of fight actions looked like from TV programs were shown for each fight. Here are some of the highlights:

Only 6 fights for Arguello including two losses vs. Aaron Pryor.

Only 3 fights for Chavez: 45 seconds vs Taylor with Richard Steel stopped that fight with 4 seconds left; 10 seconds vs. Mario Martinez; only few pictures vs. Edwin Rosario.

Only 6 fights for Duran: showed only pictures vs. Davey Moore and Iran Barkley, showed 30 second vs. Sugar Ray, Leonard I. You will not see vs Sugar Ray Leonard II and III, no Duran vs. Hearns, no Duran vs. Hagler...

A lot of repeated materials filled in this DVD. Quality of commentary and interviews is poor.

If you are buying for boxing actions, look for something else.

Great overview of the greatest latin boxers including but not limited to Alexis Arguello, Carlos Ortiz, Roberto Duran, Salvador Sanchez, etc. The recap of fights are great and the memories and advice they give are unforgettable

To see Alexis Arguello of Nicaragua and Roberto Duran of Panama in their home towns, showing the rundown gyms their dreams developed in, is to understand the greatness of the game. The poverty is more brutal than an honest fight, and hearts can prevail in boxing. Fantastic boxing footage is combined with the human story and witnessing greatness rise from shacks becomes humbling to any viewer. The only tragic figure is the incredible featherweight Salvadore Sanchez, who died in a car crash at the age of 22. This film is as much about human spirit as it is boxing. I'd accidently posted this review on the video, but it is the dvd that I have so am reposting here.

If you enjoy boxing history, then watch what real fighters were like, Duran,Chavez,Arguello,Ortiz,Gavilan,and the late Sanchez. This is a MUST SEE.

I believe that this video compilation of latin fighters is by far the most serious and comprehensive today. Just seeing the great Salvador Sanchez reaching the apex of his career and the interviews of Alexis Arguello and Roberto Duran show you what a latin fighter is all about. My personal opinion is that this is so good that they should make a sequel for this video.

The fight clips were exciting and the interviews and story behind each fighter is fantastic. the special DVD enhancements which include slow motion punches, stats, Bios and segmented fight clips is great.. The beginning with the two purple cows fighting starts the program off with a little humor. A must have collectors edition.

As a "new" fan to boxing I found this DVD informative and entertaining. Loved the interviews with the fighters. Especially Alexis Arguello who is very engaging. R.I.P. Champ

It was a B-Day present for my Dad...and of course he Loved it.
Especially since he personally knew the fighter of the front cover.

I was listening to a radio interview from Washinton DC with writer/film maker Craig Glazer. He said he was also involved in this movie...he wrote a book called King of Sting, being made into a movie and it sounded great. I bought his book,loved it and bought this movie and enjoyed it as well. If you are a boxing fan and I am, this is for you....

This is a great item to have if you're a boxing fan. Unfortunately, it really falls short on the biographies, and also...and very important it's missing some of the greatest latin boxing legends. Figures like Wilfredo Benitez, Wilfredo Gomez,Esteban De Jesus. I guess because this dvd was aimed to Mexicans or somebody else but there were a few Puertorican boxers worth mentioning. All in all, not worth having if you are not Mexican.