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Shadow Boxers

2000, Movie, NR, 72 mins

Shadow Boxers: Review

On March 19, 1996, Mike Tyson fought a forgettable heavyweight match whose undercard made history: Viewers who thought of women's boxing in the same category as midget wrestling saw professional pugilist Christy Martin beat the bejesus out of Deirdre Gogarty over six bloody rounds. Five years ago, Katya Bankowsky's documentary about Dutch-born boxer Lucia Rijker, widely considered the best female fighter in the world, couldn't have been made. It's an intermittently fascinati... read more leave a comment