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Press Release: November 3, 2013 By LunchBox Communications- "Whatever Happened to Tyrell Biggs?"  is not only a great sports biopic but a film that will shine a light on the importance of after school programs and the community engagement needed to help inner-city youth succeed. Boxing  first draws in people out of curiosity... But once you see the intense focus exhibited not only by boxers but by their coaches, trainers, managers, and family members who support them every day, you realize that boxing is so much more than an individual sport. To succeed in boxing requires a major commitment by an entire community. Meeting these fighters and seeing their determination and their dedication cannot fail to inspire. The passion for the sport and the people who support it are unlike any other.      We are inspired by the boxing community in West Philadelphia at the Shepard Recreational Center. Two of the young boxers from the Center's Mit...

Press Release: November 2, 2013 By LunchBox Communications- Coming off an Oscar-qualifying documentary last year, our team was looking for a local story that could resonate with our continuing desire to create documentaries that put a human face on the overcomplicated and under explored. We found that story in our own backyard at Mitch Allen Gym in the Shepard Recreation Center in West Philadelphia. It is there D and D management, now our producing partners, were working with Philadelphia's young boxing hopefuls. It is there Pastor Dave Price, principal of D and D, discovered the 1984 Olympic Gold Super Heavyweight champion working virtually unnoticed. For Lunchbox Dox it was connecting the dots from the classic tragic boxing tale of Tyrell Biggs   to the hope of this interfaith and multigenerational community that has adopted this fallen hero and, with him, begun writing a promising chapter in boxing for a struggling neighborhood. Whatever Happened to Tyrell Biggs? ...

The year 2013 has produced much action and intrigue in the sport of Boxing. One could well argue that the breakout star of 2013 has been unified WBA/IBO Middleweight world champion Gennady Golovkin. Golovkin’s crowd pleasing seek and destroy style has certainly turned heads and   has caused people to take notice of a man who might be the fighter who could take control of the Middleweight division in the not too distant future.   Golovkin’s ability to score knockouts has been a focal point that many will point to when there is an argument made that he is the fighter who will become the central figure of the division. It is certainly hard to make an argument against a fighter who has put together a string of consecutive knockouts like Golovkin has. Golovkin has not been made to go the distance in a fight since 2008 when he scored an eight round unanimous decision over journeyman contender Amar Amari.   In the five years since, Golovkin has compiled fourtee...

Press Release: October 31, 2013 By LunchBox Communications- That is over $1,000 a day for the next 25 days. By Friday, we would like to have 100 backers find their name on the online credits. "Whatever Happened to Tyrell Biggs?"  is not only a great sports biopic, but a film that will shine a light on the importance of after-school programs and community engagement needed to help inner city youth succeed. Take this opportunity to become one of the first 100 backers of  "Whatever Happened to Tyrell Biggs?" .  West Philadelphia and the Shepard Recreation Center are bursting with good stories but lack the resources to tell their own tale.  Help give them a voice. Popularity is simply a numbers game and Kickstarter is an all or nothing proposition.  If we do not meet our goal, we can not keep any of the funds raised so far. That is the way a  Kickstarter  Campaign works.   The more backers we have, the m...

When future Hall of Famer Bernard Hopkins entered the ring on October 26th to defend his IBF World Light-Heavyweight championship at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey against mandatory challenger Karo Murat, the question was not so much about whether or not the 48-year-old Hopkins would be able to defy father time one more time. Instead, the question that many asked entering this fight was whether or not Murat belonged in the ring with Hopkins. Although Karo Murat did have a credible record of 25-1-1, with 15 knockouts entering the fight with Hopkins as well as being a former European champion in the Super-Middleweight division, he entered this fight as the great unknown to most observers due to his never fighting previously before in the United States. When a fighter who is not particularly well known despite an impressive record, as an observer you really do not know what to expect. Some will remember Bernard Hopkins’ Middleweight championship defense in Mar...

Press Release: October 26, 2013 By LunchBox Communications - That is $1,000 a day for the next 30 days. By the end of this weekend, we would like to have 100 backers find their name on the online credits. "Whatever Happened to Tyrell Biggs?"  is not only a great sports biopic, but a film that will shine a light on the importance of after-school programs and community engagement needed to help inner city youth succeed. Take this opportunity to become one of the first 100 backers of  "Whatever Happened to Tyrell Biggs?" . West Philadelphia and the Shepard Recreation Center are bursting with good stories but lack the resources to tell their own tale.  Help give them a voice. Popularity is simply a numbers game and Kickstarter is an all or nothing proposition.  If we do not meet our goal, we can not keep any of the funds raised so far. That is the way a  Kickstarter  Campaign works.  The more backers ...