Saturday night is boxing night on NBCSN. It begins with a live boxing card as part of its “Fight Night” series. The card will be live from Atlantic City, NJ and will be highlighted by a heavyweight fight between Amir Mansour and Kevin Price. It begins at 8 p.m. ET.
But the main headliner of the evening will be the debut of the documentary “The Good Son: The Ray Mancini Story” at 10 p.m. The documentary looks at Mancini’s career and how his father was a driving force in him becoming a boxer. And the film also looks into how the death of Duk-Koo Kim in a brutal 14 round fight influenced the rest of his career.
The documentary has won several awards and makes its television debut on NBCSN.
Here’s the press release from NBCSN.
NBCSN TO PRESENT TELEVISION DEBUT OF THE GOOD SON: THE RAY MANCINI STORY SATURDAY AT 10 P.M. ET
Documentary Concludes Four Hours of Boxing Coverage on NBCSN Saturday Beginning at 8 p.m. ET with Fight Night Featuring Heavyweights Amir Mansour vs. Kelvin Price
Co-Feature Includes Ryan Coyne vs. Lionell ThompsonStamford, Conn. – December 9, 2013 – NBCSN will televise four hours of top-level boxing coverage Saturday beginning at 8 p.m. ET with Fight Night live on NBCSN. Following live boxing, NBCSN presents the television debut of the critically-acclaimed and award-winning documentary The Good Son: The Ray Mancini Story at 10 p.m. ET.
THE GOOD SON: THE RAY MANCINI STORY – 10 P.M. ET ON NBCSN
Directed by Jesse James Miller and based on the book of the same name by Mark Kriegel, the documentary tells the story of Ray ‘Boom Boom’ Mancini, whose lightweight world championship was an accomplishment his father aspired to before him, and whose fatal 14-round victory over Korean boxer Duk-Koo Kim led to the decline of Mancini’s budding career.
Mancini’s nickname ‘Boom Boom’ originated from his father, Lenny, whose boxing career and championship dreams were dashed after severe injury in World War II. The younger Ray ‘Boom Boom’ emerged as a national hero from Youngstown, Ohio, winning in 1982 the title his father sought years earlier.
The Good Son chronicles the extraordinary history of both Mancini and Kim as well as the personal developments three decades after the fight that ended Kim’s life, including Mancini’s grief, guilt, retirement and subsequent redemption as he meets Ji Wan, Kim’s son who was born shortly after the fight. The documentary also includes interviews with Kim’s fiancé Young-Mi, The Good Son author Kriegel, former boxer and actor Mickey Rourke and actor and Youngstown native Ed O’Neill.
The Good Son won numerous awards including first-place at the ShadowBox Film Festival and was entered in the Hamptons International and Philadelphia Film Festivals. The Good Son makes its television premiere Saturday at 10 p.m. ET on NBCSN.
FIGHT NIGHT – 8 P.M. ET ON NBCSN
NBC Sports Group’s Fight Night series returns this Saturday at 8 p.m. ET with elite live boxing action. The evening’s two-bout card is headlined by heavyweights Amir “Hardcore” Mansour (19-0, 14 KOs) of Wilmington, Del., and Kelvin “Price is Right” Price (14-1, 6 KOs) of Pensacola, Fla. Mansour, a 41-year old knockout artist, looks to extend his unbeaten streak against former basketball player Price, who is 6’7”.
The co-feature light heavyweight bout includes southpaw Ryan “The Irish Outlaw” Coyne (21-1, 9 KOs) of St. Louis, Mo., vs. Lionell “Lonnie B” Thompson (14-2, 9 KOs) of Buffalo, N.Y., who is on a two-fight winning streak.
COMMENTATORS: NBC Sports Group’s Fight Night broadcast team of play-by-play announcer Kenny Rice, analyst B.J. Flores and reporter Chris Mannix will call the action from Superstar Theatre at Resorts International Hotel & Casino in Atlantic City, N.J. Mancini will join the booth as a special guest.
That’s all.
