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unusual facts about Ringside


Miriam Nakamoto

In 2005, Nakamoto was the Female Lead in the music video Tired of Being Sorry directed by Joaquin Phoenix and performed by indie rock band Ringside.


Añejo–Purefoods rivalry

In Game 2 of the 1988 All-Filipino championship series, Ramon Fernandez was benched by the Purefoods management after a poor showing in the series opener, Fernandez was not allowed to play for the rest of the series and in Game 4, sat at ringside to watch his teammates lose to Añejo Rum in the finals, some Purefoods fans brought placards to show their support to the former Purefoods playing coach.

Bill Corum

Starting with the first Joe Louis-Billy Conn heavyweight title fight on June 18, 1941, Corum joined announcer Don Dunphy as ringside color commentator.

Chubby Dudley

Ragni rarely wrestled, but would accompany his storyline half-brothers to ringside, normally while holding a cake, Crunchberries or other snack.

Craig Leathers

Changes in production included tinkering of camera angles, such as the removal of the Steadicam from the entranceway to be replaced by a standard hand held camera zoomed in from ringside.

Harvey Martin

Following his retirement in 1984, Martin briefly served as an NFL analyst for NBC, participated in the battle royal at WrestleMania 2 (1986) for World Wrestling Federation, and appeared several times in World Class Championship Wrestling and the Global Wrestling Federation as a ringside commentator.

Jack Wasserman

:Vancouver erupted as the vaudeville capital of Canada, rivaling and finally outstripping Montreal in the East and San Francisco in the south as one of the few places where the brightest stars of the nightclub era could be glimpsed from behind a post, through a smoke-filled room, over the heads of $20 tippers at ringside.

Johnny Roventini

He shared a dinner table with General and Mrs. Dwight D. Eisenhower, clowned around with Red Skelton, sat ringside with fighter Jack Dempsey and participated in numerous parades and other public events.

Lennox Lewis vs. Ray Mercer

The unofficial Associated Press scorecard had Mercer clearly winning the fight by the score of 97–93, while HBO's unofficial ringside scorer Harold Lederman scored the bout a draw 95–95.

Nick Kisner

As an amateur boxer he accomplished (3x National Silver Gloves Championships, 2x Junior National Golden Gloves Championships, Junior Olympic Gold Medal, Ringside World Championship, Ohio State Fair Championship, Under-19 National Championship, and a National Pal Championship, where he defeated 2012 Olympian Lenroy Thompson in the finals.

Robert Hambling

He is particularly noted for his work with Silverchair's Diorama (2002), and Cold Chisel's The Last Wave of Summer (1998) and Ringside (2003).

Structure the Spin Dr.

On October 16, 2010, Structure performed the entrance music for heavyweight fighter Shannon Briggs live as a part of his ringside team before his title fight with WBC Heavyweight Champion Vitali Klitschko, a performance viewed by over 20 million people.


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