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   Is 'Fight Night' based on a true story?

   • Photo: Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist, Peacock’s latest drama, has garnered significant attention for its star-studded cast and gripping narrative. The series, which premiered on Sept. 5, is based on the infamous 1970 armed robbery that took place on the night of Muhammad Ali ’s historic comeback fight.

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   Is Fight Night the million dollar heist based on a true story?

   • Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist is now streaming on Peacock. The series tells the true story of Muhammad Ali’s return to boxing in 1970 and the notorious heist at an after-party gone wrong in Atlanta. Read on to learn about the real-life events that inspired the historical drama.

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   Was Muhammad Ali on 'Fight Night' based on a true story?

   • Dexter Darden as Ali on 'Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist' ; Muhammad Ali gives a press conference in Atlanta on October 26, 1970, before the match with Jerry Quarry. The key events of the show — the lavish afterparty, robbery, investigation and transformation of Atlanta — were heavily influenced by real-life events.

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   What is 'Fight Night' about?

   • What is ‘Fight Night’ about? The scene opens on Atlanta’s best-known bookie, Gordon “Chicken Man” Williams (Kevin Hart), who aspires to make his way up the ranks of the Black Mafia and be part of the Black crime syndicate nationwide. He believes that Muhammad Ali’s highly-touted comeback fight would make the perfect opportunity to do so.

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   What is 'Fight Night' & 'the Million Dollar Heist'?

   • (ITVX) Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist is ITV X's newest true crime drama, which dramatises a shocking event that took place the night of Muhammad Ali's historic win against Jerry Quarry on 26 October, 1970.

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   Are there any questions about the robbery on 'Fight Night'?

   • Jeff Keating, the producer of the “Fight Night”podcast, said there are still unanswered questions. “There’s still so much mystery surrounding the heist that we’ll probably never know the real story,” he told Atlanta Magazine. Who was behind the robbery?

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   Sep 6, 2024 · On Nov. 18, 1970, three men—McKinley Rogers Jr., James Henry Hall, and Houston J. Hammond—were ultimately indicted on armed robbery charges. While Hammonds was taken into police custody, both ...

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   6 days ago · Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist is ITV X's newest true crime drama, which dramatises a shocking event that took place the night of Muhammad Ali's historic win against Jerry Quarry on 26 October, 1970. After the now iconic sporting event parties erupted all over Atlanta, but one celebration ended in chaos when those attending were robbed ...

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   Sep 5, 2024 · Yes, Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist is a true story. In conversation with Georgia Public Broadcasting in August 2024, executive producer Will Packer, who also produced the iHeartRadio...

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   Sep 12, 2024 · Though the series is loosely adapted from the 2020 true-crime podcast of the same name — or, as a chyron at the start of the first episode puts it, “based on some shit that really happened” —...

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   Sep 6, 2024 · Peacock’s new limited series, “Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist,” is based on a real robbery that happened in Atlanta during Muhammad Ali’s 1970 comeback fight.