More Than Famous
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More Than Famous is a documentary film
about Salvadoran-American boxer
Carlos 'Famoso' Hernández
. It was produced and directed by Graham Rich. The film follows Hernández's fights in 2001 against Floyd Mayweather Jr.
and Juan Angel Macias. It won the Grand Festival Award at the 2003 Berkeley Video & Film Festival. The film was the first collaboration between director Graham Rich and producer Evan Klinger, who both attended the University of California, Santa Cruz.
Documentary film
Documentary films constitute a broad category of nonfictional motion pictures intended to document some aspect of reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction or maintaining a historical record...
about Salvadoran-American boxer
Boxing
Boxing, also called pugilism, is a combat sport in which two people fight each other using their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee over a series of between one to three minute intervals called rounds...
Carlos 'Famoso' Hernández
Carlos Hernandez (boxer)
Carlos Hernández is a retired Salvadoran American boxer. He made boxing history by becoming the IBF super featherweight champion by beating David Santos. Carlos Hernández counted in that fight with the backing up of Alexis Argüello, Roberto Durán and the Salvadoran President, all of whom were at...
. It was produced and directed by Graham Rich. The film follows Hernández's fights in 2001 against Floyd Mayweather Jr.
Floyd Mayweather Jr.
Floyd Joy Mayweather, Jr. is an American professional boxer. He is a five-division world champion, where he has won seven world titles, as well as the lineal championship in three different weight classes...
and Juan Angel Macias. It won the Grand Festival Award at the 2003 Berkeley Video & Film Festival. The film was the first collaboration between director Graham Rich and producer Evan Klinger, who both attended the University of California, Santa Cruz.