NEW YORK – Showtime Sports Documentary Films has released the official trailer and poster for THE KINGS, a four-part series chronicling the fierce rivalry between the world champions and the Boxing Hall of Fame known as the “Four Kings ”- Roberto “Mains de pierre” Durán, Wonderful Marvin Hagler, Thomas “The Hitman” Hearns, Y Sugar Ray Leonard.
The series premieres June 6 at 8 p.m. ET / PT on SHOWTIME and chronicles the dramatic and distinctive ascents of these legendary boxers to stardom intertwined by the legendary fights in which they played with each other.
To view and share the trailer, visit: https://s.sho.com/3whPJTt
THE KINGS focuses on the evolution of boxing from the end of the Muhammad Ali era to the arrival of the Four Kings with the political context and socio-economic changes of the time in the United States.
The Four Kings rose to fame when Jimmy Carter’s presidency and the American economic recession gave way to the economic expansion of capitalism and the excesses of the 1980s that defined the administrations of Ronald Reagan and George HW Bush.
The series also includes in-depth interviews and archival videos that examine the highly personal battles each of them had to fight during their unique journeys to the epicenter of the sports world.
THE KINGS is produced by Box To Box Film in partnership with Ingenious Media. The series has James Gay-Rees (Amy, Senna, Drive To Survive) and Paul Martin (Diego Maradona, Drive To Survive) as executive producers, is produced by Fiona Neilson (Oasis: Supersonic, Coldplay: A Head Full of Dreams) and directed by Mat Whitecross (Oasis: Supersonic, Road To Guantanamo, Coldplay: A Head Full of Dreams).
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