ESPN Ringside Rivalries DVD Presents Boxing’s
Greatest Bouts on DVD May 27

Muhammad Ali, Evander Holyfield, Jake “Raging Bull” LaMotta, Sugar Ray Robinson, Joe Louis, Joe Frazier, Jim “Cinderella Man” Braddock Fight Footage and More

Sports fans can experience the excitement of boxing’s fiercest rivalries past and present when ESPN Home Entertainment, in conjunction with Genius Products, LLC, brings all the heart-pounding, cringe-inducing action of the sport’s greatest matchups to DVD.  A special two-disc “Slugfest” edition, ESPN Ringside Rivalries features legendary showdowns such as Muhammad Ali vs. Joe Frazier and Sugar Ray Robinson vs. Jake “Raging Bull” LaMotta as they slugged their way to becoming champions of the world. The DVDs will hit stores nationwide Tuesday, May 27, available for $27.95 SRP.

“Ringside Rivalries contains the most electrifying bouts the sport has ever seen,” said Tori Stevens, vice president, ESPN Home Entertainment and Branded Experiences. “We dug deep into the ESPN Classic archives to give fans the best of boxing with this comprehensive collection of fight footage, expert analysis and commentary.”

The two-disc set features insight and commentary from ESPN’s Brian Kenny, Burt Randolph Sugar and a panel of boxing experts.  Bonus materials include the sensational Ali vs. Frazier “Thrilla in Manila” and the brutal LaMotta vs. Robinson “St. Valentine’s Day Massacre” championship bouts, complete and uncut.     

Trevor Drinkwater, CEO of Genius Products Inc., said, “The truly great rivalries transcend sports.  Like Yankees-Red Sox or Duke-North Carolina, this DVD shows why these celebrated showdowns have achieved mythic status. With big-time fighters, non-stop action and hard-hitting drama, Ringside Rivalries gives fans everything they could ask for.”

In support of the Ringside Rivalries DVD release, Genius Products and ESPN Home Entertainment are promoting two previously released Ringside titles – Ringside Mike Tyson and Ringside Top Ten Heavyweights - at a reduced price of $27.95 SRP.

Synopsis

Many of boxing’s all-time marquee matchups are on tap when ESPN Classic presents Ringside Rivalries.  From the “Thrilla in Manila” to the “St. Valentine’s Day Massacre” (immortalized in the classic film Raging Bull) to Evander Holyfield’s battles with Riddick Bowe, these epic encounters transcended the sport and became legend.  Featuring more than four hours of two-fisted fight footage plus blow-by-blow commentary from Brian Kenny, Burt Randolph Sugar and a celebrated panel of boxing experts, Ringside Rivalries is an explosive two-disc DVD collection jam-packed with knockout punches and hard-hitting controversy.

Catalog #: 81191

UPC #: 796019811910

ISBN #: 1-594-45076-5

Run Time: Approx 260 min

About ESPN Home Entertainment

ESPN Home Entertainment, a division of ESPN Enterprises, is a leader in providing sports fans with quality home entertainment products, including critically acclaimed movies, documentaries and instructional DVDs.  ESPN Home Entertainment is one of many business units within ESPN, Inc., the world’s leading multinational, multimedia sports entertainment company featuring a portfolio of over 50 multimedia sports assets.

About Genius Products

Genius Products, Inc. (OTCBB:GNPI - News), along with The Weinstein Company Holdings LLC, together owns Genius Products, LLC, a leading independent home-entertainment distribution company that produces, licenses and distributes a valuable library of motion pictures, television programming, family, lifestyle and trend entertainment on DVD and other emerging platforms through its expansive network of retailers throughout the U.S. Genius handles the distribution, marketing and sales for such brands as Animal Planet, Asia Extreme™, Discovery Kids, Dragon Dynasty™, Dimension Films™, Entertainment Rights group companies (Entertainment Rights, Classic Media and Big Idea), ESPN®, IFC®, RHI Entertainment™, Sesame Workshop®, TLC, The Weinstein Company® and WWE®. Genius Products, Inc. is the managing member of Genius Products, LLC, in which it holds a 30% equity interest.

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