Celebrity Boxing

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Celebrity Boxing
Genre Action
Reality Television
Written byBarry Adelman
Directed by Sandy Grossman
Presented by Chris Rose
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of episodes2
Production
Running time60 minutes
Production company Dick Clark Productions
Original release
Network Fox
ReleaseMarch 13 (2002-03-13) 
May 22, 2002 (2002-05-22)

Celebrity Boxing is a 2002 Fox television show, in which celebrities whose careers and/or notoriety had diminished were pitted against each other in exhibition boxing matches. The contestants wore headgear during the fights, which were scheduled for three rounds apiece. Two episodes of the show were aired.

Contents

In 2002, TV Guide ranked it number six on its TV Guide's "50 Worst TV Shows of All Time" list. [1]

First episode

The first episode aired on March 13, 2002. The fights featured were Danny Bonaduce vs. Barry Williams, Todd Bridges vs. Vanilla Ice and Paula Jones vs. Tonya Harding.

Second episode

The second episode aired on May 22, 2002. Darva Conger took on Olga Korbut in the opening bout. This fight was followed by Dustin Diamond vs. Ron Palillo and Manute Bol vs. William "Refrigerator" Perry. Joey Buttafuoco took on Joanie "Chyna" Laurer in the main event.

Barry Williams also appeared in this episode, singing "The Star-Spangled Banner" before the first bout, and conducting interviews with some of the fighters.

See also

References

  1. TV Guide Guide to TV . Barnes and Noble. 2004. pp.  228. ISBN   0-7607-5634-1.
  2. Jason Burke (February 3, 2002). "Former Olympic gymnast on shoplifting charges". Observer.guardian.co.uk. Retrieved June 12, 2015.
  3. Sagert, Kelly Boyer; Overman, Steven J. (2006). Icons of Women's Sport. Greenwood. p. 320. ISBN   0313385483.