Amateur Boxing Fight Club

Amateur Boxing Fight Club was a boxing program aired on the DuMont Television Network beginning in September 1949 as part of DuMont's sports programming. Most of DuMont's boxing programs at this time were hosted by Dennis James. The 60-minute program aired Fridays at 10pm ET.

Amateur Boxing Fight Club
GenreSports
StarringDennis James
Country of origin United States
Original languageEnglish
Production
Running time60 minutes
Release
Original networkDuMont
Picture formatBlack-and-white
Audio formatMonaural
Original releaseSeptember 1949 (1949-09) 
1950 (1950)

Preservation status

The UCLA Film and Television Archive has episodes of Amateur Boxing Fight Club[1] as well as shows labeled as Boxing With Dennis James.[2]

See also

References

  1. Romano, Frederick V. (2017). The Golden Age of Boxing on Radio and Television: A Blow-by-Blow History from 1921 to 1964. Simon and Schuster. ISBN 978-1-63144-075-5. Retrieved June 1, 2020.
  2. DuMont historical website Archived 2009-02-16 at the Wayback Machine

Bibliography

  • David Weinstein, The Forgotten Network: DuMont and the Birth of American Television (Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 2004) ISBN 1-59213-245-6
  • Alex McNeil, Total Television, Fourth edition (New York: Penguin Books, 1980) ISBN 0-14-024916-8
  • Tim Brooks and Earle Marsh, The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network TV Shows, Third edition (New York: Ballantine Books, 1964) ISBN 0-345-31864-1
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