Boxing Greats Sugar Ray Leonard & Shelly Finkel to Speak on Ali and the Future of Boxing

Boxing Greats Sugar Ray Leonard & Shelly Finkel to Speak on Ali and the Future of Boxing

Hall of Famers Will Offer Unique Insights on Boxing and Muhammad Ali at Talk Back Following Screening of New Documentary "I Am Ali"

What: Legendary six-time boxing champion Sugar Ray Leonard will join one of the most influential managers in the sport and member of the International Boxing Hall of Fame, Shelly Finkel, at an AARP New York sponsored talk back at the Schomburg Center in Harlem to discuss Muhammad Ali's lasting impact on boxing and the world, and address the challenges the "sweet science" is facing today to remain a premier attraction and regain its prominence in the sports world.

The talk back will follow a screening of the new documentary, I Am Ali, which offers an intimate view into the life of the boxer known as the Greatest of All Time through Ali's personal archive of 'audio journals' and interviews with his inner circle of family and friends. The film tells Ali's extraordinary story as a fighter, lover, brother and father from the inside for the very first time.

Who:
Sugar Ray Leonard, Olympic Gold Medalist and Six-Time World Champion Hall of Fame Boxer; Boxing Analyst, NBC

Shelly Finkel, Former Manager to Boxing Champions Mike Tyson, Manny Pacquiao, Evander Holyfield; Chairman of Strategy and Development, SFX Entertainment

Khalil G. Muhammad, Director, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture

Darryl Polite, an AARP Volunteer, will moderate the discussion

When:
Monday, February 23rd
6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. I Am Ali Screening
8:00 p.m. - 8:45 p.m. Talk Back Discussion
8:45 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. Reception

Where:
Schomburg Center for Research Center in Black Culture
Langston Hughes Theatre
515 Malcolm X Boulevard
New York, NY 10037

Contact: Chaunda Ball, 917-859-0029, cball@aarp.org

/PRNewswire-USNewswire -- Feb. 20, 2015/

SOURCE AARP New York State

AARP New York State

Web Site: http://www.aarp.org


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