Journey Through Our Film Shoot

Set Photos by Jon Gunnar Gylfason

Day 5 - John Tate Fight

When John Tate’s manager Ace brought him into the Tennessee penitentiary to fight George “The Hammer” Martin he thought he was just giving him a workout before his big fight in April 1984 with Larry Holmes. What he was not expecting, and insisted never leave the prison, was that George knocked Tate out in 52 seconds and he was out for over a minute.