"...Has an unexpected elegance. It's a carefully etched example of the ripple effect at work in real life...'Assault in the Ring' is a powerful and painful tale on many levels"
Neil Genzlinger - New York Times
"This one digs below, drills through and soars above. In plain street English, it makes ya watch."
Phil Mushnick - New York Post
"...a masterpiece of storytelling with plot twists worth of Alfred Hitchcock."
Barry Horn - Dallas Morning News
ASSAULT IN THE RING chronicles the life of boxer Luis Resto 24 years after the scandal that changed his life forever. Resto fulfilled a boxer’s dream in 1983 when he was able to conquer the previously undefeated Billy Collins Jr. in front of a capacity crowd at Madison Square Garden. But Resto’s post-fight victory celebration proved fleeting, amongst allegations that padding had previously been removed from his gloves.
The Resto-Collins scandal vilified Resto’s reputation and ultimately sent the badly-beaten Collins to a tragic end. The film examines new evidence about this boxing match turned 30-minute assault, and reveals much more about the pre-fight activities of Luis Resto, his trainer Panama Lewis and the athletic commission representatives.
SPECIAL FEATURES INCLUDE:
Never Before Seen Interviews:
“HE DID THE SAME THING TO ME!” - Exclusive footage of Robert Sawyer confronting Luis Resto about whether or not his gloves were tampered with during their fight in 1983.
Luis Resto VS. Bill Collins Jr.: Watch the fateful fight in its entirety.