Series review – The Kings
YOU know I have no love for Showtime and I f**king hate [Showtime’s head of boxing Stephen] Espinoza, but this is the true history of our sport, not that YouTuber s**t,” admitted Bob Arum.
It likely pained the veteran promoter to say it, but he was merely doffing his hat to the team behind the new Showtime four-part documentary series The Kings, which covers the life and times of boxing greats Roberto Duran, Marvin Hagler, Thomas Hearns and Sugar Ray Leonard. It might be the first high-end boxing docuseries of its kind. It has a look and feel of the Netflix hit The
