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
Release
Original network FOX

Celebrity Boxing was a 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 6 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. "Weird Al" Yankovic was first approached to fight Chyna, but he did not see it as a positive career move to fight with a woman on national television. Adam Carolla was also approached but also declined to fight. He claimed on Loveline that the Fox representative said she had been "talking smack" about him.

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

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