Tomorrow's Champions
Tomorrow's Champions was a local television program in Louisville, Kentucky, which featured bouts between local amateur boxers. It aired on NBC affiliate WAVE from 1954 to 1966. It was produced by Louisville police officer and boxing trainer Joe Martin. Future World Heavyweight Champions Muhammad Ali and Jimmy Ellis got their starts boxing on the program.
Sources[]
- The Encyclopedia of Louisville, Volume 2000 by John E. Kleber
Categories:
- Boxing stubs
- Boxing television series
- Defunct mass media in Louisville, Kentucky
- Sports in Louisville, Kentucky
- 1954 American television series debuts
- 1956 American television series endings