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In time for the holiday shopping rush comes the entire set of thirty films now combined into one DVD package (and available on Blu-ray) from ESPN’s acclaimed 30 for 30 series, a compelling “television film festival”. The 30 for 30 Limited Edition Collector Set is packaged in a collectible box & contains 30 for 30 Gift Sets Volume 1 & Volume 2 as well as an exclusive retro ESPN hat featuring the company’s original logo.

In this tense combat sports film directed by Gavin O’Connor (“Miracle”), Tom Hardy stars as an ex-Marine haunted by a tragic past who returns to his hometown of Pittsburgh and enlists his father, a recovered alcoholic and his former coach (Nick Nolte), to train him for an MMA tournament awarding the biggest purse in the history of the sport.

‘Seeing Sylvester Stallone in Rocky when we were kids actually was the reason for us to start boxing in the first place,’ said Wladimir, ‘We are very excited to support this theatrical project.’

There has never been anyone like them in the history of boxing. Ukrainians Vitali and Wladimir Klitschko are six-foot-six brothers in arms (big arms) and both heavyweight champions of the world. Their intense and complex interpersonal relationship is at the core of this film by German director Sebastian Dehnhart (“Stalingrad”, “Miracle at Bern”).

Premiering on ESPN Tuesday night is a new documentary film that chronicles the story of Chuck Wepner, the Man Behind the Legend

Da Brick, a new series set in Newark, New Jersey with elements of former champion Mike Tyson’s upbringing, has announced its lead and several supporting players.

Fans of boxing drama on the small screen can pick themselves up off the canvas after FX dropped “Lights Out” as HBO has acquired a docuseries about veteran fight trainer Freddie Roach.

Now in play and running through May 1st, Tribeca, with partner ESPN, present a compelling and diverse slate of sports documentary films in its 10th annual gathering throughout New York City.

While featured player Paul Giamatti is convincing as a suburbanite attorney who, in struggling to make ends meet, devises an ethically dodgy plan to take on the legal guardianship of a senile elderly client (Burt Young), the key move that put this film on a winning track, came when writer/director Tom McCarthy (“The Station Agent”, “The Visitor”) decided to audition wrestlers that had acting potential.

Nominated for seven Academy Awards including Best Picture, this boxing drama, based on the real life story of Micky Ward is now out on DVD